Used Quotes

I used to play ultimate Frisbee, and I just got a reputation for making popcorn at parties. I don't mean to brag on myself, but I make the popcorn in the pot, and it comes out fine every time.

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.

Arson, property destruction, burglary, and theft are 'acceptable crimes' when used for the animal cause.

Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression.

....remember, a billion dollars isn't worth what it used to be.

I used to wear heels because I wanted to show people I wasn't ashamed of being tall.

Guerrilla warfare is used by the side which is supported by a majority but which possesses a much smaller number of arms for use in defense against oppression.

I used to drink, I did, I had to quit. Man, I was an embarrassing drunk. I'd get pulled over by the cops, I'd be so drunk I'd be out dancing to their lights thinking I'd made it to another club.

The culture used to move relatively slowly, so you could take aim. Now it moves so fast, and is so fluffy and meaningless, you feel like an idiot even complaining about it.

My earrings are worth just enough to buy me a coffin if I die in a strange place. That was the reason why sailors used to wear them.

You get so used to lying that after a while it's hard to remember what the truth is.

Liberalism does not preclude an organisation of the flow of money in which some channels are used in decision making while others are only good for the payment of debts

I'm better than I used to be. Better than I was yesterday. But hopefully not as good as I'll be tomorrow.

A sick body with a good heart is more beneficial to future lives than a fit, healthy body that is used for self-cherishing.

I used to think that each phase of life was the end. But now that my view on life is more or less fixed, I believe that change is a great thing. In fact, it's the only real absolute in the world.

You visualize [pitches]. You see it in your head; you think it...I used to play every pitcher in my mind before I went to the ballpark. I started getting ready for ever game the moment I woke up.

Things do not always happen the way I would have wanted, and it's best that I get used to that.

An antisemite used to be someone who hates Jews; nowadays an antisemite is someone Jews hate.

Power ... is not an end in itself, but is an instrument that must be used toward an end.

Invisibility is the only thing that fame cost me. I used to be able to go places and blend in. Anonymity is something you lose on this side of things.

The recession is over." This phrase has been used twice a year since 1973 by government leaders throughout the West. Its meaning is unclear. See: Depression.

[The NBA] used to be a small band of basketball groupies. Now there are a lot more corporate-type people working in the league.

I wear a lot of black, knitwear, skinny jeans and very high heels. My mum used to work for a fashion designer making knitwear, so she knits me lots of chunky scarves, hats and gloves, which I love.

I've always been under scrutiny. But I used to just not really pay attention to what people said.

I definitely want to go and do some more research. My dad used to make me sit outside on the steps all night long, looking for a UFO flying by and I had to do that for years.

My mother used to tell this corny story about how the doctor smacked me on the behind when I was born and I thought it was applause, and I have been looking for it ever since.

Robert Redford used to be such a handsome man and now look at him: everything has dropped, expanded and turned a funny color.

Even if your body doesn't work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished.

I used to go to the driving range to practice driving without slicing. Now I go to practice slicing without swearing.

Music can save people, but it can't in the commercial way it's being used. It's just too much. It's pollution.

Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified.

I used to always run off at the mouth and talk about people. I just didn't know that it would make a living for me.

Capital goes to where it can escape taxation and be used to pay employees in sacks of rice.

Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion.

When the lights don't glow the same way that they used to and I finally get a moment to myself, I will realize you were everything I'm missing and you'll tell me you're in love with someone else.

Glamour is something you can't bear to be without once you're used to it.

All of the things I used to obsess over, I'm no longer as obsessed with. I have new concerns but they're a little more existential or cosmic.

The computer can be used as a tool to liberate and protect people, rather than to control them.

There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents-if the term is to be used at all.

When I was a little kid, I used to say, "I would rather host the Oscars than win an Oscar." To me, that seemed like the more appealing, fun gig.

America's political system used to be about the pursuit of happiness. Now More and more of us want to stop chasing it and have it delivered.

I was playing birthday parties. House-rent parties where they used to sell whisky during prohibition.

I used to say, "Go boldly in among the English," and then I used to go boldly in myself.

Rap is my most used medium but I don't think I approach music like a rapper would.

I love the 80s. I always used to watch that VH1 show, 'I Love the 80s,' nonstop. I love the 80s, everything about it, the clothes, the music. Especially the music. The music is so happy. It's great.

Character is the aim of true education; and science, history, and literature are but means used to accomplish this desired end.

We get used to things, and we like reading the way we're used to reading.

I used to think that real love involved falling for someone; but now I think it usually involves standing for someone.

I would love to be remembered as a person who used her life to inspire others in any way, shape or form.

Music used to cause revolutions and I'm not seeing much revolution anymore.