Barely Quotes

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We're on the brink of a world in which the wealthiest nations, from Canada to Norway to Japan, can barely project meaningful force to their… — Mark Steyn
In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can barely be perceived; but, when perceived, we… — Plato
We have barely tapped the power that is ours. We are more than we know. — Charlene Spretnak
Some girls barely speak, but always askin' for a dollar. — Big L
Israel exists; it has a right to exist in peace behind secure and defensible borders; and it has a right to demand of its neighbors… — Ronald Reagan
Benito Mussolini had barely seized power in Italy before the Vatican made an official treaty with him. . . . Catholicism became the only recognized… — Christopher Hitchens
Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands. — Wislawa Szymborska
For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it. — Barack Obama
The human being taken in his profound reality as well as in his great tension of becoming is a divided being, a being which divides… — Gaston Bachelard
It seems that soccer tournaments create those relationships: people gathered together in pubs and living rooms, a whole country suddenly caring about the same event.… — Simon Kuper
My grandmother spent her whole life working as a maid, a cook and a babysitter, barely scraping by, but still working hard to give my… — Julian Castro
I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday, let alone 10 years ago. — Andrew Sullivan
I like eating out. I like buying beautiful paintings and being surrounded by beautiful things. I have to finance that life. I can barely afford… — Andrew Motion
It is just flipping unbelievable. He is a mixture of Harry Houdini and a greased piglet. He is barely human in his elusiveness. Nailing Blair… — Boris Johnson
Humans are just barely intelligent tool users; Darwinian evolutionary selection stopped when language and tool use converged, leaving the average hairy meme carrier sadly deficient… — Charles Stross
Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait — Robert Hunter
Depressed people cannot lead a revolution because depressed people can barely manage to get out of bed and put on their shoes and socks. — Andrew Solomon
Our educational system is like an automobile which has strong rear lights, brightly illuminating the past. But looking forward things are barely discernible. — Hermann Oberth
Weekly $25,000 shopping binges at Barney's and "high end" boutiques for clothes I barely wore were the norm. So were lavish meals with friends where… — Andy Behrman
The J3 Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you. — C. Maxwell Stanley

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