Being Being Used Quotes

Who can over estimate the progress of the world if all the money wasted in superstition could be used to enlighten, elevate and civilize mankind? — Robert G. Ingersoll

Your skills are adequate, though you would be better served by keeping your mouth closed unless it's being used to please or swallow. — Judith James

We shall not refuse tobacco the credit of being sometimes medical, when used temperately, though an acknowledged poison. — Jesse Torrey

If you're used to being a maverick, then people don't get surprised when you start acting strangely. — Richard C. Armitage

I'm sorry for being a little tense, Island. I suppose I'm not used to having guests in the front seat. My clients usually ride in the trunk, you know. — Camilla Monk

There seem to be a lot of black artists making very good videos that I'm surprised aren't being used on MTV. — David Bowie

I may not be where I want to be but I'm thankful for not being where I used to be. — Habeeb Akande

When you're used to being healthy and strong and vibrant and everything and then - bang - overnight you're desperately ill, it's frightening. — Ann Romney

If only more of today's military personnel would realize that they are being used by the owning elite's as a publicly subsidized capitalist goon squad — Smedley Butler

I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage. — Anne McCaffrey

On a good day, I'm a first class prick, but even I know that being treated like you're disposable is something no one should ever be used to. — Melyssa Winchester

I don't know if I'll ever get used to hearing my name being mentioned alongside all these other legendary artists that have come before me. — Gretchen Wilson

Economy has frequently nothing whatever to do with the amount of money being spent, but with the wisdom used in spending it. — Henry Ford

Things admit of being used as symbols, because nature is a symbol, in the whole, and in every part. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

With technology and social media and citizen journalism, every rock that used to go unturned is now being flipped, lit and put on TV. — LZ Granderson

Sometimes, though, we let ourselves get so used to being 'fine' that we lose track of how 'not fine' we are. — Martina Boone

As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy. — Al Yankovic

Make sure your tithe are being used for something that is visible — Sunday Adelaja

I think you're used to being observed but not really ... seen. — Christina Baker Kline

But I love being scared. I think you're brave only when you do things that scare you. I've always used fear as a motivator. I'm not sure why. — Ginnifer Goodwin

Whether you like it or not, the last few years I'd be the first one to tell you I haven't been the Pedro Martinez that I'm used to being. — Pedro Martinez

Being used to scientific terminology and theory it was always natural for me to push this stuff into songs. — Peter Hammill

But now there are more concussions due to not being used to the hard hitting. — Jim Otto

Piper wasn't used to anyone intimidating her, but being in the presence of Phoebe Calebow was being in the presence of greatness. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Maybe I'm used to religious music being gentler in the classical world. — Jonny Greenwood

are still being used and strengthened for muscle-building instructions. — M.P. Neary

She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to walking alone and to being considered 'different.' She did not suffer too much. — Betty Smith

A body can get used to anything, even to being hanged, as the Irishman said. — L.M. Montgomery

A person gets used to being alone, but break it just for a day and you have to get used to it again, all over from the beginning. — Richard Bach

I'm used to being coached. Something I learned long ago is that a coach is trying to make you better and to be the best version of yourself. — Meryl Davis

I always had difficulty as a model just being myself. I can be very shy, and I used to have a lot of anxiety about working on set. — Stephanie Seymour

Words Are The Ones Used To Degrade And Demean Another Human Being — Karlyle Tomms

This is peace, if you think about it--machine-gun nests being used as picnic tables. — David Mitchell

When you become used to never being alone, you may consider yourself Americanised — Andre Maurois

Believe it or not, one teacher used to call me a giant spastic for not being able to play football. — Peter Capaldi

Ignorance of one's life mission leads to one's life being used improperly — Sunday Adelaja

I'm offended by the is-ought fallacy, which has been used to justify slavery, women not being allowed to vote, children working in factories. — Moby

I joined a Republican Party that was used to losing, used to being browbeaten by the Democrats. I represent a totally different style. — Newt Gingrich

I'm used to being the main goal scorer, but I also always like to help. — Luis Suarez

All the social things the consumer has gotten used to are being applied to business. — Ram Shriram

You disrupted my entire world, Even Tate. I'm used to being the one in control. The one people fall in love with. I'm not supposed to fall in love. — Leisa Rayven

I was used to being perceived as having a good attitude. Self-control, self-effacement, self-denial. People like this, especially in girls. — Stephanie Grant

I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points. — Gareth Gates

I think he could handle being used. It would be good for him. He's having trouble sleeping. — Victoria Dahl

He would have to get used to it, she thought. He would have to get used to her being more and more preoccupied with books. — Ruth Rendell

I am of one mind with the Irishman who said you could get used to anything, even to being hanged! — L.M. Montgomery

Most of my cousins are boys, so I'm used to being around boys. — Michelle Ryan

When politics are used to allocate resources, the resources all end up being allocated to politics. — P. J. O'Rourke

Piper's dad used to say that being in the airport didn't count as visiting a city. Piper felt the same
way about sewers. — Rick Riordan

You cannot grow unless you are willing to change. You will never improve yourself if you cling to what used to be. — Leon Brown

Being bisexual, being bipolar, being biracial - it's been used to define me, but I am desperate to be indefinable. — Halsey

