Used Quotes

I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve or understand. Meditation comes very naturally to me.

I used to think feminism was a liberating force - now I see many of those people are just censors under a different name.

Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.

I used to be a hopeless romantic - I fell in love with everyone I went out with.

Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts.

We used to play music for fun. Much more than now. Now nobody picks up a guitar unless they're paid for it.

A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.

I think that my script, if it gets used, would be great. But if it doesn't, I think it inspired them.

I've always felt that technology can be used to our benefit and should be used to our benefit.

Along 4 Mile Run, there was a nice woods down in front of the house. I used to run around there.

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves - they can't depend on a particular person, i.e. me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world.

I'm glad now, at age 66, that I never used alcohol or tobacco... I've buried a lot of friends who used tobacco or alcohol.

Medications almost always do it better if they're used in conjunction with other supports.

I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward.

We used two Princess Cruise ships. The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. They were identical ships.

I used to think I was a singer; I had my own delusions about it.

When I was little, my mom tells me, I used to say things like, 'Mom do you hear the string section? Do you hear the string section?' And she would look at me and say, 'No honey, I don't know what you're talking about.'

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.

A billion dollars isn't what it used to be.

The biodiesel we use is 100 percent, it has no petroleum in it. It was already used in fryers throughout our local area. It's already had one life and now it's going to be used again, which is nice.

They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf.

When I was very small, maybe 8 years old, we had a big radio that stood on four legs, and it had a cross piece underneath it, and I used to take a pillow and crawl under the radio.

I guess I've always lived the glamorous life of a star. It 's nothing new - I used to spend down to the last dime.

I used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird. I suddenly realized that anyone doing anything weird wasn't weird at all and it was the people saying they were weird that were weird.

I don't want euro bonds that serve to mutualize the entire debt of the countries in the euro zone. That can only work in the longer-term. I want euro bonds to be used to finance targeted investments in future-oriented growth projects. It isn't the same thing. Let's call them 'project bonds' instead of euro bonds.

The coal industry has helped fuel this Nation for 150 years, and coal can be used to heat our homes, power our economy, and protect our Nation for at least another 150 years if we continue to use it.

I think there are certain business matters which we must now conduct differently than we used to.

I try not to have too many rituals because I believe that rituals don't help you win. I used to do rituals a lot and it was crazy.

On Fantastic Mr. Fox, I got used to working with animated storyboards as a way of planning for the shoot. We did a lot of sequences that way with this movie. Partly as a result of that, I decided to build more sets in order to do certain shots.