Barely

Famous quotes containing the word barely:

“I carried $5000 when I went to Washington. I returned with barely $90 in our [sic] pockets.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

“A work in progress quickly becomes feral. It reverts to a wild state overnight. It is barely domesticated, a mustang on which you one day fastened a halter, but which now you cannot catch. It is a lion you cage in your study. As the work grows, it gets harder to control; it is a lion growing in strength. You must visit it every day and reassert your mastery over it. If you skip a day, you are, quite rightly, afraid to open the door to its room.”
—Annie Dillard (b. 1945)

“All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.”
—Fran Lebowitz (20th century)