It's important for a dancer to wear very tight underpants. I used to feel a bit exposed if I wasn't being held up in the right place. — Bruce Forsyth

You never get used to being slotted into a giant doughnut's vagina. — Sara Wolf

I need you, not it. And I'm done being used. If you're going to take from me, you're going to start giving back, and I'll start with your heart. — Delilah S. Dawson

The ... irrational fear of communism is being deliberately used in many quarters to blind us to our real problems. — Helen Gahagan Douglas

Some experts believe that somebody is deceiving WikiLeaks, that its reputation is being undermined in order for it to be used for political purposes. — Vladimir Putin

I've basically guest-starred on every show that you can imagine. I am pretty used to being the new kid in school. — Lauren Bowles

I'm used to being the big tough guy, the bodyguard type. — Michael Clarke Duncan

You know, I used to be made fun of as a kid for being really articulate; it was sort of like a strange thing. — Carla Gugino

I never liked the Oscars. They didn't do too much for me at all. I felt like a big, vulnerable hunk of baloney being used to sell some products. — Nick Nolte

I'm used to being under pressure ... luckily I perform well under pressure. — Paige VanZant

Donors need to know what their money is being used for. — Michel Martelly

I'm kind of used to being around guys on set, and I grew up with a brother who treated me like I was a boy. — Katee Sackhoff

I used to fear living a life untouched by God, but now, for some reason I've gone back to being afraid of cement mixers. — Dana Gould

I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative. — David Levithan

Like the one-sentence paragraph, the second-person point of view can also make us suspect that style is being used as a substitute for content. — Francine Prose

You may not be where you want to be, but you can look back and be thankful you're not where you used to be. — Joel Osteen

Ethnic-based politics is being used to exhort people, to serve own ends - this is anathema to concept of nationalism. — Imran Khan

Much agricultural land which might be growing food is being used instead to 'grow' money (in the form of coffee, tea, etc.). — Frances Moore Lappe

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never. — Albert Camus

If she felt my gaze upon her, I assume she was accustomed to being stared at, just as I was used to wanting what I could not have. — Alice Hoffman

It's possible, although far-fetched, that in the future we could think of cancer being used as a therapy. — Eva Vertes

Trust your fears. When a quiet voice whispers, "you are being used", listen. Ignore your baser desires. — Michael R. Fletcher

A brick can be used to represent the zero probability of this book being any good. — Amy Summers

As an actor, you have to get used to being told no, develop a thick skin, and just keep persevering. — Emun Elliott

When someone is being particularly mean and nasty, I simply think to myself, he or she used to be a cute little baby, I wonder what happened? — Ben Carson

I'm used to being efficient and a guy that can do more than the average guy can. — Jason Statham

I went to tranny bars and kind of got used to being around that and then getting dressed up. — Paul Dano

I'm not used to studios being ecstatic about we did and saying, "Please go do that again." — Robert Downey Jr.

My quotes are being used in other authors creations. To be recognized while I'm alive has surpassed my expectations — Stanley Victor Paskavich

I soon discovered that I was getting used to being happy and unhappy at the same time, as if that were the new, inevitable law of my life. — Elena Ferrante

You get used to people being a certain way; you depend on it. And when they surprise you, for better or worse, it can shake you to your core. — Sarah Dessen

When you're used to seeing someone being coldly efficient on court and suddenly they go on stage and into your world - it's fascinating. — Adrian Smith

I grew up as a tomboy, so I'm used to being around guys. — Jennifer Bini Taylor

Enthusiats are used to being mocked, maligned and misunderstood. We don't really mind. — Stephen Fry

She was not used to being cruel, but he had taught her how. — Janet Fitch

I used to get made fun of for being either too provocative or too eccentric, so I started to tone it down. I didn't fit in, and I felt like a freak. — Lady Gaga

Being defiant can be a good thing sometimes," Aunty Ifeoma said. "Defiance is like marijuana - it is not a bad thing when it is used right. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I wouldn't mind being labeled as "angry," if it wasn't used once again to denigrate and belittle. — Jamaica Kincaid

I was used to being the smartest guy in the room, and then God dropped me in a place that was well beyond me. It was painfully awesome. — Matt Chandler

I used to dream of being normal. For me, if Kirk Douglas walked into the house, that was normal. — Jamie Lee Curtis

This planet is obviously being used as an insane asylum by other planets. — George Bernard Shaw

I always used to associate good directors as being ones who are totally extreme and have an answer for everything and there are no loose ends. — Chris Lowell

You are a perfect spiritual being. Get used to that idea. — Chris Prentiss

In Missouri, it's a 50/50 state, so I'm kind of used to half the state being mad at me. — Barack Obama

Stand-up is live, so I'm used to being live for most of my career. It's interesting. — Colin Quinn

My Master used to say, when a pitcher is being filled (by immersion), it gurgles, but when full, it is noiseless. — Swami Vivekananda

It used to be that being crazy meant something. Now everybody is crazy. — Charles Manson

I'm used to being productive, ever since I was young. — Robert Pozen

When I was younger, I used to be super, super shy. I still find myself being scared of things. — Vanessa Hudgens