Used Quotations | Page 4

Jerry Garcia used to take his paints on the road. I don't do that. Either I'm a singer or a painter. I'm not good at multi-tasking.

When I was younger, I used to say, One day I'll be famous.

And all the zig-zags and lines in my hair? I used to do that myself. I just thought it was cool that you could actually do that with your hair.

I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don't go much any more.

My old coach used to say that if you were in it for the match, if you were in it for the trophies, you were in it for the wrong reasons.

My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer.

I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.

I'm more of a writer than an actor, and I used to say that I'm mostly an improviser, though I haven't improvised in awhile.

Learn to say 'I don't know.' If used when appropriate, it will be often.

One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or 4, that he had been born and had lived in India

In my screenplays - from the very beginning I've always used tape. I talk my screenplays. And then have somebody transcribe them.

I... grew up in politics and I used to work for the Democratic Party.

If I'm in a situation where someone doesn't recognize me and treats me like everyone else, I'm not used to it.

I no longer have the energy to get really angry, like I used to,

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

A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.

You know I used to listen to music a lot more.

Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.

I used to go to Saks, I would go to Bergdorf, I would go to Barneys, I would go to thrift stores in SoHo.

I'm going to be 60, and I'm almost used to myself.

I used to be an optimist, but now I know that nothing is going to turn out as I expect.

I used up every cent I earned as an actress.

My old life - no amount of getting used to it would have made it right.

You get used to it when you feel like you're an artist.

Family is more than DNA, more than who we used to be, more than we can imagine we will become.

I used to want to be a movie star so I wouldn't have to live in trailers anymore. And now that I make movies, I spend a lot of my life living in trailers.

I'm so used to changing time zones that I can sleep at any time. I'm rarely ever tossing and turning - if I am, it's really a big deal.

In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?

Our money is bait money, and bait money is not to be used.

Well I've never used that phrase before, but yes she is bootylicious.

I used to hate working out - until I learned how to do it properly.

I never like being touched, ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do.

People at Facebook are fairly used to the press being nice to us or not nice to us.

The quick success was a bit strange to get used to.

My overall look on things is a lot more mature than it used to be.

I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.

Obama used to be a community organizer. He knows how to build communities.

I'm not freakishly short. I had, on my show, used shortness as a joke subject; it didn't really bother me.

People used to say nobody can sing my songs but me, they're too personal.

I've been used by women all my life, fortunately.

I am so used to having a comfortable life. What will it be like when I am no longer able to just buy anything I want?

I love tango, and I used to dance when I was young.

In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be.

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

I used to have nightmares about the Antichrist - what would happen, where it would come from, and who it would be.

I actually used to be a front for the largest national sports-betting syndicate in America.

I used to get the feeling, and sometimes I still get it, that sometimes I was fooling somebody; I don't know who or what, maybe myself.

I feel that the BBC World Service is not as versatile as it used to be - or perhaps I'm not listening at the right times.

I've rarely seen video screens used well in a music concert.

My lips, I've used collagen. I line my lips with collagen.

I realized I was a country person - I'm just not used to small spaces.

We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.

I used to ask for an easy life, now I ask to be strong.

I used to watch dailies and felt I had to keep on top of the character, but I don't feel that any more.

My dad used to say to me, 'You look more like me than I do.

I still haven't quite got used to eating live fish.

Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book.

I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that.

Rembrandt's first name was Beauregard, which is why he never used it.

In those days, most people read newspapers, whereas today, most people do not. What caused this change? One big factor, of course, is that people are a lot stupider than they used to be, although we here in the newspaper industry would never say so in print.

Most calves used by the dairy industry have their horns BURNED or GOUGED out of their heads.

I used to be a wicked disco guy.

I don't know what my fans are going to think. It's definitely not what they're used to from me.

I've been looking at used car bargains. I'll frankly confess I'm scared to death of Fords. I've seen and heard of so many turning turtle.

I was one of the first post-studio artists. I used to do my works in the streets. I used to find them in the streets, and I used to leave them in the streets.

I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.

Paki- bashing was kind of this term that was used in general to beat up anyone that was from the Indian subcontinent.

For anybody who's ever been on the other end of, like, racial violence logic is not something that can be used.

And it came to pass that in the hands of the ignorant, the words of the Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords

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

It's subjunctive history. You know, the subjunctive? The mood used when something may or may not have happened. When it is imagined.

I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp...Then I'd find another one.

What kind of power was it if it would never be used?

I used to be more glamorous.

Everything has changed. I cannot be used anymore. Those days are over. I know too much. What I do now, I do for me.

I grew up in a very political household. My mum used to shout at the television. At Mrs. Thatcher.

I used to hate being recognised.

I never get used to the response that people have toward me.

I like actors - I used to be one.

Sure, I'm crazy. But that used to mean something. Now, everybody's crazy.

It used to be that being crazy meant something. Now everybody is crazy.

I guess babysitters are like used cars... You never really know what you're getting...

The Romans used to say that courage is not the only virtue, but it's the only one that makes the other virtues possible.

Friend of mine just told me he used to be a bad alcoholic. I calmed him down. Told him he was a good alcoholic just a horrible drinker.

I don`t sing anywhere as good as I used to, and I feel sincerely that it`s getting worse.

I used to stay at the Trump [hotels] and I just wouldn't now. The people were great, but I wouldn't stay at a 'birther' hotel.

I used to do theater in L.A., but it got to the point where everything was really showcase-y.

Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.

I knew Mac pretty well. I'd used them when I was younger.

Broadway's not what it used to be.

I used to be a print reporter.

I used her and she used me, but neither one cared, we were getting our share.

I've used too many pistols in too many movies. They're kind of heavy to carry...

I used to want you so bad, I'm so through with that because honestly you turned out to be the best thing I never had!

Society soon grows used to any state of things which is imposed upon it without explanation.

I used to teach dance lessons.

I have used all the manure that has been thrown on me as fertilizer to make me stronger.

You got to take the crookeds with the straights. That's what Papa used to say.

Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.

With a painter or a sculptor, one cannot begin to alter his works, but an architect has to put up with anything, because he makes utility objects - the building is there to be used, and times change.