Barely Quotes

694 quotes by 548 authors

I realized very early in life what my abilities and limitations were, and foreign languages was definitely one of my limitations. With strenuous effort, I… — Michio Kaku
I live in southern Appalachia, so I'm surrounded by people who work very hard for barely a living wage. It's particularly painful that people are… — Barbara Kingsolver
A play should have barely been rescued from the mess it might just as easily have been. — Tony Kushner
I just read an 800-page history of the Scottish Enlightenment and, honestly, I may as well just start it again now, because I cannot remember… — Hugh Laurie
Bill Murray doesn't do anything. He barely shows up at the movies he says he's going to do. — Denis Leary
All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable. — Fran Lebowitz
I never went to college - I barely got out of high school. — Dave Matthews
Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist. — Ian Mcewan
We are so much the victims of abstraction that with the Earth in flames we can barely rouse ourselves to wander across the room and… — Terence McKenna
God doesn't do things halfway. He goes all out! When God does something, it's not just barely enough, mediocre or lukewarm. — Joyce Meyer
I was 20 years old, working as a roofer and a telemarketer and driving a taxi, just barely getting by. A friend of a friend… — Cory Monteith
I was dirt-poor. I could barely hold down a job. Eventually, though, I started getting small parts on shows like 'Smallville,' 'Supernatural'... and lots of… — Cory Monteith
For four to six months at a time, I would barely eat. I lived on a diet of Melba toast, carrots, and black coffee. — Alanis Morissette
It took me three years to learn to dress in the American way, especially in winter. That was just like me. I barely wear socks… — Mira Nair
We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven. — Russell M. Nelson
When Robert Frost was alive, I was known as the other new England poet, which is to be barely known at all. — Howard Nemerov
I can barely turn on my computer! — Jack Nicklaus
I had a ton of energy, ran around like crazy - more than a handful for my dad. I was crazy. Dad barely handled it.… — Apolo Ohno
There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe. — Michael Palin
The last time I was pulled over was in 2005. I was going 55 in a 35 mile per hour zone - which I don't… — Danica Patrick

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