Quotes about Barely

Have you seen that magazine Barely Legal? That means when you look at it, you're almost a pedophile. Votes: 3

Barely awake and already starting in with the questions.You were alot easier to take when you were sleeping." - Rio to Dylan Votes: 3

I wish I had a better range, but I really have a super-limited one. Barely a tenor, dips into baritone - that's about it. Votes: 3

The world is my canvas, and my ponytail is my paintbrush. Helen Keller probably had a ponytail too, though my art has more vision. Barely. Votes: 3

Saladin had the same immediate successor as all the great Muslim leaders of his time: civil war. Barely had he died that his empire was dismembered. Votes: 3

Janie calls Cabel. "Hi, uh, Mom," she says. Cabel snorts. "Hello, dear. Did you make it through the blizzard?" "Yeah. Barely." Janie grins into the phone. Votes: 3

Mounting tensions in Eastern Europe send shivers down the spine. Barely a quarter of a century after the end of the Cold War we seem to be sliding inexorably towards another. Votes: 3

I've been stabbed before. Barely a week ago, in fact. AND I've been audited, AND I come from a broken home. In short - no offense, shorty - you don't scare me. Votes: 3

Although I'm a retired teenager, I remember what it was like to be one. I could have sworn I was riding an emotional roller coaster most of the time. Looking back, I'm actually amazed that I survived. Barely. Votes: 3

I want to stick in live television. And I'm hoping to continue on in a second season of Rock Star. Plus, I've got my 'Barely Brooke' swimsuit line with Venus USA and my new calendar is coming out. Votes: 3

Working nine to five, what way to earn a living. Barely getting by... It's all taking and no giving. They use just your mind and they never give you credit. It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it! Votes: 3

There is a story, always ahead of you. Barely existing. Only gradually do you attach yourself to it and feed it. You discover the carapace that will contain and test your character. You will find in this way the path of your life. Votes: 3

She was floating as the sea of pleasure took her out upon its rising tide and when she became aware of herself again it was to the feel of Zac behind her, supporting her weight by holding her under her arms." (Barely Restrained, 2011)" Votes: 3

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough. Votes: 1

The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth. Votes: 1

I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy. Votes: 1

To the dumb question, 'Why me?' the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, 'Why not?' Votes: 1

I travel without barely any luggage. Just a second set of underwear and binoculars and a map and a toothbrush. Votes: 1

In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap. Votes: 1

God doesn't do things halfway. He goes all out! When God does something, it's not just barely enough, mediocre or lukewarm. Votes: 1

I barely got out of high school, and I look back at my life often and go, 'Wow, this was awesome!' Votes: 1

We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven. Votes: 1

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. Votes: 1

Christians have always been fodder for comedians who have tended to portray them as anoraks - slightly clammy, beatifically smiley dullards with barely a personality between them. Votes: 1

From year to year, environmental changes are incremental and often barely register in our lives, but from evolutionary or geological perspectives, what is happening is explosive change. Votes: 1

We forget just how painfully dim the world was before electricity. A candle, a good candle, provides barely a hundredth of the illumination of a single 100 watt light bulb. Votes: 1

How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know. Votes: 1

Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band. Votes: 1

Thirteen thousand dollars a year is not enough to raise a family. That's not enough to pay your bills and save for their future. That's barely enough to provide for even the most basic needs. Votes: 1

Half the U.S. population owns barely 2 percent of its wealth, putting the United States near Rwanda and Uganda and below such nations as pre-Arab Spring Tunisia and Egypt when measured by degrees of income inequality. Votes: 1

It was in 2003 that I realised there was no choice but to have dialysis treatment - by the time of the World Cup that year, I could barely walk. A year later, I finally had a kidney transplant. Votes: 1

Being called ugly and fat and disgusting to look at from the time I could barely understand what the words meant has scarred me so deep inside that I have learned to hunt, stalk, claim, own and defend my own loveliness. Votes: 1

Webs are made mostly of spaces. They break easily. They barely exist. They belong to the category of half-things: mist, smoke, shrouds, ghosts, membranes, retinas or rags; and they quickly fill up with un-things: old legs and wings and heads and hollow abdomens and body bags of wasps. Votes: 1

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 really bad sci-fi movies. I was running around the woods in wolf contacts, covered in fake blood made out of pancake syrup, roaring. Votes: 1

I thought I was Superman until I experienced that life-changing anaphylactic shock. I was eating lunch and gobbled down a couple of bowls of gumbo. Then, 15 minutes later, I'm in my dorm room resting up. My eyes started itching and my throat was swelling up. I could barely breathe. Votes: 1

As most of the population suffers through life, barely surviving, disappointed and confused day after day, hopeless, wondering what happened to their strong and beautiful country, it is in the media's power to restore, if not some of our quality of life, at least a bit of our peace of mind. Votes: 1

Animals come from nature. They were not designed. All my inspiration comes from nature, whether it's an animal or the layout of bark or of a leaf. Sometimes my patterns are very bold, and you can barely see where they come from, but all the textures and all the prints come out of nature. Votes: 1

As an entrepreneur, one of the biggest challenges you will face will be building your brand. The ultimate goal is to set your company and your brand apart from the crowd. If you form a strategy without doing the research, your brand will barely float - and at the speed industries move at today, brands sink fast. Votes: 1

After I hurt the knee, football wasn't nearly as much fun. I was limited. But you make do with what you have. I adjusted some. I was lucky to play as long as I did, with the different kinds of injuries I got. I played with two severed hamstring muscles in my leg late in my career. I could barely run, other than to drop back to pass. Votes: 1

I barely speak English. Votes: 0

Sometimes one barely understand oneself. Votes: 0

I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy. Votes: 0

We've just barely stopped being monkeys. Votes: 0

I can barely turn on my computer! Votes: 0

That girl can barely spell her name. Votes: 0

I barely leave my cage, my house. Votes: 0

Thriving. That's fightingSurviving is barely getting by. Votes: 0

I'm not for everyone. I'm barely for me. Votes: 0

The wittiest authors evoke a barely perceptible smile. Votes: 0

Thriving. That's fighting... Surviving is barely getting by. Votes: 0

I actually barely ever go on the Internet. Votes: 0

You can't have wasted a life you've barely lived. Votes: 0

Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait Votes: 0

It was easy to idealize someone you barely knew. Votes: 0

... some of the best sex I can barely remember. Votes: 0

You have a college degree? You can barely talk. Votes: 0

From ages 10 to 12 or so, I barely remember anything. Votes: 0

Some girls barely speak, but always askin' for a dollar. Votes: 0

I barely belong to this world, but still I'm participating. Votes: 0

I'm unqualified for anything else. I'm barely qualified for this. Votes: 0

I barely knew I had skin before I met you. Votes: 0

There's one novel, Cujo, that I barely remember writing at all. Votes: 0

It is barely conceivable that there are people who like war. Votes: 0

A secret freedom opens through a crevice you can barely see. Votes: 0

My heart was broken and my head was just barely inhabitable Votes: 0

I can't cook. I can barely make a bowl of cereal. Votes: 0

Raised by two mothers...wow, most of us barely survive one Votes: 0

I was born just barely south of the Mason Dixon line. Votes: 0

Happiness is when you fight for souls that barely hang on. Votes: 0

A leader is best when people barely know that he exists. Votes: 0

Some of those early Kinks songs, we were barely in tune. Votes: 0

I felt so happy I could barely stay in my skin Votes: 0

I knew [Timothy] Leary, but barely knew, didn't really know Jan [Kerouac]. Votes: 0

With fashion, I barely finish one collection before I must start another. Votes: 0

Everything is barely weeks. Everything is days. We have minutes to live. Votes: 0

Your life is a blank, and you're barely a shade across it. Votes: 0

We looked like a parade barely moving toward YOU MIGHT GET LOST. Votes: 0

I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday, let alone 10 years ago. Votes: 0

She felt so human that he could barely carry on a conversation. Votes: 0

We have barely begun to tap into the genius of our humanity. Votes: 0

We barely have time to react in this world, let alone rehearse. Votes: 0

My moral compass is so broken I can barely find the parking lot. Votes: 0

You're so good looking I can barely keep my eyes on the meter. Votes: 0

We do not really think, we are barely conscious, until something goes wrong. Votes: 0

So many names, there is barely room on the walls of the heart. Votes: 0

My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself. Votes: 0

I'm glad God has all the answers, 'cause I barely understand the questions. Votes: 0

You already barely exist. Disappearing entirely won't be that much of a change. Votes: 0

You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by. Votes: 0

I never went to college - I barely got out of high school. Votes: 0

Well, God knows you're barely standing but you've got to carry this heavy load. Votes: 0

You ever love somebody so much You can barely breathe When you're with them Votes: 0

I carried $5000 when I went to Washington. I returned with barely $90 in our pockets. Votes: 0

Aw, come on. I barely speak English, unless we're talking about the Lowcountry kind. Votes: 0

People are working harder and harder than ever before and barely staying in place. Votes: 0

Even meeting Kyoto targets barely makes a dent in what we have to achieve. Votes: 0

I won't consider getting horizontal with someone I can barely tolerate when we're vertical. Votes: 0

There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe. Votes: 0

Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough. Votes: 0

When "Why not do it?" barely outweighs "Why do it?" "” don't do it. Votes: 0

I'm not an outdoor girl. I can barely swim. I don't ride a horse. Votes: 0

We're out of control on this loony balloon, barely missing the other planets and stars. Votes: 0

The church expect too much from the pastors and there's barely anytime left for prayer. Votes: 0

All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable. Votes: 0

It's cute how I used to think this 'barely holding it together' feeling was temporary. Votes: 0

Forty thousand years of evolution and we've barely even tapped the vastness of human potential. Votes: 0

America has become a nation of struggling folks who are barely making it every day. Votes: 0

Most books are so well written they barely have any effect on the reader's senses Votes: 0

There are some women who should barely be spoken to; they should only be caressed. Votes: 0

[A]ltos are walking amongst us, making life richer, though we may barely know it. Votes: 0

The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens. Votes: 0

He was so popular you could barely look at him without being blinded by cool. Votes: 0

My NFL pension can barely pay my son's tuition. You know, it's very little money. Votes: 0

My grandfather can barely even hear, and Chevy Chase makes a face, and he laughs. Votes: 0

I can barely walk, but it's a privilege to be able to move at all. Votes: 0

Once you have mastered a technique, you barely have to look at a recipe again Votes: 0

We have barely tapped the power that is ours. We are more than we know. Votes: 0

I gave up on ever trying to get 'my way.' I barely knew it existed. Votes: 0

I barely noticed loneliness anymore; it was my normal condition, by necessity if not by nature. Votes: 0

The J3 Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you. Votes: 0

Today, barely 5 percent of all containers coming into the United States through our ports are scanned. Votes: 0

To work for delight and authentic festivity is barely distinguishable from preparing for a general insurrection Votes: 0

When I was 17, I was so shy I could barely speak or introduce myself to anyone. Votes: 0

Your wit is always such a delight, Mr. Zeklos. I can barely contain myself around it. Votes: 0

I barely remembered my father; I'm confused between genuine memory and the few photographs that survived. Votes: 0

If you don't need what you really want, you can barely want what you really need. Votes: 0

There is something about a voyage you are barely aware of while you are making it. Votes: 0

Coming from a barely clothed childhood as a swimmer makes me really comfortable with my body. Votes: 0

My ear barely caught signals coming in regular succession which could not have been produced on earth... Votes: 0

It's impossible to consider myself a producer. I can barely produce an English muffin, in the morning. Votes: 0

Opportunity lives at the intersection of what people need tomorrow and can be just barely built today. Votes: 0

Even David Hume, one of history most famous skeptics, said it's just barely possible that God exists. Votes: 0

I just staunchly bought one frame during a two-for-one frame sale and barely left the store alive. Votes: 0

