Used Quotes

People are always asking me why they don't make Westerns like they used to.

I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range.

As an athlete, I used my speed, agility and quickness to go out and play against the big guys.

I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused.

It used to be that you'd have a song recorded by a major country artist and if it was a hit, you could buy a car. Now you can buy a dealership.

Liberalism does not preclude an organisation of the flow of money in which some channels are used in decision making while others are only good for the payment of debts.

You know, I grew up with brothers so I'm used to being the only girl.

One of the guys that used to run it - for some reason I've no idea why he used to call me the Sea Monster and I was just looking around for a name and thought that'll do. That lasted for a couple of years probably.

The fashion editor as it used to be has changed. Now you have to wear many hats, and whoever tells you differently is wrong. Now you're on TV, whether you want it or not.

There's a certain way people are used to seeing nude women, and that's in a submissive, coy pose, not looking at the camera. And in this poster, I'm looking dead into the camera with no expression on my face. I think it freaks a lot of people out.

A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it.

My version of "Georgia" became the state song of Georgia. That was a big thing for me, man. It really touched me. Here is a state that used to lynch people like me suddenly declaring my version of a song as its state song. That is touching.

My mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am at my core.

But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right. But I soon figured out that three left turns do.

My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats.

I used to think that driving, sleepless, ambitious labor was what you needed to succeed.

It's obviously nerve-wracking, because I don't know the ropes really, William is obviously used to it, but I'm willing to learn quickly and work hard.

I just sit at the drawing board most of the time. I am used to talking to people. I love going to conventions, getting feedback and talking to people. Some artists don't. Some artists sit at their drawing board because their personality actually dictates that.

My father used to call me the laughing hyena.

We used to get published a lot. And there was this vodka advertisement... it embarrassed me a lot afterwards.

The revenues of Cuban state-run companies are used exclusively for the benefit of the people, to whom they belong.

I don't have the identity of any of them. I only had the nicks that they used on Internet Relay Chat.

You use words like 'introvert' and 'extrovert,' various traits of a personality. A lot of that stuff, we used in drama school, and that was kind of interesting, to realize my teachers sort of ripped off a lot of Jung. And how much of it is part of our society now, these phrases, introvert and extrovert, where it actually came from.

I know that I have a face, a look, people aren't used to seeing. A presence.

I made 50 million bucks yesterday. That's a flameout I could get used to.

Moveon is not a one-way broadcast media. The Internet, when used best, is a two-way media. We have a forum in which people can post comments and those comments can be rated. We get a sense of what people feel most passionately about.

I was in a bar and I said to a friend, 'You know, we've become those 40-year-old guys we used to look at and say, 'Isn't it sad?'

I've never crashed a wedding. When I was a kid I, of course, used to crash parties. Crashing a wedding is difficult though because you have to have the suit, and you have to have information in case someone catches you. You have to know at least some names and something.

We used to lift weights a couple of times a week, we did a lot of running. I enjoyed the variety.

I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid!