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.

- Jo Brand

I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.

- Tom Petty

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

- Sam Shepard

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

- Natalie Wood

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

- Michael Palin

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.

- Mark Twain

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

- Karen Morley

Aww, come on man, I can barely handle 6 strings.

- Kenny Hickey

I was barely in 'Taking Woodstock.'

- Katherine Waterston

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

- Jim Talent

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

- Clarence Thomas

I can barely turn on my computer!

- Jack Nicklaus

While I was making 'Coraline' I barely got to see any films at all, so I've got a lot of catching up to do.

- Henry Selick

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

- Fran Lebowitz

I actually barely ever go on the Internet.

- Evan Goldberg

I barely speak English.

- Eric Ripert

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

- Dave Davies

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

- Dave Matthews

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

- Chris Diamantopoulos

I'm unqualified for anything else. I'm barely qualified for this.

- Catherine Keener