A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

I used to be a heavy gambler. But now I just make mental bets. That's how I lost my mind.
Steve Allen

Getting used to the studio and everything was fun, we freaked about alot. I was working very hard then.
Syd Barrett

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

I don't look at a knife the way I used to. I'm more aware of what it is. I think twice. This is a key finger. It's in every chord.
Neil Young

The '60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together.
Neil Young

In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
Virgil

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
Toni Morrison

Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work.
Angela Davis

The quick success was a bit strange to get used to.
Fiona Apple

I'm not used to not having enough time to live with the songs. Usually, if I write something, I live with it for a little while.
Fiona Apple

I loved Japan. I used to read a lot about it when I was a child. And I always wanted to go. And it was delightful. I absolutely loved it. What a smashing place.
Billy Connolly

I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be.
Billy Connolly

My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.
Billy Connolly

I was the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anything.
Bo Jackson

I have no problem with my hips - I can still do the things that I used to do. I can run, I'm just not the fastest person on the field anymore.
Bo Jackson

The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.
Sydney J. Harris

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.
Henri Matisse

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.
Edna St. Vincent Millay

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
Lord Acton