Best 1731 quotes in «used quotes» category

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Walking is great to be used as an exercise program.

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

Voice over can be tricky. It can be dangerous because it's over-used or inappropriately used.

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

Walking along the crowded row He met the one he used to know.

We all have unresolved shame, because it is used as a tool to control behavior.

War, which used to be cruel and magnificent has now become cruel and squalid.

Weaponization of a candidate's words against him or her is something we're seeing a lot. The term Obamacare was used against Obama in a pejorative way, but Obama again reclaimed it.

Wealth is an engine that can be used for power, if you are an engineer; but to be tied to the fly wheel of an engine is rather a misfortune.

Wealth is only a source of happiness when it is used to do good for others

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.

We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.

We are so used to releasing words, we don't know what to do with them if they stay. No matter how many times we let them go, they come back. The words that matter always stay.

We are so used to seeing women as victims of war to be pitied rather than survivors of war to be respected.

We are convinced that the Rosary, if devotely used is bound to benefit not only the individual but society at large.

We are so used to releasing words. We don't know what to do with them if they stay.

We are silent, considering shortfalls. There's not much time left, for us to become what we once intended. Jon had potential, but it's not a word that can be used comfortably any more. Potential has a shelf-life.

We are used to cleaning the outside house, but the most important house to clean is yourself - your own house - which we never do.

We are used to the actions of human beings, not to their stillness.

We associate the North Atlantic with cod. The motto of Newfoundland used to be 'In cod we trust.' It was a joke, but it was essentially true. But there is no cod anymore. And that's extraordinary. It's all because of either greed or politics - Canadian politics.

We built your fort. We will not have it used against us.

We didn't used to be so precious about women in comedy back in the old days.

We cannot go backward,' Marco says. 'A great deal is not how it used to be.

We do not have to borrow in the external market, but we have used and are using this traditional instrument in international financial relations.

We have grown used to money. The handling, the increase of it, is the chief business of life now with most of us.

We get used to a certain kind of colour of form or format, and it's acceptable. And to puncture that is sticking your neck out a bit. And then pretty soon, that's very acceptable.

We had an old Victrola with the old bulldog they used to have there. The horn would come out.

We have learned that power is a positive force if it is used for positive purposes.

We get used to things, and we like reading the way we're used to reading.

We had a food store at the theatre and I used to pinch food. I pinched some trousers and shirts to keep me going but they would wear out. I was virtually on the breadline.