Let's face it, space is a risky business. I always considered every launch a barely controlled explosion. Votes: 0

Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever. Votes: 0

Republicans and Democrats can barely do what they're supposed to do, and they sure can't do math! Votes: 0

I've spared with demons from the Nine Hells themselves, I shall barely break a sweat here today. Votes: 0

The fact is, the heart and mind aren't always friendly. And in my case, they're barely speaking. Votes: 0

I didn't go to university. I didn't go to culinary school, barely made it through high school. Votes: 0

I want to know." His words are a whisper, barely audible. "I want to know with you. Votes: 0

I'm barely reading the 'New York Times!' But I do try to keep abreast of things. Votes: 0

A play should have barely been rescued from the mess it might just as easily have been. Votes: 0

I've got a Caribbean soul I can barely control, and some Texas hidden here in my heart! Votes: 0

On conducting: If you can just barely hear the French horns on stage, the balance is perfect. Votes: 0

You love her. (Shanus) I barely know her. (Wulf) Time has no meaning to the heart. (Shanus) Votes: 0

I can barely listen to my tapes when I'm transcribing, because I can't stand how I sound. Votes: 0

Any man who barely sustains an armistice with himself has no business poking around in an alien soul. Votes: 0

We're famous" iggy whispered so low that Fang could barely hear him."So's Swine Flu" Fang whispered back. Votes: 0

Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you get good at. Votes: 0

Now the old boy may be barely breathing, but the heart of rock and roll is still beating. Votes: 0

It was all men, and there I was prancing around in gowns that barely got past the censors. Votes: 0

Bill Murray doesn't do anything. He barely shows up at the movies he says he's going to do. Votes: 0

Fears and doubts are oceans that barely fail to capsize all dreams that dare to sail in them. Votes: 0

There's little kids on trains coming up to me, singing my theme song, and they can barely walk. Votes: 0

Not only does the world scarcely know who the Latin American man is, the world has barely cared. Votes: 0

In Fleet Street, in Fleet Street, the People are so fleetThey barely touch the cobble-stones with their nimble feet! Votes: 0

The early giants of modern dance - Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis - barely left traces of their art. Votes: 0

You’re seventeen,” Magnus said. “You can’t have wasted a life you’ve barely lived. Votes: 0

Naked in front of strangers? I can barely be naked in front of my lovers; in front of myself. Votes: 0

In the age of networked everything, life moves sideways and covers lots of ground while barely touching the earth.. Votes: 0

In the age of networked everything, life moves sideways and covers lots of ground while barely touching the earth. Votes: 0

Nobody controls me. I'm uncontrollable. The only one who can control me is me, and even that's barely possible. Votes: 0

It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off. Votes: 0

Her lips tarried at mine. Baiting each other with the warmth of our breath, barely grazing, detouring, then connecting. Votes: 0

The year I began to say vahz instead of vase, a man I barely knew nearly accidentally killed me. Votes: 0

How can we call death-about which we know nothing- the opposite of life, when we barely comprehend life itself? Votes: 0

Voter fraud does just barely exist, while racism, according to the Supreme Court, is a thing of the past. Votes: 0

My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal. Votes: 0

Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist. Votes: 0

There is a distressing tendency of the L&D profession to latch on to half read and barely understood concepts. Votes: 0

That was one of the saddest things about people--their most important thoughts and feelings often went unspoken and barely understood. Votes: 0

Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands. Votes: 0

When you're young, you think that sex is the culmination of intimacy. Later you discover that it's barely the beginning. Votes: 0

I live here in Vermont, in a village of barely a thousand people halfway up the state's third highest mountain. Votes: 0

The role always attracts me. Sometimes I can read something and I can barely see the rest of the script. Votes: 0

I was barely in grade school when I helped my mother rearrange the living room furniture for the first time. Votes: 0

I don't fight with people - like, I can barely fight with my husband because I'll just start crying instead. Votes: 0

I know you've been trying to get a hold of me, but I can barely get a hold of myself Votes: 0

I want to be a naughty pirate, because when I put on that eye patch, it barely covers my genitals. Votes: 0

Children who can barely say maa, pappa, are saying Ab ki baar Modi sarkar. This is the power of democracy. Votes: 0

I'm not very good at story. In fact, compared to character and language, I barely care about story at all. Votes: 0

Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice. Votes: 0

I love the energy and the knowledge. I barely know how to use this thing [mobile phone]. I get by. Votes: 0

As I recall, my life as a child was so all-consuming that I barely had time to consider the future. Votes: 0

I think the power of the mind is amazing, and we've barely scratched the surface of what it can do. Votes: 0

Almost overnight, Albert Pinkham had gone from being barely able to keep his head above water to walking on the stuff. Votes: 0

Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human. Votes: 0

You can always find the sample that covers what you're hearing, but barely...it allows me to really concentrate on words. Votes: 0

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely knows that other beings also suffer. Votes: 0

My nephew has HDADHD. High Definition Attention Deficit Disorder. He can barely pay attention, but when he does it's unbelievably clear. Votes: 0

In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap." Votes: 0

Pessimism, she is a fond friend of yours, yes?" - That's uncalled for. I barely know her. Mere acquaintances, at best. Votes: 0

I barely ever watch TV, but when I do, I usually only watch MTV shows, like 'The Real World Sydney.' Votes: 0

You're barely even wearing a shirt! What are you going to do if a mugger jumps out at you, flash them? Votes: 0

We barely have enough time to figure out who we are and then we become bitter and isolated as we age. Votes: 0

There is something about guitars"”maybe something magical"”when played right, which evokes past, mysterious, barely-conscious sentiments, both individual and universal. Votes: 0

Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on which it stands. Votes: 0

Rule number three: Best friends always think you deserve the best guy even if the best guy barely knows you exist. Votes: 0

When Robert Frost was alive, I was known as the other new England poet, which is to be barely known at all. Votes: 0

In fact, I barely missed being number one in France in both schools. In particular I did very well in mathematical problems. Votes: 0

Arrogance rides triumphantly through the gates, barely glancing at the old woman about to cut the rope and spring shut the trap. Votes: 0

Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is in a language he has barely mastered. Votes: 0

It's amazing when you're playing to a crowd who barely understands English but they're singing parts of your song back to you. Votes: 0

I barely can go shopping for clothes. I find it difficult to walk into stores. The whole thing bores me so much. Votes: 0

I barely notice colors unless I taste them. Not the yellows or the greens. I taste the deeper blues. The darker reds. Votes: 0

It's barely OK for me to be dressed up as a black guy. But part of me kind of enjoys provoking people. Votes: 0

What advertisers call brand loyalty is merely the consumer's defense against the need to waste energy differentiating among things that barely differ. Votes: 0

Urban design as a discipline barely exists in most American and Canadian cities. In Singapore, there are innovative transportation strategies at work. Votes: 0

Technically he is perfect and he plays so naturally, almost without effort. It's like when Roger Federer plays tennis, he barely sweats. Votes: 0

You're bruised, as ugly as one of your Cyclops, and I can barely stand to look at you." - Duncan to Madelyne. Votes: 0

The only time I'd played organized basketball was my sophomore year in high school, when I barely made the junior varsity team. Votes: 0

Our educational system is like an automobile which has strong rear lights, brightly illuminating the past. But looking forward things are barely discernible. Votes: 0

Sometimes I have taken photographs and just felt so excited that I could barely hold the camera steady, and the photo was boring. Votes: 0

It wasn't even a fight, really. We didn't shout. We barely even argued, but a snake of tension quietly slithered into our lives. Votes: 0

Alarmed, I realized what my visceral reaction implied: jealousy. Over a guy I barely knew, with whom I'd exchanged more saliva than sentences. Votes: 0

Players lose you games, not tactics. There's so much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win at dominoes. Votes: 0

I can barely even run a computer. God knows what I'd get on online dating. I'd get something that was subhuman or something. Votes: 0

I used comedy as a way to combat my dyslexia. I was barely getting by scholastically, so I used a lot of humor. Votes: 0

We take almost all the decisive steps in our lives as a result of slight inner adjustments of which we are barely conscious. Votes: 0

I am overcome by a feeling of complete detachment. I am a mere object to these people. I am barely human any more. Votes: 0

I just barely got through school. The problem was a learning disability, at a time when there was no where to get help. Votes: 0

I lived across the street from Noodle Bar. I could barely stand it, because you're there all the time; you can't get away. Votes: 0

How was it possible to wake up every day and be recognizable to another when so often one was barely recognizable to oneself? Votes: 0

You either have a great social life and shitty taste in music, or a fantastic taste in music with barely any social life. Votes: 0

Thank God for the Italians, the most forgiving people of the world. And they sing so loud you can barely hear the music! Votes: 0

For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it. Votes: 0

The captains of England and Australia can barely exchange pleasantries these days without a body-language expert immediately declaiming on the angle of their handshakes." Votes: 0

We have an education and business culture that tends to reward quick factual answers over imaginative inquiry. Questioning isn't encouraged—it is barely tolerated. Votes: 0

(He) felt lost and alone without his old friend, though he barely recognized him anymore. He wondered if they could ever be friends again. Votes: 0

He couldn't put on a coaching session to save his life. I've spoken to people about him and he can barely lay out cones. Votes: 0

If I was a singer who won those Grammys, I'd be gracing all the magazine covers... I barely got asked to do an interview. Votes: 0

When an army unit returns from service in Iraq or Afghanistan, it barely gets a breather before it begins training for its next deployment. Votes: 0

People are getting record deals and they can barely sing. We have these new terms for artists that can dance, but they can't sing. Votes: 0

Behind her, Jace moved out into the water with a contained grace that barely rippled the surface. Simon behind him, was splashing and cursing. Votes: 0

Ecosystems are holy. The word "environmental" is a deadly compromise itself. It's a policy word that lives only in the head, and barely there. Votes: 0

I had a standing arrangement with God: I'd agree to believe in him"”barely"”so long as he let me sleep in on Sundays. Votes: 0

The human imagination, which is our great glory, has grown so powerful that we can barely unleash it on the surface of the planet. Votes: 0

Judge the Catholic Church not by those who barely live by its spirit, but by the example of those who live closest to it. Votes: 0

These days most women have jobs that last way too long. A lot of people in New York barely have time to get laid. Votes: 0

Average wages now are still just barely above poverty, and one out of three Americans cannot afford healthcare even with the insurance,with jobs. Votes: 0

For four to six months at a time, I would barely eat. I lived on a diet of Melba toast, carrots, and black coffee. Votes: 0

Depressed people cannot lead a revolution because depressed people can barely manage to get out of bed and put on their shoes and socks. Votes: 0

In the midday sun, a bright light will be barely noticed. Yet in the darkest night, even the smallest light can make an enormous difference. Votes: 0

I'm very little drawn to photographing people that are known or even subjects that are known. They fascinate me when I've barely heard of them. Votes: 0

I know, we can barely fit them in. That is a big challenge. Treating four lead characters equally, within a 30-minute format, is definitely challenging. Votes: 0

History is a conversation and sometimes a shouting match between present and past, though often the voices we most want to hear are barely audible. Votes: 0

The low-ceiling price bazaar for sexual relief was a street called Middie Alley. You could barely get a pushcart through this avenue. Top price-twenty-five cents. Votes: 0

You’re impinging on my private space,” I said, inching backward. Patch gave a barely-there smile. "Impinging? This isn’t the SAT, Nora. Votes: 0

I live at Gap Kids; I think they have the cutest stuff. I barely buy anything for myself, but my daughter has quite the collection. Votes: 0

How had it turned into this? I had lived my whole stupid life without him, and now I could barely make it through the hour. Votes: 0

Sometimes the lights all shining on me, other times I can barely see. Lately it occurs to me what a long strange trip it's been. Votes: 0

