Best 1731 quotes in «used quotes» category

They asked me to go in front of the Reagans. I'm not used to going in front of President Reagan, so we went out behind the Bushes.

They're very nationalistic the French - or they used to be. Very insular. Pretty arrogant.

They say the world used to be bigger. The world's still the same--there's just less in it.

They used to say, 'If we find a good black player, we'll sign him.' They was lying.

They used to say Palestinians fight like heroes, now they say heroes fight like Palestinians

They used to laugh at me when I refused to ride on all those double decker buses, all because there was no driver on the top.

They used to say it was bad for Indians to drink, but it's bad for anybody. When they drink they lose their cool, a lot of us. Like when we played with Sonny Boy, I would never get paid, you know. He would drink up all the money.

They [unions] used straight Marxist rhetoric [in 1930s] - just the values were changed.

They used to take your horse and if they were caught they got hung for it. Now they take your car, and if they are caught it's a miracle.

They used to be buddies, I thought, they used to be friends, and now they hate each other because one has to work for a living and the other comes from the West Side. They shouldn't hate each other.

Things are to be used and God is to be loved. We get into trouble when we begin to use God and love things.

Things admit of being used as symbols, because nature is a symbol, in the whole, and in every part.

They were so ignorant, so naive, so resigned to their lot. They refused to believe anything that didn't fit in with what they were used to believing.

They who are great talkers in company have never been any talkers by themselves, nor used to private discussions of our home regimen.

Things said and done innocently should never be used as weapons.

Think of Frank Capra and Preston Sturges. They used the same actors over and over again.

This is something everyone knows: A well-used city street is apt to be a safe street. A deserted city street is apt to be unsafe.

This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy.

This planet is obviously being used as an insane asylum by other planets.

This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.

Those who are used to a cage will weep for a cage.

Through using our memory to its fullest we can unlock the vast reservoir of human potential that isn't currently being used.

Thrilled that Gov. Romney enjoys my old character. I enjoyed the character he used 2 b 2. If he'd embrace that again, he'd b a great candidate.

Time has been used destructively by people of ill will much more than it has been used constructively by those of good will.

Time travel was once considered scientific heresy, and I used to avoid talking about it for fear of being labelled a 'crank.'

To use is necessary. And if you can't be used, then you're useless.

TMI? Too Much Information. It”s just easier to say 'TMI'. I used to say 'don't go there', but that's lame.

Time was when people used to brag about how old they were - and I am old enough to remember it.

To me, that's where a lot of satire lies. News used to hold itself to a higher plane and slowly it has dissolved into, well, me.

Too often faith is used as an epistemological device to avoid the hard labor of straight thinking.

Touch is a freaky thing when you're not used to it. It makes you feel all kinds of things.

Traditionally the Nude was used to express formulations about life as larger-than-life, as Heroic or Ideal... The nude is not a 'genre' subject.

Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.

True nobility isn't about being better than anyone else; it's about being better than you used to be.

Umm, there are so many people that I've never had one person that I've particularly idolised or I thought "Wow, I want to be just like them." It used to be when I was younger, Julia Roberts, I used to just love her. There is something so appealing about her.

Truth is to be used as a scalpel, not a club.

Under the lean system, any tools which are required for solving problems are used.

Under President Obama we've lost control of things that we used to have control over.

Unreasonable," "unrealistic," and "impractical" are all words used to marginalize a person or idea that fails to conform with conventionally expected standards.

Used properly, cinema is the coolest thing in the world.

Used as kites, these rigid stable aeroplanes are superior to the very best cellular kites I can make; they are lighter, pull harder per square foot, attain a greater angle of elevation, and have fewer parts.

Used to be all I'd want to learn was wisdom, trust and truth, now all I really want to learn is Forgiveness for you

Used to rock a throwback ballin on the corner, now I rock tailored suit lookin' like a owner.

Until I was a teenager, I used red pokeberries for lipstick and a burnt matchstick for eyeliner. I used honeysuckle for perfume.

Used to be in the old days, only the pulp writers wrote like machines. Now everybody is expected to be literary John Henrys. So in that context someone like me is an anomaly.

Used to tell me the sky's the limit, now the sky is our point of view.

Wagner used to read the libretti of his operas to his friends; I am glad I was not there.

Violence is never the right answer, unless used against heathens and monsters.

Walking is great to be used as an exercise program.

Verification and diplomacy, used in conjunction, can be effective,.