Used To Be Quotes
Children used to be outside. Now the streets are empty. People are indoors looking at television or something.
It used to be you rose up through the ranks, and by the time you got a job as a boss, you had done the work of everybody beneath you.
Used to be marketing was viewed as the people with crayons and scissors who did creative work. Now it's seen as central to driving growth.
Actually, I used to be a busboy in a strip joint in New York and so I hate strip joints. I'm not that kind of person.
When there was a disaster, it used to be that people went to church and all held hands. Now the minute anything happens they run to CNN.
Percy’d heard stories about amputees who had phantom pains where their missing legs and arms used to be. That’s how his mind felt—like his missing memories were aching.
I'm not as impatient as I used to be. I used to hit people if I didn't like what they were saying. Just lash out. 'Bam - shut up! Hahahah!' I was terrible.
Las Vegas is still socially sanctioned deviance. Its brand is just more comfortable to more Americans than it used to be.
Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo." Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be a tree, didn't you? Glad you're back. I hate it when pretty girls turn into trees. Man, I remember one time—
It used to be that you knew your neighbors and maybe your coworkers - the people in your physical vicinity.
It used to be the program's purpose to instruct our computers; it became the computer's purpose to execute our programs.
I used to be more of a sporty girl. I love outdoor activities. I haven't been doing much since living in Vancouver. I have my routines down in L.A.
I used to be a rabid reader, but now it's scripts or nothing - network television is quite relentless, and you can't drop the ball.
I used to be a cool chick but I feel like the paparazzi has taken that away from me, like, the way I used to live my life. I used to be a cool chick but I'm not anymore.
The air conditioning in Lamborghinis used to be an asthmatic sitting in the dashboard blowing at you through a straw.
I'm just into spirituality. I believe that in a previous life I used to be Shirley MacLaine.
Hip-hop used to be about battles, beatboxing and breakdancing. All they get exposed to now is the negative stuff.
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.
I used to be a window cleaner. I got fired because I sometimes liked to drink the soapy water.
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.
When you look at some of the most respected actors there are and the crap that they're in... it didn't used to be that way.
I'm delighted with it, because it used to be that films were the lowest form of art. Now we've got something to look down on.
My life used to be full of everything. Now if you aren't with me I haven't a thing in the world.
Parties and political systems used to be about excluding renegades who would never play well with others in government. Now it's actually systematically screening them in.
Things have really changed here in Hollywood. Used to be people in this town couldn't wait to get an envelope full of white powder.
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.
Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid?
America is no longer the melting pot it used to be. It has now become a tossed salad of foreigners that arrive to our shores wanting to keep their culture and forcing our acceptance.
I know some actresses who used to be older than me who are now younger than me - I don't know how they do it.
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.
Too much money at a young age, it just takes your eye off the ball. And you're not as hungry as players used to be. You think you've made it before you've done anything.
I gave up rock 'n' roll for the rock of ages! I used to be a glaring homosexual until God changed me!
American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.
I tell the truth, and I expose myself as a weak, misguided, misdirected, dysfunctional human being I used to be.
One musn't overrate the culture of what used to be called "top people" before the wars. They had charming manners, but they were as ignorant as swans.
Well, it used to be Kobe Bryant... the second best all time.... now, I have a new favorite player to play against... my former teammate, LeBron James.
When you get older you have to be careful about always saying, "Things aren't as good as they used to be." But it's hard not to.
DJs used to be American heroes. No more. Today, being a disk jockey is generally regarded as being slightly more respectable than snatching purses for a living, or robbing graves.
I've got two young children, so holidays are not the same as they used to be. There are now two types: family holidays and holidays you need from that holiday.
Folklore used to be passed by word of mouth, from one generation to the next; thats what makes it folklore, as opposed to, say, history, which is written down and stored in an archive.
I started running 3 miles every morning after throat surgery to remove a cyst last year. The gym used to be my adversary. But that has all changed. Now, I look forward to it every morning.
I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
