Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Bohjalian

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

Neil Strauss

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.

Nikolai Gogol

Russia! Russia... Everything in you is open, desolate and level; your squat towns barely protrude in the midst of the plains like dots, like counters; there is nothing to tempt or enchant the onlooker's gaze. But what is this inscrutable, mysterious force that draws me to you?

Pico Iyer

In barely one generation, we've moved from exulting in the time-saving devices that have so expanded our lives to trying to get away from them - often in order to make more time. The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug.

Willie Bloomquist

We were half a stride away today. Jose made a great play, but the guy just barely was safe.

We've had Boy Scout projects to clean up that bike lane many times. The street is barely wide enough for cars.

Mitchell Baker

We carry around computers in our pockets. Many people barely use them as phones. We use them as computers. If you think about the future, when you're traveling around, it's great to have a lightweight, small form factor.

My body has held up like I can barely believe,

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,

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

I thought his first-half was poor, naturally, because he barely got a touch. But I was very pleased with his second-half - he showed real leadership.

Jesse James

Just able barely to mount a horse and ride about a little in the spring of 1866, my life was threatened daily, and I was forced to go heavily armed. The whole country was then full of militia, robbing, plundering and killing.

Just imagine a staircase of justice and this is just barely the first step because there's more to come.

Bob Hartley

I'm so happy I can barely stand myself.

I might slip every once in a while, but you will not see me dog-cussing a player out. I'm cautious. I barely even talk to the kids after the game. It's tough, and I hate to see what happened to (Dustin) because he's so young.

Melissa knew she didn't play real well (in the first half). She took that one shot and it barely touched the bottom of the basket. I just told her she had been playing the game for a long time and to keep doing what she does best. She did that in the second half.

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.

Esther Williams

My mother took refuge in her spirituality while my poor father was barely able to bring home enough money to keep food on the table.

Heath Miller

I still see us as underdogs. Seattle's been one of the top teams in the league, throughout the entire year. We're a No. 6 seed and barely made the playoffs. We've got a tough challenge ahead.

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.

You always want your team mentally right for an upcoming game. UNA helped us by whipping Delta. I'd be a little bit more worried had they just barely won. But that got our attention. They know they just can't show up and play.

We encouraged him to try six feet and he barely missed it.

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

Henrik Fisker

When we first showed the Karma in January 2008, we had barely started the company.

We're not sure if the program will be revised or scratched. The review is barely under way and may take several more weeks.

Shaun White

I was so stoked I got it out early. I was nervous because I fell on the first hit of my first run, but I didn't care that much because I knew I had a better run in me. I practiced this run before and made it really sketchy. I was barely hanging on, but it just came together for me tonight. It seems to happen in contests for me.

Holly Combs

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

Victoria Gotti

I lost 25 pounds, I was so exhausted, I could barely lift my arms,

Jim Boeheim

I have a number in mind, I think it should probably be about four to six, somewhere in there. This year, more than ever, has proven that there are teams that might not get in, or might just barely get in, that can win games.

I have barely time to give you a brief statement of facts as I find them.