Top 100 I Used To Be Quotes
#1. I used to be an amateur inventor when I was a kid; I'm always inventing something.
Alan Alda
#2. I am an experimenter, or rather I used to be one. Then I stopped working, and since then people think I am a theoretician.
George Placzek
#3. I'm more authoritarian with the orchestras than I used to be. You need to hold your ground, I've noticed, or you'll be swept aside.
Laurence Equilbey
#4. You know I used to be the back porch poet with my book of lines, always hoping knowing all the time, I'm probably never gonna find the perfect rhyme ... For heavier things
John Mayer
#5. I used to be and I still am into psychology. I would like to be able to pursue something like that, but I don't know. The older I've gotten, the more endearing this business has become and I can't really imagine leaving it.
Lindsey Shaw
#6. I had some tough times ... i did some bad shit ... but i'm still the same girl i used to be
Britney Spears
#8. And then there was Jeremiah. When I looked at Jeremiah, I saw past, present, and future. He didn't just know the girl I used to be. He knew the right-now me, and he loved me anyway.
Jenny Han
#9. We are all hypocrites in transition. I am not who I want to be, but I am on the journey there, and thankfully I am not whom I used to be.
Erwin McManus
#10. I desperately want to help, but the truth is, I don't know. I used to hate myself; eventually, I didn't anymore. I used to be shy; eventually, I made my living by talking too much.
Lindy West
#11. The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used to be; it looks like you are in charge, but you are not.
Lamar Alexander
#12. I used to be an architect, so I have a series I am working on with USA Network that I created and am co-writing.
Catherine Hardwicke
#13. Over the years I have learned that creating art has made me happy. I used to be a lawyer and I'm much happier being an artist.
Nathan Sawaya
#14. I used to be sure of things. Me, once i had all the answers. I wish i was a kid again, when i had all the answers
S.E. Hinton
#15. I'm not as impatient as I used to be. I used to hit people if I didn't like what they were saying. Just lash out. 'Bam - shut up! Hahahah!' I was terrible.
Grace Jones
#16. I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one.
Uma Thurman
#17. My father's name is Dee, so when I was born they named me Katherine Dee and they took the K from Katherine and put it with his name, sort of to give me my dad's namesake. But it's hysterical how often it gets misspelled. I used to be like, 'No one capitalizes my D!'
KaDee Strickland
#18. I used to be stupid but I've turned that situation around 360 degrees.
Scott Adams
#19. I used to be the sort of boy who had sand kicked in his face, now I'm the sort of boy who watches somebody else have it kicked in their face
Sue Townsend
#20. What's odd is that nobody in my family is an artist. My cousins are, like, secretaries at law firms or nurses or just more blue collar. And I was in a baseball team. I used to be, like, a really big tomboy.
Melonie Diaz
#21. I used to be a reasonably careless and adventurous person before I had children; now I am morbidly obsessed by seat-belts and constantly afraid that low-flying aircraft will drop on my children's school.
Margaret Drabble
#22. I was always an introvert as a kid. Then, when I first kind of came out as a human being, I used to be one of those guys who'd go nuts on the dance floor, and people would gather around.
Daryl Hall
#23. I used to be six foot four. Now that I'm old, I slouch. So, I'm six foot three.
Jack Palance
#25. I may not be as visible as I used to be, and by that I mean being in the clubhouse or on the field. But I'm just as invested as I've always been.
Billy Beane
#26. Mac, are you even listening?" Nick's voice sounded annoyed. "You used to be a lot more attentive."
"I used to be banging you too," I informed him absently. "I found your opinions about my love life a lot more interesting then.
S.E. Harmon
#27. I used to be Autumn Winters, daughter of an actress and an architect. I had been one of three living in this home, but now I was just Autumn Winters, and I was alone.
Kirby Howell
#28. Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different.
Tom Sizemore
#29. I loved playing computer games. I used to be one of the top World of War-crafters in the world for a couple of years.
Robert Kazinsky
#30. But Aunt Margaret doesn't like boys," objected Elnora.
"Well, she likes me, and I used to be a boy ...
Gene Stratton-Porter
#32. I ain't as good as I'm gonna get, but I'm better than I used to be.
Tim McGraw
#33. I'm no longer a shoeaholic, but I used to be. I used to spend all my time on tour either buying records or shoes.
Jamie Cullum
#34. I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for the week and I was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea.
Judi Dench
#35. I used to be in love with Sandra Bullock when I was growing up. Sandy B. was my girl. I remember seeing Speed when I was in seventh grade and just thinking, 'That's her.'
Chris Evans
#36. I used to be strong,but now I am weak.
I used to be pretty,but now I look sick.
