Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mike and I barely talked during the race,

John Corbett

You know, I like playing music and playing guitar, and I like to draw, so I thought I would end up just probably barely making a living, or probably having to have some other job, but being involved in one of those things that I really like to do. But that didn't work out like that.

You can barely see 15 meters (yards) ahead. I have never seen anything like this before,

Jim Boeheim

We haven't increased the number of teams in a long time and the quality has increased so much, I would have thought it would have been expanded a long time ago. This year more than ever there were teams that barely got in or didn't get in that can win games.

We haven't had a burst. We have barely had a leak in the bubble. And I think that you'll see come spring, next quarter, that the hole in the bubble is going to be sealed up.

We were just poking around and we're barely making wages.

Who could imagine the journey these seniors have taken us on? I can barely find the words to describe them.

We were under the gun. Upper Perk is an unbelievably talented team. They have barely any weaknesses. We knew it was an uphill battle and I liked how our kids battled. It was a great experience for us.

RIM barely scratches the surface. We don't need any of their customers.

LaDainian Tomlinson

I think I just barely scratched the surface last year. I think people saw just a little bit of what I can do. Those are definitely not the kind of numbers I hope to put up this year. I'll be putting up bigger and better numbers. Obviously, if that's happening, then this team will be winning games and hopefully going to the playoffs.

The lowest-paid city employees are barely breaking even. How can you justify bonuses for executive staff who are making over $200,000 a year?

Carrie Fisher

There were days I could barely struggle into a size 46 or 48, months of larges and XXLs, and endless rounds of leggings with the elastic at the waist stretched to its limit and beyond - topped with the fashion equivalent of a tea cozy. And always black, because I was in mourning for my slimmer self.

That's definitely the biggest home run of my life. For five minutes afterward, I didn't know what I was doing. I was on a high for five minutes. I barely remember running around the bases. When I got in the dugout, I was being a maniac. Everybody probably thinks I'm crazy.

To be honest with you, I can barely believe what I saw with my eyes.

Edmond Rostand

A promise more precise; the sealing of Confessions that till then were barely breathed; A rosy dot placed on the i in loving; A secret that's confided to a mouth and not to ears

As energy prices have spiked and world demand increased, the United States' reliance on oil controlled by Venezuela's anti-American despot Hugo Chavez has become a real danger. But it's a danger the networks barely even mention.

David Tom

As a young boy, I always knew something like this could happen, ... I was barely affected. There are so many people that don't know what the future holds.

The older one, who was formerly a good student, had barely been to school all year.

Olly Murs

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.

Each year has been different. We've had our ups and downs. Two different times we had so many injuries we could barely field a team. We are hoping to play our best and see what happens.

Eric was the only skier that pulled off an inverted maneuver in the course. We decided to go with the flip, knowing it was going to be difficult and there was a risk he might not be in the top scores of the day if he couldn't stick the landing. Not only did he land it but he took a lot of speed through the middle section and stayed just under control. The crowd couldn't believe it, I could barely believe it.

Farmer weighs 180 pounds and is playing tackle. Frye and Roach barely played last year. Alcorn is a first-year player. Bryant played JV (junior varsity) last year. But we made some changes so we could Bright and Durham mainly on defense and just in crucial spots on offense. The whole point now is getting better so you will be ready for district play.

There was a cushion that was barely smoking, so I threw it out the back door.

Our defense was barely there. We didn't have any rotation.

Devon battled as long as he could, but he could barely walk.

The wheel is so heavy! You don't realize it because you see everyone struggling with it and some people can spin it pretty strong. I had a little difficulty with it, I barely got it around. It was definitely pretty heavy.

They should've given us a chance, they barely gave us a few days. We didn't get anything.

They tried to surround me. They put a lot of guys around me. I felt like my hook was barely missing. I don't feel like it's been there the last three or four games.

A lot of people just don't have the money, ... They barely have enough for gas.

You still have buildings that are well over halfway flooded with water, ... What you use as landmarks is, you use the streets signs, which you can barely see the tops of.

Gary Moore

This is a small, rural community with about 13,000 people in our area. The hospital was barely making payroll, so we renegotiated contracts and that left two physicians delivering babies.

They have been on the water all winter long. We barely got on the water.

They generally defined what these moves would be and some general targets to reach, but we're far from complete with the details, It looks like they got barely enough.