Best 1731 quotes in «used quotes» category

The arrow of Marxist-Leninism must be used to hit the target of the Chinese Revolution.

Theater used to be a verb; it used to be an act. But nowadays it is just a noun. It is a place.

The astronauts who came in with me in my astronaut class - my class had 29 men and 6 women - those men were all very used to working with women.

The balls used in top class games are generally smaller than those used in others.

The bees in my stomach are dead and getting used to it.

The biggest thing I did was that I used to go to the library. I fed my mind every day.

The Blessed Virgin used me like a broom, and then put me back in my place.

The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.

The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!

The Cadiz tribe, not used to bearing our yoke.

The Chernobyl technology is different from the technology which is used in the west, mainly.

The computer is really like a pencil, you know. It used to be. The pencil can do anything you want to, but you have to do it, and the same is with the computer.

The Cubists used the figure, but they broke it up.

The economic base of that rural Oregon area used to be manufacturing and logging. And that went away and they feel nobody has been speaking to them and finally Donald Trump has spoken to them.

[The currency of being celebrity] used to be only the elect had any manna in the information society and everyone else was a consumer.

The earth is a used Kleenex on the universe's nightstand.

The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them.

The emptiness where I used pain to fill the hole no longer controls me, no longer calls me because of you.

The end justifies the means only when the means used are such as actually bring about the desired and desirable end.

The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival of the Fittest is more accurate, and is sometimes equally convenient.

The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective.

The first thing I ever heard about synthesizers, they were being used in rock.

The focusing of attention on the breath is perhaps the most universal of the many hundreds of meditation subjects used worldwide.

The future is not what it used to be.

The future just isn't what it used to be

The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes.

The global supply of oil is going to decline because we've used up a good deal of the easy-to-get oil. We're going to reach a point in the not-too-distant future when it is impossible to keep increasing the daily supply.

The Gorean is suspicious of the stranger, particularly in the vicinity of his native walls. Indeed, in Gorean the same word is used for both stranger and enemy.

The Grammys used me for ratings. And they were up 18 percent!

The governments are seen to be less effective than they used to be. The private sector is perceived as being so much more efficient, and so globalization implies a transfer of power to the private sector.

The Greatest Weapon Used Against the Negro is Disorganization.

The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren't as black and white, and you become much more tolerant. You can see the good in things much more easily rather than getting enraged as you used to do when you were young.

The hero used to be the one in white. Now he is harder to spot.

The guillotine was most effective and used until fairly recently.

The idea that things used to be better is fantasy. It's putting a halo on something that no one can disprove.

The honour of physical decline is waiting, and you have to get used to that reality.

The human tongue is like wasabi: it's very powerful, and should be used sparingly.

The Master doesn't seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.

The Indians used to be the only inhabitants of the Americas, but times change. Having perceived us as belonging to history, they are free to emote over us, to re-create us in their history-based understanding, and dismiss our present lives as archaic and irrelevant to the times.

The infinite possibilities. That's what used to do my nut in.

The IPCC summary for policymakers is used to scare politicians and goad the public into action. The UN is all about politics.

The knighthood I received was a fantastic honour but it's not something I've ever used and I don't think I ever will.

The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.

The Internet is one area that I have used pretty effectively to break free of corporate control.

The longer I live, the more convinced am I that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum.

The more deeply the path is etched, the more it is used, and the more it is used, the more deeply it etched.

The moon has nothing to be sad about, Staring from her hood of bone. She is used to this sort of thing. Her blacks crackle and drag.

The Monkees was a straight sitcom, we used the same plots that were on the other situation comedies at the time. So the music wasn't threatening, we weren't threatening.

The most solitary I ever felt was when I was living in New York. I used to live in Enrico Caruso's old apartment, and I had a special staircase that took me up to the roof. There was nobody up there.

The mug from the washstand was used as Becky's tea cup, and the tea was so delicious that it was not necessary to pretend that it was anything but tea.