Funny how time heals. Like that bullet in my ribs. It's there, I know it's there, but I can barely feel it at all anymore. Votes: 0

I do sometimes watch 'Dr. Who' and while the stories barely make sense, if at all, the doctor is such great company I don't care. Votes: 0

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. Votes: 0

Multiply it by infinity and take it to the depths of forever, and you will still have barely a glimpse of what I'm talking about. Votes: 0

I was what they call a pool hustler. That's absolutely true. For long periods of time I got by, barely skimmed by, just playing pool. Votes: 0

My music started as a way to break through weaknesses - like anxiety, which was completely taking over my whole life, where I could barely function. Votes: 0

Roar's smile widenedI know. You missed me." She rolled her eyesIt's barely been three weeks since I last saw you.""Miserable stretch of time." He said." Votes: 0

Footman. Karl Marx, living in chronic indebtedness in Soho and often barely able to put food on the table, employed a housekeeper and a personal secretary. Votes: 0

A half-century after racing the Russians to the moon, the U.S. is barely suiting up in the international race to secure interests in the Arctic. Votes: 0

One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one’s greatest efforts. Votes: 0

I don't think I have ever worn more outfits over the course of four days than I did Emmy weekend. You barely sleep. You don't eat. Votes: 0

The two [separate] UIs are both incredibly simple and don't even look like computer programs; they barely need menus. [When combined, they] suddenly look like software. Votes: 0

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part. Votes: 0

The skeleton picked up the second skull, so worn as to barely be recognisable as such. The vertebrae fell and rolled like beads from a string. Votes: 0

No man commits evil for the sake of it; even the Devil himself has some farther design in sinning, than barely the wicked part of it. Votes: 0

Being the inventor of sex would seem to be a sufficient distinction for a creature just barely large enough to be seen by the naked eye. Votes: 0

I used to come here on my own sometimes... Id' stay down here for ages." Her voice was barely audible. "It's a good place for sadness... Votes: 0

I am a gluttonous, gorging failure. A waste. My body isn't used to high-sugar carbs laced with witchcraft. It can barely cope with soup and crackers. Votes: 0

A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him. Votes: 0

There are so many people in pain because of the Syrian conflict. Ten million trying to live in camps that are barely set up for three. Votes: 0

What were you supposed to say to people you barely knew? That was the kind of thing I needed lessons in - forget algebra and history. Votes: 0

It's so ridiculous, I can barely stop. I can hardly breathe, you make me wanna scream. You're so fabulous, you're so good to me baby, baby. Votes: 0

A level of no more than 350 ppm is still feasible, with the help of reforestation and improved agricultural practices, but just barely - time is running out. Votes: 0

But adulthood," continued the barely twentysomething, "doesn't give you power over what matters most. It doesn't protect you from pain, loss, fate. That's part of being human. Votes: 0

Island of Hispaniola once so populous (having a population that I estimated to be more than three million), has now a population of barely two hundred persons. Votes: 0

The only reason baseball's numerical touchstones have any significance is that most players - even the game's greats - peter out just barely before they reach them. Votes: 0

I am a gluttonous, gorging failure. A waste. My body isn’t used to high-sugar carbs laced with witchcraft. It can barely cope with soup and crackers. Votes: 0

One minute I was completely unknown, barely able to feed my family, living on pennies. The next minute, Katie Couric was interviewing me on the breakfast show. Votes: 0

The Congressional Record will forever show that [Obamacare] was passed in a romper room of overgrown children seemingly barely old enough to keep from peeing on themselves. Votes: 0

Mitt Romney is coming under fire because even though he is a multimillionaire, he only paid 15 percent in taxes. That's not a tax, that's barely a tip. Votes: 0

We barely missed killing Bin Laden. There were numerous findings issued by the President to kill him. We rolled up terrorist cells. We stopped the millennium bombings. Votes: 0

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 in smarts. Votes: 0

The ideal Government of all reflective men, from Aristotle onward, is one which lets the individual alone - one which barely escapes being no government at all. Votes: 0

It [the computer] is the first metamedium, and as such it has degrees of freedom for representation and expression never before encountered and as yet barely investigated Votes: 0

I can fall in and out of love, have marriages that barely last a month. When they go down the drain, I'll blame it on the fame. Votes: 0

Will spread his arms wide. On his knees, grinning like a demon, blood dripping from his mouth, he barely looked human himself. “Come and get me. Votes: 0

Our society, where we are right now, our minds are junkyards. We watch TV and sit on the computer all day and barely have an original thought. Votes: 0

There were definitely times I couldn't shower for a full week because I could barely stand, it felt like having all your life sucked out of you. Votes: 0

He barely knew I existed. I knew some of the same people he knew, but I was a girl in the background, several degrees of seperation removed. Votes: 0

Whatever the reasons may be, I was very much affected by events of the 1930s - the Spanish Civil War, for example, though I was barely literate. Votes: 0

These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school. Votes: 0

If you're referring to the incident with the Dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door. Votes: 0

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 even now. Votes: 0

I am a closet birdwatcher. I can identify Southern African species, but it irks me I can barely tell a jay from a blackbird in the U.K. Votes: 0

He's barely said anything and I already know this guy is gross,' she told the girls. 'If the zombies come at us, we feed them him first. Votes: 0

The players never think they project enough. In a hall that seats 3,300 people, it's a very scary thing to play so quietly that you can barely hear yourself. Votes: 0

The most common emotional defense is avoidance (an ineffective coping skill for any stressor) as expressed through denial (e.g., "That wasn't really bad, I barely remember it"). Votes: 0

I shower in the dark, barely able to tell soap from conditioner, and tell myself that I will emerge new and strong, that the water will heal me. Votes: 0

In some sense every parent does love their children. But some parents are too broken to love them well& others are barely able to love them at all.. Votes: 0

I barely brushed towards her cheek as I moved towards her mouth, her nails tickled my chest, driving me insane. Kissing her became my single reason for breathing. Votes: 0

