Used Quotes

I'm just trying to get used to living on a fixed income. Now, it's going to get unfixed.

I have heard my fill of hurtful words. I think it's especially egregious when citizens like me, who point out abuses in their country, are referred to as 'do-gooders.' This is how a phrase that can be used to stop an argument dead becomes part of common usage.

We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.

But if you can find that spot - I suppose it's like running - I used to be a swimmer and swim laps, and you just have to be there with what you're doing.

I never felt so close to a guitar as that silver one with mirrors that I used on stage all the time.

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?

Unfortunately, our history has abundant examples of patriotism being used to hurt those who express views in disagreement with that of the majority.

When Toots finally could breathe again and the blood returned to his brain, he recalled that he had not passed or been passed by Jackie at any time in the race. Toots never used foul language but he came close that night. Jackie paid.

My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later.

The concept of the "good ol' days" must be one of our society's biggest delusions, top reasons for depression, as well as most often used excuse for lack of success.

Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to worry myself.

Synaptic summation is the technical term used in neurophysiology for those instances in which some neuron C is fired only by a combination of neurons A and B.

I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically to my chest and look up at Bogie. That was the beginning of The Look.

Every Friday I used to have about fifty, sixty kids who would wait for me on Sunset Boulevard and I'd take them all to dinner. All runaways.

I used the name Jane Roe because I didn't want my personal name to be involved in it.

Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.

I have a horrible memory and I used to consider that a liability, but I've learned along the way that talking to people is really a beautiful thing.

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.

I used to take five or six books away and bring five or six books back. Nobody gave me direction or advice and I read much in the way that a boy might watch television.

Since hydrogen is a constituent of most of our electrolytic solvents, the definition of an acid or base as a substance which gives up or takes up hydrogen ion would be more general than the one we used before, but it would not be universal.

When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call me Uncle Sammy.

I used to love going on a junket and promoting a film when it was not a 24-hour news cycle, and when there weren't so many media outlets. You could actually talk about the film.

The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.

I used to get embarrassed about the fact I liked fashion. I still get a bit cringy.

I have so much chaos in my life, it's become normal. You become used to it. You have to just relax, calm down, take a deep breath and try to see how you can make things work rather than complain about how they're wrong.

I've always leaned toward a feminine, funky style, even in business settings. I used to paint my nails blue in 1993, before it was mainstream.

There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.

I don't go out that much anymore, unfortunately. I used to enjoy it, but I'm just so busy. Like last night, everybody else went out, and I just went straight home and went to bed.

Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.