Used Quotes

The last thing a scientist would do is cling to a map because he inherited it from his grandfather, or because it was used by George Washington or Abraham Lincoln.

I like to write about the way things used to be and paint pictures of my memories with beautiful words and melodies.

Ill-fitting grammar are like ill-fitting shoes. You can get used to it for a bit, but then one day your toes fall off and you can't walk to the bathroom.

I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form.

When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call me Uncle Sammy.

My trainer, George Francis, used to train a lot of African boxers. They're hungry guys, man. They've got no trainers, got nothing. They're so hungry to do boxing, to make some money.

My job, is to show folks there's a lot of good music in this world, and if used right it may help to save the planet.

I used to come to practice and go through the motions. I don't do that anymore. I look forward to practices. I even enjoy the windsprints.

I got into photography because of the immediacy of the medium. I used to sit in front of a canvas for weeks trying to create something. Now I can see the image right away.

Who remembers when we used to rest on Sunday instead of Monday?

...because knowledge rapidly deteriorates unless it is used constantly, maintaining within an organization an activity that is used only intermittently guarantees incompetence.

It's so tiring. Even though I've worn heels and performed the choreography for four years now, I'm still not used to it. When will I be used to it? In 10 years? In 20 years?

Most young people haven't used their storytelling skills since they were 8 or 9 or 10 and wanted to persuade Mom and Dad to take them to the ball game.

Of course we have compassion. We just don't believe the safety net should be used as a hammock.

I'm not a great science fiction fan myself. I probably feel that way about Westerns. Like I used to play Cowboys and Indians, they can act out Will and the Robot.

I used to lie awake at night, willing myself to put in the hard work, the determination, the passion.

I used to think that driving, sleepless, ambitious labor was what you needed to succeed.

It (the double-clarinet in India) was primarily used for snake charming, since the snake would do almost anything to get the Indians to stop playing it.

I used to ask Sean questions about acting. He's a brilliant actor, but I could never digest his information. I work primarily on an intuitive level.

Whenever power is used for evil, it becomes diabolical; it must be used for good only.

I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.

For the majority of people liberty means only the system and the administrators they are used to.

Art, for example, becomes "art therapy." When patients make music, it becomes "music therapy." When the arts are used for "therapy" in this way, they are degraded to a secondary position.

In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory.

It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins where a brave man used to live.

I used to feel like I was a flea on the back of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Now I feel I might be a small yapping poodle on the back of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

The term 'giant' is used too often to describe artists. But in the case of Akira Kurosawa, we have one of the rare instances where the term fits.

A punch should stay like a treasure in the sleeve. It should not be used indiscrimately.

We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.

I think one of the great innovations of sexual harassment law was that it did not use the word "consent." It used the word "welcome."

It used to be said that Pluto is a misfit. But now we know Earth is the misfit. This is the most populous class of planet in our solar system and we have never sent a mission to this class.

While a truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power.

The scripture that God used to save me was Isaiah 7.14, which today is still my favourite verse in the Bible.

I used to be an airline pilot. I got fired because I kept locking the keys in the plane. They caught me on an 80 foot stepladder with a coat hanger.

I find it hard to get excited by just a sound. I have to have a song there, then I'll find what used I can make of that sound within the song.

Pain never really goes away; you just elevate and get used to it by growing stronger.

President George Washington used to wear a wig and make-up. I mean, c'mon, if he could do it, I can do it.

If anything, Powerpoint, if used well, would ideally reflect the way we think.

I used to bring my sketchbook to gym class and doodle, because I am a very uncoordinated athlete.

We are used to thinking in terms of what we can teach our children. Maybe we need to ask ourselves what we may learn from them.

In my personal opinion, Russia is no less democratic than it used to be. It is a democratic country. It is democratic enough.

The pressure performing is something you have to get used to, really really quick.

I used to wanna change the world. Now I just wanna leave the room with a little dignity.

I disagree with everything I used to say.

All the same it is being said everywhere that I played too softly, or rather, too delicately for people used to the piano-pounding of the artists here.

I used to stand on the Kop when I was here in 1969. The atmosphere and passion on the pitch as well as the terraces was intoxicating and Liverpool became part of me from that day on.

The earth is a used Kleenex on the universe's nightstand.

The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend.

I'm a photographer and my pictures are used in advertising campaigns. But I don't do advertising. Do you hear me? I take pictures. I'm not an advertising agency. I'm not an advertising man.

I'm getting better now, but I used to be incredibly awkward with girls. I think any guy who says 'I've never had an awkward moment with a girl' is a liar.