I had my neck hurt for like five years, I could barely move my neck from doing this stunt, I almost died twice doing stunts, it's really dangerous. Votes: 0

I'm so computer illiterate, I barely know how to send an e-mail. I mean, I have a laptop and Gmail, but I don't really look at it much. Votes: 0

At age 14, coming to the U.S., all I knew was American Ballet Theatre, Baryshnikov, Nureyev, and some of the European companies. I barely knew anything about Balanchine. Votes: 0

Newspaper companies are losing advertisers, readers, market value, and, in some cases, their sense of mission at a pace that would have been barely imaginable just four years ago. Votes: 0

People like to set the bar high. I like to put the bar on the ground and barely step over it. I like to keep the expectations really low. Votes: 0

Adrian ordered a martini, earning disapproving looks from his father and me. "It's barely noon," said Nathan. "I know," said Adrian. "I'm surprised I held out that long too. Votes: 0

The hardest thing I think I've ever had to do to tell you, the woman I love, that I'm having a baby by a woman that I barely know. Votes: 0

I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies; I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life. Votes: 0

I have to say that my dad's face is very malleable. He's barely got any cartilage in his face. I think I maybe inherited that Play-Doh-like physicality from him. Votes: 0

Jill: 'I don't pay attention to politics.' Ben: 'You should. It's barely less important than your own heart beat.' Jill: 'I don't pay attention to that, either. Votes: 0

My father had a couple of kids at the beginning of the Depression. There was not much employment. Not much welfare. People barely got by. People were tougher then. Votes: 0

I had the title poet, and maybe I was one for a while. Also, the title singer was kindly accorded me, even though I could barely carry a tune. Votes: 0

I'm really emotional. I don't fight with people - like, I can barely fight with my husband because I'll just start crying instead. I've learned not to do that. Votes: 0

God made us for more than just barely getting by. We weren't meant to sit on the sidelines of life because with God, we are on the winning team! Votes: 0

In truth, I barely knew my father at all. He was 53 when I was born, and when I was ten he contracted cancer. Eight years later, in 1979, he died. Votes: 0

Jace knew he was being cruel, and he barely cared. Hurting people he loved was almost as good as hurting himself when he was in this kind of mood. Votes: 0

You deserved to get run over. And besides, I barely tapped you. The only reason you broke your leg was because you panicked and tripped over your own feet. Votes: 0

My heart"¦ It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it's trying to escape because it doesn't belong to me any more. It belongs to you. Votes: 0

When compared side by side, my days can barely be distinguished from one another. The only difference is what I do after work and with whom I do it. Votes: 0

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 look at the thermostat. Votes: 0

To eat figs off the tree in the very early morning, when they have been barely touched by the sun, is one of the exquisite pleasures of the Mediterranean. Votes: 0

It's quite unfortunate how some people would like you when you are barely making ends meet, but would hate you with a passion if you start to do well. Votes: 0

I wouldn't have believed it. I still barely do, truthfully. I'm so continually fortunate that I keep coming across these smart, interesting, creative people who pick me. It's just stupendous. Votes: 0

Your heart is beating so fast,he said softly, the words barely more than a whisper. I can feel your blood humming under my hand. Are you frightened of me? Votes: 0

Raising people is not some lark. It's serious work with serious repercussions. It's air-traffic control. You can't step out for a minute; you can barely pause to scratch your ankle. Votes: 0

In 2008, we had barely put our first album out and a lot of people were unsure about us on that tour. But the crowds were insane to say the least. Votes: 0

There is a dysfunctional strangeness to Los Angeles that doesn't exist in any other western city. The roads are crumbling, no-one knows what they're doing, the city government barely works. Votes: 0

Some people take better care of their pets than they do themselves. Their animals can run like the wind and they can barely make it up a flight of stairs. Votes: 0

Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my mind raced and my heart soared with stories. Votes: 0

Just nine lucky soldiers had come through the night, half of them wounded and barely alive. Just nine out of twenty was headed for home, with eleven stories to tell. Votes: 0

I love a sandwich that you can barely fit in your mouth because there's so much stuff on it. The bread should not be the main thing on a sandwich. Votes: 0

Universities have failed in their function of the pursuit of academic excellence by having dumbed down classes and granting degrees to students who are just barely literate and computationally incompetent. Votes: 0

A leader is bestWhen people barely know he existsOf a good leader, who talks little,When his work is done, his aim fulfilled,They will say, We did this ourselves. Votes: 0

The discoloration is very minimal. I have not turned blue. The extent of skin discoloration is not even remotely near what the news media are saying. It is barely noticeable. Votes: 0

Just think for how long humanity was controlled by mystical, magical thinking - the diseases and suffering that led to. We managed to survive, but just barely. It wasn't pretty. Votes: 0

I'm sorry Sandstorm" he murmured. "I never meant to hurt you" His voice barely more than a whisper, he added,"I love you." Sandstorm's eyes glowed."I love you too,Fireheart. Votes: 0

I barely have time to watch stuff that I'm in, or my friends' stuff. The bar for writing has really elevated and it's really exciting, it's not just parts for 25-year-olds. Votes: 0

Don’t panic, I thought. But already my breathing was faster, shallower. “You mean you can feel happy or sad or—” “Desire.” A barely-there smile. Votes: 0

If a group of people - leaders - can convince a group of folk who barely have a pot to piss in that the rich shouldn't be taxed-- THAT is leadership! Votes: 0

New York was something like a circus performer walking a tightrope an juggling at the same time....It could barely maintain its position, but an movement would tip the whole balance. Votes: 0

I could just barely see the dark curve of his shoulder, and something about the shape it made, the gesture it suggested, filled me with a sort of fierce, awful affection. Votes: 0

I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1. Votes: 0

I learned that he that will be a hero will barely be a man; that he that will be nothing but a doer of his work is sure of his manhood. Votes: 0

An interactive debugger is an outstanding example of what is not needed - it encourages trial-and-error hacking rather than systematic design, and also hides marginal people barely qualified for precision programming. Votes: 0

