Used Quotes

I'm not as good a swimmer as I used to be - thanks to evolution.

I've never had my brows done - I tweeze them myself. I used to watch my mom pluck her brows, that's how I learned.

I believe deeply that every one of us has an individual talent or trait that can be used to make a difference in some way.

Yes, he is not unused to playing in midfield, but at the same time he's not used to playing there either.

Writing is a key differentiator. I've used it for 14 years. Writing will not just lead to differentiation. Writing is the credibility you need to create buyer confidence

The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

A lot of really big trees had died to make that desk. His mother had probably gnawed them down, used her nails to saw the boards, and finished the decorative cutwork with her tongue.

I used to beat myself up about weight and working out, and no matter what I did I never felt good about myself. I decided to accept myself and know that I am good.

I've learned that social media and our private lives, you know, our private lives are not so private anymore, so it takes a little bit of getting used to.

I used to get on a stove wood pile at 5-6 years old and I would have a piece of stove wood and kindling bark as a pick, and I was a star.

Democracy used to be a good thing, but now it has gotten into the wrong hands.

I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.

The foyers now look ridiculously small to us because not all that many people used them.

The past shouldn't be forgotten. It should be used as a guide for future situations and not used as a reason to avoid making difficult decisions. There was always a choice.

I used to go to the US Open on my birthdays and sit in the nosebleeds.

I used to first go on to entertain an audience. But now I go, and this is really true - I go on to have fun with a crowd of my chums.

I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus sum Laudari me abs te, pater, laudato viro.]

It was hard to get guys to notice me, period, because I was so skinny and all my friends were curvy. Plus, I used to be very nervous in front of guys.

The economic base of that rural Oregon area used to be manufacturing and logging. And that went away and they feel nobody has been speaking to them and finally Donald Trump has spoken to them.

You can't shame or humiliate modern celebrities. What used to be called shame and humiliation is now called publicity.

I have my good days and my bad days, but I don't have as much energy as I used to back when I was young and foolish and didn't count the cost - and it takes a lot - to write

The arrow of Marxist-Leninism must be used to hit the target of the Chinese Revolution.

I've never really been settled. I don't think I've ever known what it was like to be a person that was used to sitting still. I think it's given me the ability to detach from any situation.

At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way.

I've been writing on my own. It's like Roger Miller used to say, every now and then, like a dog having puppies, you have to crawl under the house and do it yourself.

They think democracy - I used to say "damn the democracy", because it's not a stable government.

Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!

I just think people are so used to seeing me on shows like Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars, which are more geared toward teens. But in reality, I could have a 12-year-old kid.

My momma used to kick in the door like SWAT!

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Sometimes I look back at myself and remember things I used to say, or my hairstyle, and I cringe.

We deliberately used elements from Brazilian music and from African and Asian music. Now people can hear that but then it sounded so abstract, they couldn't hear it.

Sometimes idiosyncrasies which used to be irritating become endearing, part of the complexity of a partner who has become woven deep into our own selves.

I used to just think about what my fans wanted all the time. But it just started feeling weird to me. I want to just show everyone who I am and stick to my vision. I have to trust myself.

Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid?

Young kids are doing the same thing I did, but they're doing it differently. They don't do brain surgery the way they used to do it either.

I had this little handheld transistor radio that I used to sleep next to.

I've been so lazy all my life. I used to literally lie on the couch, up until the age of 35, fearing that my bones were dissolving like sugar cubes, from disuse.

The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach into Stravinsky.

Newborn screening is a public health intervention that involves a simple blood test used to identify many life-threatening genetic illnesses before any symptoms begin.

I used to have all the Goosebumps books as a kid too.

Force loses its legitimacy when it is used instead of free and open discussion.

The word "love" is most often defined as a noun, yet al the more astute theorists of love acknowledge that we would all love better if we used it as a verb.

Well, I guess the sexual abuse by Mel Phillips in a sense, he had a fetish for feet. He used to play with my feet and other kids' feet, and that was his thing.

John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London.

My wife says that my tombstone will read, 'Here lies Mr. C, who used to be Mr. B.' So I think that's probably what I'll be remembered for.

Obviously you live life for yourself and have your choice to believe what you want to believe in, but I know that the Bible can be used to appreciate life.

The used key is always bright.

Prepare yourself for the world, as athletes used to do for their exercises; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.

I used fashion to express myself as much as I could. But at some point, it was not enough.