Used Quotes

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
-Albert Einstein

"War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent."
-George Orwell

"Statistics are like a drunk with a lampost: used more for support than illumination."
-Sir Winston Churchill

"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. "
-George Bernard Shaw

"This is the true joy in life - being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one..."
-George Bernard Shaw

"I want to be all used up when I die."
-George Bernard Shaw

"We've always been used to the French doing things differently, and in most cases it's charming. But in this case, it's a colossal mistake. It would kill off the French music industry."
-John F. Kennedy

"I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it."
-Charles M. Schulz

"As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death."
-Leonardo da Vinci

"It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fifty words used in correct context - no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese."
-Carl Sagan

"If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: 'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods."
-Epictetus

"Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped. "
-Calvin Coolidge

"I used to be a lawyer, but now I am a reformed character."
-Woodrow Wilson

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."
-Rudyard Kipling

"A good prince will tax as lightly as possible those commodities which are used by the poorest members of society: grain, bread, beer, wine, clothing, and all other staples without which human life could not exist."
-Desiderius Erasmus

"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. "
-Steve Jobs

"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you'?"
-William Arthur Ward

"Something like George passing, it makes you think, `God things are so impermanent: suddenly there's this little friend of mine, he used to get on the bus, and now he's passed away.' There's that whole lifetime of a friendship that physically has ended, not emotionally."
-Paul Mccartney

"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."
-Paul Mccartney

"My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for."
-Tupac Shakur

"I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see."
-Jimi Hendrix

"If God only used perfect people, nothing would get done, ... God will use anybody if you're available."
-Frederick Warren

""Think simple" as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles."
-Frank Lloyd Wright

"We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music."
-Barbara Sher

"Every single one of us can do things that no one else can, love things that no one else can love...We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do."
-Barbara Sher

"It used to be about the golden years. We talk about it (now) as a place where you start your second life. It's not about slowing down."
-Andrew Smith

"Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is collected and used."
-Dr. Carl Sagan

"It's hard for me to get used to these changing times. I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty."
-George F. Burns