Used To Be Quotes

Used To Be Quote of the day

You can't be who you are going to be and who you used to be at the same time.

I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am

I don't really have control over my direct impression on people anymore. I used to be the person putting my CD in people's hands. But I'm kind of a mainstream artist now. Not by choice.

Immorality is just as bad now as it was in the past. The difference is that now we flaunt it. It used to be done in secret, but now it is done in the open.

It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues...It's called rock now.

Dirt used to be a badge of honor. Dirt used to look like work. But we've scrubbed the dirt off the face of work and consequently we've created this suspicion of anything that's too dirty.

You cannot grow unless you are willing to change. You will never improve yourself if you cling to what used to be.

We aren't where we want to be; we aren't where we ought to be; but thank goodness we aren't where we used to be.

Melbourne is wonderfully altered since I last saw it. There are some very fair buildings in it now, and things are a little cheaper than they used to be.

Forget what life used to be, you are what you choose to be. It's whatever it is you see that life will become.

We are all hypocrites in transition. I am not who I want to be, but I am on the journey there, and thankfully I am not whom I used to be.

I am not as good as I ought to be. I am not as good as I want to be. I am not as good as I'm going to be. But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be.

I used to be indecisive but now I am not quite sure

Before people can begin something new, they have to end what used to be and unlearn the old way.

It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or Atlanta and let the DJ listen to it. No way something like that can happen now.

Play this game like the 8 year old you used to be, dreaming to play in the show! Heart, passion, and fire! Remember where you came from!

Pop culture used to be like LSD – different, eye-opening and reasonably dangerous. It’s now like crack – isolating, wasteful and with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

The older I get, the better I used to be.

I used to be homophobic, but as I got older, I realized that wasn't the way to do things. I don't discriminate against anybody for their sexual preference, for their skin color... that's immature.

It used to be a good hotel, but that proves nothing - I used to be a good boy.

Comedians and impressionists used to be two different showbiz animals entirely, but now there's no such thing as a comedian who doesn't do impressions.

Devils used to be God's angels that fell from the top. There is no diversity cos we're burnin in the melting pot.

I'm not as depressed as I used to be. The Prozac's working!

Our vegetable garden is coming along well, with radishes and beans up, and we are less worried about revolution that we used to be.

Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion.

I used to be such a daredevil but now I'm much more cautious.

As they say in sports, the older you get, the better you used to be.

I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused.

I'm like a shooting star! I've come so far! I can't go back to where I used to be!

I don't take things for granted, because everything feels more fragile. It's made me wonder about mortality and how long you've got somebody in the world. I'm more fearful than I used to be.

A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be, A father is someone who carries pictures where his money used to be.

I'd like to bring magic back to the place it used to be 100 years ago.

The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by the character he depicts.

Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule.

I was one thing at one time, and I'm something new. I'm a new creature now. Don't judge Alice by what he used to be. Praise God for what I am now.

I used to be enamored of object-oriented programming. I'm now finding myself leaning toward believing that it is a plot designed to destroy joy.

My schedule has not calmed down, but I'm definitely not so devastated as I used to be. Definitely cooler now. A lot of blessings have fallen into my lap, and I'm very thankful to receive all of them.

Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music.

It is a lot harder now to be a police officer than what it used to be.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

It used to be that people could be painfully boring in private. Facebook changed all that.

I used to be a thing; I'm a person now.

It is interesting sometimes to stop and think and wonder what the place you are currently at used to be like in times past, who walked there, who worked there and what the walls have seen.

Fashion is about today and tomorrow. Nobody cares how good you used to be

A million dollars isn't what it used to be.

We decided to start our own group because we were bored with everything we heard... Everything was 10th-generation Led Zeppelin... Overproduced, or just junk. We missed music like it used to be.

But I will say that the drugs are much more ferocious then they used to be. There are people wrecking their lives with addiction, which seems much more severe.

I used to be very ambitious. But reality taught me that ambition won't get you everything you want. You need more than just passion and hope. It's important to do what I'm good at and suits me.

You can not become who you want to be until you have changed who you used to be

In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.