By the Angel, this place is barely better than a penny gaff,” Gideon said. “Gabriel, don’t look at anything unless I tell you it’s all right. Votes: 0

The rich would do better with a smaller share of a rapidly growing economy then they're doing now with a large share of an economy that is barely growing at all. Votes: 0

I learnt to drive at around eleven years old. In an old jeep on a field in Colorado. There were lots of ditches. I could barely see over the steering wheel. Votes: 0

Three million years! The infinitely crowded panorama of written history, with its empires and its kings, its triumphs and its tragedies, covered barely one thousandth of this appalling span of time. Votes: 0

So many men treat their wives badly, or indifferently, or with barely contained impatience. Josh doesn't mind-- no that's not right--he insists on openly showing his love and respect for me. Votes: 0

However, the economics of our business continued to deteriorate. We barely escaped bankruptcy a year ago, and in the aftermath of that escape we had to make some even tougher decisions. Votes: 0

I feel like I barely survived Django (Unchained) emotionally - the violence, hearing the N-word every day. It cost me a lot psychologically, but it was worth it to tell that story. Votes: 0

It's about your heart and about your consciousness. It's not about length of time you pray. Some of the most powerful prayers I've ever heard come from children, who can barely speak. Votes: 0

Humans were so stupid. They had something so precious, and they barely safeguarded it at all. They threw away their lives for money, for packets of powder, for a stranger's charming smile. Votes: 0

After all those neurochemicals are drained out, it takes a while for them to replenish so on the back end of flow state...I can barely string sentences together. I become stupid. Votes: 0

Many people we consider legends, such as Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry, remain so scarred by scandals, injustices and regrets from decades earlier that they're barely able to appreciate their accomplishments. Votes: 0

I've been largely undecided about everything for most of my life. I can barely commit to a phone bill... Somewhere along the line it has become my career due to continuing work. Votes: 0

You're barely one step up from the Australopithecines, aren't you? (Acheron) Hey, be respectful when you say that, snot nose. Haven't you seen the commercials? Us cavemen are very sensitive people. (Savitar) Votes: 0

Don't stay away from me anymore."I stop myself, just barely, from telling him I won't. I can't promise that. Can't lie. He opens his eyes. Stares starkly, bleakly. "I need you. Votes: 0

Marry first, and love will come after is a shocking assertion; since a thousand things may happen to make the state but barely tolerable, when it is entered into with mutual affection. Votes: 0

To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished. Votes: 0

For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so, because it serenely disdains to destroy us. Every angel is terrible. Votes: 0

Everyone knows [George W. Bush] has no clue, but no one there has the courage to say it. I mean, good gawd, the man is as he always has been: barely adequate. Votes: 0

I'm sick of being everyone's regret. My mother died in shame because she'd borne me. My father and brother despise me and my sister can barely look me in the eye! (Acheron) Votes: 0

By the plain form of my delirium I will blast the obstruction of every form around me into something barely called shadow. I sail. I swim to you. I know the water. Votes: 0

Being a writer is a rather hazardous occupation and there is a horribly high rate of writers who barely have the money for the paper and pen they use for their craft. Votes: 0

I am not enough in myself; I can barely make it through buying milk and school supplies. Thank goodness there is a Guardian to come before me and throw off the dark. Votes: 0

She'd barely covered up her long, tan legs in a pair of shorts that made me want to go to church on Sunday just to thank God for creating her. - Beau Votes: 0

When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. Votes: 0

His eyes twinkled mischievously as he gazed at me with that look that always made me melt: as if I were edible and he could barely restrain himself from taking a bite. Votes: 0

I tell students they will know they are getting somewhere when a scene is so painful they can just barely bring themselves to write about it. A writer has to draw blood. Votes: 0

When the scheme for the construction of a railroad from Baltimore to the waters of the Ohio River first began to take form, the United States had barely emerged from the Revolutionary period. Votes: 0

You probably think Stephen Hawking is in that wheelchair because of a motor neuron disease. But if you got as much barely-legal student poontang as The Hawkster, you'd be in a wheelchair too. Votes: 0

Jonah and Catcher shared one of those manly, "It's nice to meet you, but I'm going to barely acknowledge your existence with a small nod because that's the manly thing to do" gestures." Votes: 0

In a city that is barely getting by with its small budget, something like illegal immigration can be the difference from being able to provide the level of public service that people expect. Votes: 0

My wife, Bojana, is a doctor; we both work intense hours and have months when we barely see each other. It isnt easy, but we realize nobody said it was supposed to be! Votes: 0

The very highest is barely known. Then comes that which people know and love, Then that which is feared, Then that which is despised. Who does not trust enough will not be trusted. Votes: 0

My wife, Bojana, is a doctor; we both work intense hours and have months when we barely see each other. It isn't easy, but we realize nobody said it was supposed to be! Votes: 0

Rock critics are often totally ignorant of the rock music of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think that the Beatles did anything worth of being saved. Votes: 0

When the scheme for the construction of a railroad from Baltimore to the waters of the Ohio River first began to take form, the United States had barely emerged from the Revolutionary period Votes: 0

My first months in Sofia were a time of intense disorientation: I had never been to that part of the world before; I could barely speak the language; everything seemed strange to me. Votes: 0

This was almost two hours of factual documentary. In our audience ratings, barely no one left the programme. The whole of his life is so fascinating and people kept watching for that reason. Votes: 0

Don't laugh at the voice of the stars. They are far away, their rays are light and pale, and we can barely see their sleeping shadows, but their sorcery is stern and dark. Votes: 0

I barely took a moment to appreciate nature. Come to think of it, theonly time I did it was when I was so upset I wanted to commit suicide in theHuang Pu river. Votes: 0

We Russians have assigned ourselves no other task in life but the cultivation of our own personalities, and when we're barely past childhood, we set to work to cultivate them, those unfortunate personalities. Votes: 0

She felt dirty all over and looking over Sebastian, sweat on his brow and his naked torso barely covered by the sheets, she had to swallow back bile at what she'd just done. Votes: 0