E. Lockhart
#37. I used to be, when I was young, I used to be extremely regular and very organized.
Tony Gilroy
#38. I had hit a critical period in my life, where I changed very much as a person. I consider the person I used to be, dead, and I'm glad that he is. Insecure, frightened, confused, much like a lot of people I know today.
Peter Steele
#39. I'm not as involved in every little thing as I used to be.
Sanford I. Weill
#40. Before I got into stand-up, I used to be a hip-hop dancer in a crew, and my name was J. Smoove, and my partner was J. Groove.
J. B. Smoove
#41. I went to professional men's soccer games, the old North American soccer league at that time, and I used to be a ticket holder with my family and family friends. We would go every weekend and I thought it was great, but I just thought of it as recreation, as family fun.
Brandi Chastain
#42. I cry so much less than I used to. I used to be one of the most teary people.
Alice Walker
#43. I see wrinkles and lines, and wear glasses to read, which I hate. But I am in a better place in my body than I used to be.
Bonnie Langford
#44. Aim to write for an hour per day. I used to be a teacher, and an hour a day before school was all it took for me to write my first book. Don't get discouraged if a holiday or illness interrupts your writing habit. Just start it up again.
Caroline Lawrence
#45. This isn't me missing you. This is me missing the me I used to be.
Pleasefindthis
#46. Of all the people I used to be, I miss the one that you loved the most
David Jones
#47. I used to be a real doctor. Now I just play one on TV.
Richard Carmona
#48. I used to be more involved with every aspect of everything onstage. I'm way more relaxed now. It feels like anything can happen.
Prince
#49. I suppose I am a frustrated musician so I annoy my family by playing guitar in the house. I used to be into acoustic stuff but my son Joseph is learning drums, so now I have an electric guitar and we play Metallica. We have an amp and a PA in the garage with his drum kit.
Kevin McKidd
#50. I used to be a daredevil on BMX bikes.
ASAP Ferg
#51. I'm still embarrassed and mad at myself. But after seventy years, I also feel sorry for the girl I used to be. She was awfully hard on herself.
Anita Diamant
#52. I used to be a partier, now I'm an alcoholic. It's all in who's judging you.
Doug Stanhope
#53. I used to be friends with Miles Davis. He didn't like many folks. I lived across the street from him.
Rip Torn
#54. I used to be an optimist, but now I know that nothing is going to turn out as I expect.
Sandra Bullock
#55. I've become more introverted as I've got older. I used to be an outgoing person who joked around a lot, but as the amount of energy I expend by sharing my music has increased, I like to balance it by spending time by myself and recuperating.
Aloe Blacc
#56. Not that I was ever an asshole but I used to be much more of a bulldozer.
Janeane Garofalo
#57. I used to be on the kitchen floor, crying, wasted and thinking of lyrics. That was the only way I could create - as a tortured artist. I've learned that you can be stable and taking care of yourself and still create beautiful work.
Mary Lambert
#58. I used to be an athlete and even ran the 400 metre stretch for Tamil Nadu. I have always been active.
Arjun Rampal
#59. I used to be so good at that kind of thing," Skulduggery said quietly.
"Well, my morale is certainly boosted," Valkyrie informed him.
"Really?"
"god no. That was terrible
Derek Landy
#60. I used to be focused on being the dopest rapper in the game, and then once that became what I was, I wanted something different, and I wanted to become the best businessman in the game. I wanted to learn how to master the business like I mastered the rap.
Snoop Dogg
#61. You have brought the best things in my life. I used to be so unhappy before but now I am filled with joy and peace. Thank you for bringing so many good things into my life.
Jason Garrison
#62. I don't get to do a lot of fight scenes on 'Sanctuary,' but I'm a trained fighter; I've been doing martial arts for years and, you know, I'm very active physically; I used to be a circus performer.
Ryan Robbins
#63. I gave up rock 'n' roll for the rock of ages! I used to be a glaring homosexual until God changed me!
Little Richard
#64. Whether we're at war or have been attacked, the foundation of society is that you hold to the laws in place. I used to be somebody that trusted the government. Now I really don't trust anything.
Steven Hatfill
#65. I feel like I'm stuck inside my body. Everyone's moved forward, but I've been stuck in the same place. Since I've come into all this awareness lately, the hardest part has been remembering who I used to be, the dreams that died, the years I've lost.
Sidney Halston
#66. I find it really offensive when people say that the emotional experiences of teenagers are less real or less important than those of adults. I am an adult, and I used to be a teenager, and so I can tell you with some authority that my feelings then were as real as my feelings are now.
John Green
#67. I used to be kind of bitter and jealous as well, but I get it. It's business.
