Best 1731 quotes in «used quotes» category

The poor are the only ones who suffer. And they're used to it.

The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts.

The press doesn't matter as much like it used to matter.

The primary energy that is active in all things is kundalini. Kundalini energy is the energy of awareness. It can be used to modify awareness.

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

the 'public' - a term often used in America to indicate the great metropolitan newspapers.

The quality of CGI, audiences are now so used to it. They don't know what is CGI and what is real.

The question of how much English should be used in international research universities is one with which I am extremely familiar. I would even say I am deeply puzzled by this trend. I am not certain what the correct answer should be.

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

There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

There are some nasty, nasty incidents taking place in the world, but [it's] much better than it used to be.

There are so many venues in which stars are exposed today, that we just know much more and the studios don't have the control over stars like they used to, in the 30s, 40s, and 50s.

There are sort of Kurdish districts there in Mosul, or there used to be, but the Kurds mostly fled or were driven out. The same is true of the Christians.

There is a reason we used to build Cathedrals that drew the eye upwards.

The reason they call if 'golf' is that all the other 4 letter words were used up.

there are two ways of speaking an audience will always like: one is, to tell them what they don't understand; and the other is, to tell them what they're used to.

There is a word we haven't used yet: virginity... To make a photograph, the plate must be virgin, but your eye as well.

There is no dogma that the organ or harmonium can be used in church, but not the drum.

There is no communication with any public whatsoever. The artist can ask no question, and he makes no statement; he offers no information, and his work cannot be used. It is the end product which counts.

There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that music can be non-political.

There is not a lot that keeps me glued to the radio as I used to be.

There is no single theory that is used in economics that considers the finite nature of resources. It's shocking.

There is nothing that you shouldn't do. Everything can be used as a tool for liberation.

There is nothing nicer than a kitchen really made for a cook. Things that are designed to be used always have an innate beauty.

There's a lot of smoke being blown at you, but this is no new sport to me; I've been doing it a long time, I'm used to it and I see it coming immediately the minute it gets into our realm.

There is nothing wrong with violence in itself. In any particular case, whether violence is good or bad depends on how it is used and the purpose for which it is used.

There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors.

There's a dance that happens with you and that's why I really like doing it with stunt men, because they know how to dance generally better than actors do. It is choreography and if you aren't used to doing it things can go wrong.

there's not a boy on the planet worth this amount of angst. I know; i used to be one

There's fear in everything, but we can't just succumb to that. We have to suppress it, so we get used to suppressing fear to make it through the our day. Otherwise, we'd become paralyzed by them.

There was a time - and I used to get made fun of a lot - that all I collected was soundtracks

There was no one clear point of loss. It happened over and over again in a thousand small ways and the only truth there was to learn was that there was no getting used to it.

There's something desirable about anything you're used to as opposed to something you're not.

There was a time when I used to go to Mexico every year. But then Mexico changed a lot - between 1995 and 2005, Mexico changed a lot.

there was nothing in the whole world so dreadful as the power of riches wrongly used.

The same energy used to point out someone's flaws, can be used to work on your own.

There were five children in my family, and arguing was how we used to entertain ourselves.

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

These activities can be misconstrued, misinterpreted, and used to harm you as an individual even without the government having any intent to do you wrong.

There will come a day when the phone doesn't ring as much as it used to.

These are used solely for Blood Rites. (Leo) Is that like special ed? (Susan)

The same skills that I used as a welder, as a migrant farm worker, are similar skills that I'm using as a brain surgeon.

The State should have made sure the money given to the NGOs was used according to a global plan for Haiti; not doing whatever they want. They should be supervised and have to report and make sure the money is being used properly. They are here, but we are seeing no results.

The slogan used to be 'Populate or perish'. We can now see that it is more like 'Populate and perish'. A sustainable future has to be based on stabilisation of both population and consumption.

The storms of life can be used for good in our lives if we let them drive our spirits higher and closer to God.

The telephone will be used to inform people that a telegram has been sent.

The term 'globalisation' is conventionally used to refer to the specific form of investor-rights integration designed by wealth and power, for their own interests.

The tax code can be used to eliminate the toll booths on the information superhighway.

The Tao is like a well; used but never used up.

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.