Top 125 Barry Quotes

Widely distributed reports have noted in January 1968, Obama was registered as a Muslim at Jakarta’s Roman Catholic Franciscus Assisi Primary School under the name Barry Soetoro.

I was fortunate to work on a few episodes of ‘Barry’ right before we shot ‘Atlanta.’ That was where I got my training wheels for action coverage.

We were ready to launch Barry White, but the record company wouldn’t put it out. Said it wouldn’t sell.

I keep getting mobbed in M&S and Debenhams. I feel like Barry Manilow.

The first time I was on Letterman, I was, like, 20 years old, and I was on a show called ‘Camping with Barry White Night.’

I’m very grateful to Barry Jenkins, who took a chance on me.

Robin had always wanted to go solo, so when it happened I wasn’t angry at all. I understood the situation. But Barry is so full of pride and couldn’t understand why Robin had done it.

Do we settle on a regional team because we can go to its ballpark and see its games on television? Or do we choose a team as our favorite because it has an especially appealing player, a Barry Bonds or an Ichiro?

I like remixing Barry White and ABBA songs.

I’ve been very blessed to have worked with two incredible directors – Barry Jenkins on ‘Moonlight’ and Ted Melfi on ‘Hidden Figures’ – and it was a collaborative effort in shaping my characters, Teresa and Mary.

I think Barry Gibb would be a wonderful person to work with. Because he just writes good tunes.

For me, people in Ireland who became actors would have to go through the Billy Barry’s in Dublin.

Running backs like Emmitt Smith and Barry Sanders, you were lucky to get a piece of them.

Theatre is such a joy because it’s a group effort. Everyone has to move in tandem. It was lovely to be able to carry that over into ‘Barry.’

Nobody I ever broke bread with – and I see players all the time – talked about using their head running the football. I’ve seen Barry Sanders and Eric Dickerson and Marcus Allen and Franco Harris, and we’ve all been together – we were all together at the Super Bowl – and no one talked about using their head.

My first crush was Barry Manilow. He performed on TV and I taped it. When no one was around I’d kiss the screen.

Do I want a shot at the belt? Yes, of course I do. Put it this way: I am Barry Sanders on the Detroit Lions. You love to watch me, but you’ll never see me play in the Super Bowl. It’s just one of those things. It’s about politics. It’s not about fighting.

I’m nowhere near Barry Sanders. But that doesn’t take anything away from my game.

I was only a young whippersnapper at that point. I was in pubs playing Barry Manilow songs. I didn’t know what to expect.

I was always the sexy bass player in the background while Robin stood centre. Barry and I played it up a bit, gave ’em a bit of thigh.

Why is Barry Switzer not in the Hall of Fame? I have no idea. He’s done everything humanly possible to be in.

Years ago, Barry Diller asked me to be a judge on a pilot for an inventor show on USA, and when it was over, the producer, Ken Mok, took me out to dinner and really got me talking. It was a long dinner. Afterward, he said, ‘One day, I’m going to write your movie’.

The best incarnation of The Four Horsemen was undoubtedly the unit comprised of Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard, along with talented manager JJ Dillon, which will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012.

I really appreciate Barry Jenkins as a filmmaker and the fact that he’s always wanting to push the envelope and challenge perspective and make people uncomfortable in a way that doesn’t seem like it’s allowed anymore.

I’m a supporter of Barry Hearn, I voted for him and will support him in whatever he wants to do.

I always loved slow jams and wanted to make them, but didn’t know how I could because I couldn’t sing. Then Barry White made ‘Love Serenade’ in which all he did was talk the entire jam. I said, ‘I can do that.’

I think I sound like Barry White.

My first-ever job was when I was 14 or 15 in Washington, D.C., a job that I got through Marion Barry’s summer-youth-employment program. It was working in the locker room of a public swimming pool, deep inside Anacostia in Southeast D.C., about five to 10 minutes from my house.

I think it’s very difficult to have fewer opportunities to have success and still execute. My favorite player was Barry Bonds, and he got so few opportunities.

Where did God come from? It’s certainly more complicated than trying to figure out where, say, Barry Manilow was born.

