Used Quotes

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.

Nostalgia is not what it used to be.

And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.

My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight.

We were not given any statistics as to how many records were pressed on the blue label. I used to ask Bob Shad how we were going to get paid from record sales and what I got for an answer was not to worry about the business end of the deal.

I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority.

I judge my life by how miserable it used to be. If I could pay my rent, I was deliriously happy. Now I'm deliriously happy all the time."

I used to just take every job that seemed relatively appealing. But now I take a job and it's in the trades the next day - it feels like people are watching and waiting to see what you do, and when you do take a job, attention is noted.

I've been writing on my own. It's like Roger Miller used to say, every now and then, like a dog having puppies, you have to crawl under the house and do it yourself.

When I did sports cartoons, I used to uh, go to fights.

I've been experimenting more and more with LN2, liquid nitrogen. I've used it in battle on 'Iron Chef America,' but have also made some great ice creams at home for my family. Since it freezes basically on contact, you can have ice cream ready in mere minutes.

I used to be a jazz snob, believe it or not. I sort of turned my nose up at anything more commercial.

When I was young, I used to hear people say, 'He's a golden boy. Look at that guy. Can you imagine what he's going to be like when he grows up?' Well, I unfortunately bought into that. And I hadn't even found myself. Quite honestly, I was running from myself. But I knew how to work Top 40 radio.

When I was little, we used to have Atari.

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.

I used to believe in one true soul mate, but not anymore. I believe you can have a few.

I used to listen to country and western and blues, John Lee Hooker, spirituals, the Bluegrass Boys, and Eddie Arnold. There was a radio station that come on everyday with country, spirituals, and the blues.

These rare senses and powers of reasoning were given to be used freely, but not audaciously, to discover, not to pervert the truth.

I'm so used to Australian films not getting a release outside Australia.

Cubism was an attack on the perspective that had been known and used for 500 years. It was the first big, big change. It confused people: they said, 'Things don't look like that!'

But Apple really beats to a different drummer. I used to say that Apple should be the Sony of this business, but in reality, I think Apple should be the Apple of this business.