Top 1200 Barely Getting By Quotes & Sayings - Page 8

I was that little kid: I was the one that was looking up to athletes and getting to see them and getting to be a part of it, and I remember those experiences.

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

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.

The CRAFT approach, developed by Bob Meyers at U of New Mexico, is one set of important tools that DO work, and it feels great to see families using these strategies and getting results, feeling hopeful again, feeling empowered, getting support, learning to trust themselves again, getting their lives and the lives of their children back.

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.

whereas, up to the present, there is only one known way of getting born, there are endless ways of getting killed.

Everyone wants to be financially secure, the problem is most people focus on "getting by" when they need to be focused on "getting rich."

I often feel like everything is moving so fast that I can barely recount where I was the day before, what I had for breakfast, or how great my workout was.

If you're getting $80 a show, then you're not getting paid.

The price of getting what you want, is getting what once you wanted.

Call me a dreamer, but I think it would be great if getting medical attention were as easy as getting a gun.

Barely a week goes by without me being asked to cut a ribbon somewhere, and I'm usually happy to oblige. Things to do with the Army mostly.

I don't mind the rich getting richer, but the poor shouldn't be getting poorer, and there should be more people moving into the middle class.

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

Obviously, when you're getting games, you're getting confidence as well.

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.

Getting big is just a byproduct of getting better.

Getting healthy, getting into shape is a gradual process.

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.

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

Sadly, I had to retire from the Bond films. The girls were getting younger, and I was just getting too old.

The ALS ice bucket challenge was really the most brilliant publicity stunt of 2014, and it has brought worldwide awareness for a barely-known disease.

I don't mind getting punched in the nose by a guy standing in front of me. It's getting stabbed in the back that I can't handle.

The good Samaritan, he's getting dressed, he's getting ready for the show. He's going to the carnival tonight on Desolation Row.

I think it doesn't matter what color you are. Everybody is getting the - getting the stick, and I'm sure Trump feels the same way.

The single most important factor to getting rich is getting started, not being the smartest person in the room.

It's about getting in there and being ready, getting the fight on your terms, taking the least amount of punishment possible.

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.

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.

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.

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

Very fitted dresses look much better on TV, even though in reality they might be so tight that I can barely move in them.

Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.

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.

We're barely scratching the surface of how people experience and utilize p2p payments, despite it being a multi-millennium-old behavior.

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

I want people to know that I'm getting where I'm going or how I'm getting there - by myself, through my hard work, and nothing more.

There is growing inequality. The families of the all-powerful Ministers are getting richer. The poor and hard-working Belizeans are getting poorer.

The women sit, getting colder and colder, on a seat getting harder and harder, watching oafs, getting muddier and muddier.

But I also realize that winning doesn't always mean getting first place; it means getting the best out of yourself.

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.

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

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.

A lot of it is maturity and getting older. You know, sort of getting married and realizing you're not out there for yourself anymore.

It's refreshing going from getting picked on in middle school to getting my name screamed out across the street.

I'm getting those familiar feelings, and I'm just going to enjoy the process of getting to know someone again.

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.

I liked getting the Grammy more than not getting it.

I'm not a gardener. I don't have the consistency for gardening, and I have barely enough for an orchard. I don't embarrass myself. You have to be there tending and weeding. With orchards, you can go through negligent periods and recover.

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.

Albums are a journey, and I even find that as a DJ, with less than two hours, I can barely communicate anything. So I like to play long sets.

That was my dream to be on a Disney show. So it was weird to suddenly getting stopped by kids my own age and getting recognized by people.

This Girl with nothing but her own strength and a desire to be free. With nothing but a beating heart that is scared to be alone. With nothing but clear blue eyes that see through me and understand me. With nothing but open arms ready to receive me. To stand by me. To walk with me. To love me. I love her. Lilly. The Girl with nothing and everything. Lilly. I love her. A tear appears. She smiles. She leans forward kisses my lips softly kisses me and as our lips touch barely touch she whispers. I love you too, James. Our lips barely touching she whispers. I love you. Whispers. I love you.

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.

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

Seeing people ahead of time and getting acquainted with the space you're playing in is important to getting comfortable in that place.

I can barely recall a single holiday when my father didn't make a scene or create some kind of chaos. We were always walking on eggshells.

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.

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.

To start with you had to keep from getting arrested by the police. Then, you had to keep from getting cheated in the games. You also had to worry about collecting the money if you won. Then finally, after all that was said and done - you had to keep from getting hijacked.