Nixon did not anticipate the extent to which Kissinger, whom he barely knew when he appointed him national-security adviser in 1969, would be envious and high-strung - a maintenance project of the first order. Votes: 0

He'd barely seen me coming, and despite the horribleness of what I'd just done, I kind of wished one of my instructors had been there to grade me on such an awesome performance. Votes: 0

It was with a homosexual, I was barely 14 years old. But let's be fair, I wasn't the only one who did it. He was a man in Bauru that all our team visited. Votes: 0

A decline of exuberance is just barely noticeable in America, making itself felt particularly among the most highly educated and the well-to-do in a loss of appetite for work and perhaps even for leisure. Votes: 0

I don't know if you know this - I don't drive a stick. I mean, I barely drive my automatic. I get to work and everything, but I'm not any kind of driving prodigy. Votes: 0

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 a pension scheme because I don't make enough money. Votes: 0

Langdon whispered to Vittoria. 'Ever fire anything other than a tranquilizer gun?' 'Don't you trust me?' 'Trust you? I barely know you.' Vittoria frowned. 'And here I thought we were newly-weds. Votes: 0

Greece has been, in many ways, a partially dysfunctional society. For example, the wealthy barely pay taxes... to an extent, that's true elsewhere, including the United States, but it's been pretty extreme in Greece. Votes: 0

Three hundred years after its appearance Christianity was the recognized state religion in the Roman World Empire, and in barely sixty years socialism has won itself a position which makes its victory absolutely certain. Votes: 0

This was a land of lost souls. Human beings who had weathered great storms in life, had suffered unspeakable loss, had been put to painful tests of existence, and still remained standing-but just barely. Votes: 0

Billy is a funny, cheeky, lovely boy and I love being with him. Parenthood is terrifying though. I can barely walk past a building without panicking that it's going to collapse on his head. Votes: 0

Throughout my lifetime I've left pieces of my heart here and there. And now, there's almost barely enough to stay alive. But I force a smile, knowing that my ambition far exceeded my talent. Votes: 0

Much of the time, we're transfixed by all of the ways we can reflect ourselves into the world. And we can barely find the time to reflect deeply back in on our own selves. Votes: 0

I'm so overwhelmed." "“ Nick "Most of us are, Nick. Even though we look calm and peaceful on the outside, most of us are barely hanging on by our fingernails." "“ Caleb Votes: 0

I graduated from school for graphic design, and I started to get into acting class just to get over severe fright. I was an extremely shy person. I could barely say hello to anybody. Votes: 0

The fact is I never was too bright in school. I just barely graduated. I had a D- average. I ain't ashamed of it, though. I mean, how much do principals make a month? Votes: 0

I could never muster the courage to speak to girls in my college in Pune. Most of them were Parsis and spoke English. I came from a village and could barely converse in English. Votes: 0

I been watchin' you, workin day and night, slavin so hard you barely have time to catch your breath. People do that for three reasons. Either they crazy, or stupid, or tryin' to forget. Votes: 0

We no longer know each other. Hell, I barely know myself these days. I brush my teeth and look in the mirror and think, Who is this guy taking care of my oral hygiene? Votes: 0

I was the angriest little person imaginable when I was younger. I woke up with a frown every morning. I barely talked, wore black all the time and had some serious teenage rebellion years Votes: 0

When she was like this, the wildness of her barely contained, it was hard to believe she'd come into his pack Silent, her emotions blockaded behind so much ice, it had infuriated his wolf. Votes: 0

In the silence, in the darkness, swept away by these alien alkaloids and the plant-mind behind them, you find out a truth that can barely be told. And most of it can't be told. Votes: 0

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 is like trying to pin jelly to a wall. Votes: 0

After 'Heart Skips A Beat' hit No.1, I barely had a chance to celebrate 'cos it was straight over to the judges' houses for the 'Xtra Factor,' filming in Greece, L.A. and Spain. Votes: 0

What's wrong, little sis? You look upset." She could barely catch her breath. "Cracked...my...nail polish slapping your... worthless face. See?" She showed him her finger - just one of them. "Cute" He snorted. Votes: 0

At the moment, I'm toying with a new idea for a book, but fully engaged with writing screenplays, so the book idea - which needs empty space in my head - is barely formed yet. Votes: 0

...sleep is a skilled magician, it changes the proportions of things, the distances between them, it separates people and they're lying next to each other, brings them together and they can barely see one another... Votes: 0

I'm a layperson. I barely got out of high school. I have no business telling people what to do or my big philosophy on life. I'm certainly not going to write any sort of memoir. Votes: 0

Sometimes reactions can be quite surprising: readers like things that you, the author, feel you've barely gotten away with; or they dislike one of the parts you secretly think is one of your little gems. Votes: 0

When not deeply engaged in creative activities, or numbed out by the TV, I felt empty. My heart hurt. I often felt hollow or as if I were some sort of wispy ghost, barely existing. Votes: 0

Music enabled me as a fragile young person to give voice to emotions I could barely name, and how it enables me to give my voice the unique and mysterious power to speak to others. Votes: 0

When I was a young man, barely 18, I discovered Jesus Christ as my personal saviour, and for six months I told my mother she was damned to hell. That wasn't much fun. I abandoned it. Votes: 0

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 own borders while the nickel 'n' dime basket-cases go nuclear. Votes: 0

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 a single thing. I can barely remember where Scotland is. Votes: 0

What did I hope for, what did I expect, what rich future did I foresee, when the phantom of my first love, rising up for an instant, barely called forth one sigh, one mournful sentiment? Votes: 0

Love stories are written in millimeters and milliseconds with a fast, dull pencil whose marks you can barely see, they are written in miles and eons with a chisel on the side of a mountiantop Votes: 0

For me, breastfeeding was even more painful than giving birth. And despite a lactation consultant, I felt incompetent. I forged on, barely sleeping, always either breastfeeding or pumping and never getting the hang of it. Votes: 0