Best 1731 quotes in «used quotes» category

Current organisms have a higher probability of sharing a single code if the common ancestry hypothesis is true than they'd have if the hypothesis of separate ancestry were true. That is, the simpler hypothesis has the higher likelihood in the technical sense of "likelihood" used in statistics.

Currently computer graphics are used a great deal, but it can be excessive.

Dark things have always existed but they used to be in a proper balance with good when life was slower.

DC used to print up all of their pages, they were the only company that did it.

Dear, dead women, with such hair, too--what's become of all the gold Used to hang and brush their bosoms?

Death leaves cans of shaving cream half-used.

Debt can be the most addictive thing in the universe, and it can kill you. You get used to living high off the hog. It was intoxicating.

Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process ever. It's the most demanding one, but again, rewarding.

Devotion is like the candle which Michael Angelo used to take in his pasteboard cap, so as not to throw his shadow upon the work in which he was engaged.

Did you know that the word 'tsunami,' which is now being used worldwide, is a Japanese word? This is indicative of the extent to which Japan has been subject to frequent tsunami disasters in the past.

Dialogue is used to reveal not what we want to say, but what we are trying to hide.

Did you know that forty percent of the words used by Shakespeare were used by him only once?

Digital content and electronic networks have changed the basic environmental conditionsin which documents are created, distributed, and used.

Die while I can still remember who I am, who I used to be.

Diet Coke with lemon - didn't that used to be called Pledge?

DNA tells you all the secrets of life,’ he used to say. Except for one—how to live it.

[Donald Trump] hedging his bets because he's used to buying politicians.

Donors need to know what their money is being used for.

Don LaFontaine was very intelligent. He used to say to me, "Always save your money, son". And I said, "Can I start doing voiceovers?" And he said, "You can, Pablo. You can. Don't worry, we'll talk about that later.

Don’t judge people on who they used to be. Allow them to be who they are now.

Don't Let the Elusive Present Moment Get Used Up by Thoughts that Aren't in the Here & Now

'Don't worry about senility', my grandfather used to say.

Glamour is something you can't bear to be without once you're used to it.

Drugs shouldn't be used for recreation although they can be, but ultimately the point of psychedelics is to put you in touch with the powers of the universe.

During the 1960s, we used twice as much oil as during the 1950s. And in each of those decades, more oil was consumed than in all of mankind's previous history.

Each day is a precious gift to be savored and used, not left unopened and hoarded for a future that may never come.

Each of us is a small part of God's plan. I'm a small part. I create paintings that are being used by God.

Earthly goods are given to be used, not to be collected.... Hoarding is idolatry.

Eaters must understand, how we eat determines how the world is used.

Economy has frequently nothing whatever to do with the amount of money being spent, but with the wisdom used in spending it.

Edinburgh used to be a haughty city.

Enthusiats are used to being mocked, maligned and misunderstood. We don't really mind.

Especially for my father it was a great change. He used to be a socialist and even a member of the socialist party. But then he became an orthodox Jew.

Ethics is a detergent word, used time and time again to clean consciences without scrubbing.

Europeans used to say Americans were puritanical. Then they discovered that we were not puritans. So now they say that we are obsessed with sex.

Even the best things ill used become evils; and, contrarily, the worst things used well prove good.

Even though we know sexual assault is still dramatically underreported, I think women are much more empowered today than they used to be.

Ever since the introduction of psychoanalysis there have been too many terms to excuse behavior and phrases that can be [used] to explain everything.

Everybody makes personal decisions that are right for them and if you're in political life, you're used to having those analyzed.

Existence is beyond the power of words to define: Terms may be used But are none of them absolute.

Factories not what they used to be - they're all extremely high-tech.

Failure isn't really an option because, as my grandmother used to say, "Nothing beats a failure but a try.

Fashion shows used to be more crazy. Now they've become a bit too serious.

February... Now more than ever one must remind oneself that it is wasteful folly to wish that time would pass, or - as the puritanical old saying used to have it - to kill time until it kills you.

Ferrari used to be the car that you kept in your garage, took out to polish and show, and put back into the garage.

Fighters used to be afraid of the Russians, Cubans but then I'd figure them out and figure out how to beat them.

Filibuster has long tradition, but used to harm civil rights.

Flying used to be so great but now it's more of a trial.

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

Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend against other force.