Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors, and used as the framework to control their minds. John Henrik Clarke
Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Reporters used to be blue-collar; at the Globe now, it's practically required that you have a trust fund. Howie Carr
Sam Walton was a master storyteller who used illustrative stories to reinforce his cultural standards. Michael Bergdahl
Schools used to fund-raise for luxuries, like a trip to the water slides. Now, we fund-raise for things we have to have. Kirk Gibson
Science is a tool, and we invent tools to do things we want. It's a question of how those tools are used by people. Margaret Atwood
Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'd sit all day and way into the night. Up in front, there with the screen so big, a little kid all alone, and I loved it. I loved anything that moved up there and I didn't miss anything that happened and there was no popcorn either. Marilyn Monroe
That's the biggest problem with boxing in the United States. They do not promote it like they used to, when it used to be Howard Cosell and they showed it on 'Wide World of Sports.' Everybody knew all the fighters. Everybody was looking forward to the year when the Olympics came on. Evander Holyfield
The cast clubs were a big part of it, too. I found I wasn't getting that instant feedback I was used to with a forged blade. The sweet spot is a shade bigger, and when I didn't hit the ball dead center, I didn't know it, because it still felt great. Payne Stewart
The East Germans first used biomechanics. This meant that rather than guessing about technique and form, they could apply changes to athletic performance based on science. Bill Toomey
The Kobe craze really annoyed me. Most of the practitioners had no real understanding of the product and were abusing it and exploiting it in terrible and ridiculous ways. Kobe beef should not be used in a hamburger. It's completely pointless. Anthony Bourdain
The scanning of barcodes, or the reading of RFID transponders, generates data that is used in a software package to provide management or control information. Mike Marsh
The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another. Marilyn Monroe
Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein's general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that we could warp space-time so much that you could go off in a rocket and return before you set out.Stephen Hawking
Used to be bats had thick handles and a big barrel. Then they found it's not the size of the bat that gets home runs - it's the speed with which you can swing it. Stan Musial