Carlos Alazraqui
#68. The Ari I used to be didn't exist anymore. And the Ari I was becoming? He didn't exist yet.
Benjamin Alire Saenz
#69. They're like the opposites poles of my personality. Mild-mannered, responsible Reese is who I used to be, while in-your-face Olivia's who I want to be - with a few sharp edges dulled.
Kirsten Hubbard
#71. I used to be afraid of the dark until I learned that I am light and the dark is afraid of me.
D.R. Silva
#72. The truth of the matter is that I used to be much more - as it were - shy. Now I don't care!
Tom Stoppard
#73. I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when I sang, and I was very disciplined and anal about my preparation. When you become a parent, there just isn't that time, you know?
Idina Menzel
#74. I used to be more of a purist about literature. I thought, 'If it's a really propulsive story, then maybe there's something unliterary about it.'
Steven Heighton
#75. All my legitimate jobs were embarrassing. I used to be stock boy at an Odd-Lot, making $35 a day.
Method Man
#76. I was just a shell of the person I used to be-hard on the outside and empty on the inside. Those marks were my own personal tombstonr, reminding me every day that I was just as dead as the one I'd murdered.
Tabatha Vargo
#77. I ain't what I used to be, but who the hell is?
Dizzy Dean
#78. I used to be a person who just peaked for the big events, not doing too many competitions, but now you've got to go round chasing all the points because if you're not taking them, someone else is.
Jade Jones
#79. I'm a lot more interested in people than I used to be. I used to be most interested in abstract ideas, and people were an afterthought, but that's changed a bit.
Malcolm Gladwell
#80. It's so funny to think that I used to be a model and here I am doing arbitrage, shipping and negotiating margins, the list is endless.
Caprice Bourret
#81. I used to be weird about it, but I think sometimes you can learn from watching yourself and all the mistakes you make and try to continue growing. But I'm completely uncomfortable for sure.
Steven R. McQueen
#82. I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg.
Florence Griffith Joyner
#83. I used to be a conservative ...
Jeb Bush
#84. I used to be a folk singer, but I was ... dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog. And being a folk singer doesn't make you attractive to women.
Billy Connolly
#85. I used to be afraid of dying. Now I'm afraid of not living. There's a difference. We go through life planning for a future, but sometimes that future never comes.
Neal Shusterman
#86. In my older age, I've learned to take things slower, because I used to be that total-fall-in-love-after-a-day guy.
Lance Bass
#87. It's strange to hear myself described as someone with a big heart. I've blocked out a lot of the memories of L.A., but perhaps in some ways the girl I used to be was better than the girl I am now. Now I feel so cold, almost incapable of loving anything.
Paula Stokes
#88. As a kid, I used to be equal parts drawn to and horrified of the circus. They would have these beautiful canvas posters for Lobster Boy, bearded women, and this and that.
Mitch Glazer
#89. I'm a little less hungry as an actor than I used to be. When you're a director, you're the conductor of the orchestra, and when you're an actor, you're playing the violin. There's a thrill to each of them, but as the conductor, you get the fuller sound.
Josh Radnor
#90. I used to be so delusional. I always imagined I could be more than I was, and eventually I grew and evolved into that person.
Lady Gaga
#91. I used to be very rigid because I just wanted to get through it. Now, if I think a scene should go a certain way and it goes another, I'm able to go that new way with ease.
Tom Sizemore
#92. Actually, I used to be a busboy in a strip joint in New York and so I hate strip joints. I'm not that kind of person.
Zach Galifianakis
#93. My wife told me I'm not as disgusting to her as I used to be.
John Kruk
#94. I used to be a workout fiend and I was so unhappy because I wanted to eat what I wanted to eat. So now if I know I have to be in a bikini, I'll obviously watch what I eat for a week.
Naya Rivera
#95. I used to be mouthy. It was all to do with being a northerner and from Manchester, which was suddenly a big deal when I was in my 20s. When I read some of the interviews I did back then, I cringe.
John Simm
#96. After the enormous success of All About my Mother, all the awards and everything, I wanted to start a movie in exactly the same place that I used to be before. I wanted to show that all of the success had not changed my perception.
Pedro Almodovar
#97. I like causing trouble. It's the teddy boy in me. I used to be a teddy boy. Feeling slightly inferior and wanting to cause a bit of bother and get some action going on in the room rather than get bored stiff. Does that make sense?
Michael Gambon
#98. I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.
Robert Goulet
#100. L.A. is such a different place. I miss New York so much. I almost teared up when I came back and wanted a Guinness and realized I could drink it and take a cab home. I remembered that I could be a functional alcoholic in New York, like I used to be!
Donald Glover
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