Widely distributed reports have noted in January 1968, Obama was registered as a Muslim at Jakarta’s Roman Catholic Franciscus Assisi Primary School under the name Barry Soetoro.

Barry seems to be more flamboyant merely because he gets more interviews to talk about it.

I’m the go-to guy for Mexican priests. I’m the new Barry Fitzgerald, except with a Mexican accent.

I could never understand why they did that to Barry Sanders in Detroit. I know that’s one of the reasons why he retired, because they took him out on third down and let someone else catch the ball. I thought they must be out of their mind because Barry is such a threat.

I keep getting mobbed in M&S and Debenhams. I feel like Barry Manilow.

My Mt. Rushmore of hero worship would include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Marcus Aurelius, Frank Sinatra and Barry White.

My first crush was Barry Manilow. He performed on TV and I taped it. When no one was around I’d kiss the screen.

Coming up, I thought Barry Sanders was the best running back ever.

Barry Bonds was still young when his father’s fall began. Although Bobby still continued to put up good numbers year after year, he never lived up to expectations.

We were ready to launch Barry White, but the record company wouldn’t put it out. Said it wouldn’t sell.

I came to think that nobody from England could draw American comic books, because they were clearly all done by this sort of Mafia, all these guys with Italian and Irish names who had the whole thing sewn up. It was actually seeing a comic book drawn by Barry Smith, who was about my age, and English.

I’ve got Pat ‘HD’ Barry in my corner.

I got a hug from Kathleen Marshall, Sheryl Crow, and Barry Levinson all in the same day – and that was something pretty special!

As awkward as it sounds. I’m not Shane Larkin, Barry Larkin’s son, anymore. It’s Barry Larkin, the father of Shane Larkin.

Running backs like Emmitt Smith and Barry Sanders, you were lucky to get a piece of them.

Having the team with leaders – John Terry is one, Gareth Barry is a leader – is very, very important. These players helped me a lot.

HIL boasts of a high-class list of players and coaches like Ric Charlesworth, Barry Dancer, etc.

I love that Barry Seal is working for the CIA, and he’s an awful liar. It just goes to how honest this character is at the end of the day, even as he rips off the country and the world to the tune of becoming one of the wealthiest men in America. There’s an innate honesty, a purity to him.

I was a Barry White fan.

My brother Barry was into all sports, and so was my late father. For me, hockey was the one sport I loved and played. I didn’t really pay much attention to the other sports.

John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks.

My voice is rather quirky. It’s abysmally low. People often think I’m putting it on at first. Think drunk Darth Vader. Or Barry White singing country. It suits my dark material. When I do readings, I really play it up and go subterranean. I can make the phone book sound terrifying.

I mean the home run king, to me, is Hank Aaron, but statistically, it’s Barry Bonds.

When we write, we complement each other. We wrote six songs, Barry and I, while Robin was ill during the American tour, and they were terrible until Robin came back, and then everything worked out.

I get tips from Bob Gaudio. And one of my songs somehow caught the attention of one of my idols, Marty Panzer, who wrote big hits for Barry Manilow. So two guys who inspired me to write lyrics are now teaching me to write.

When I was 16, I’d ping pong between AC/DC and Barry Manilow without any sense of irony.

My brother Barry was into all sports, and so was my late father. For me, hockey was the one sport I loved and played. I didn’t really pay much attention to the other sports.

In the beginning, Barry and I couldn’t decide if we were going got go forward with the name of the Bee Gees or just as Barry and Robin. Now we’ve decided to continue as the Bee Gees because we feel we can, and Maurice would have wanted it.

I’ve been very blessed to have worked with two incredible directors – Barry Jenkins on ‘Moonlight’ and Ted Melfi on ‘Hidden Figures’ – and it was a collaborative effort in shaping my characters, Teresa and Mary.

Once the religious right got their beachhead in the Republican Party in 1980, they expanded it. Even Barry Goldwater was extremely hostile to the religious right, but Reagan catered to them. The religious right then expanded their base and that drove the moderates out.

In 1964, I tried to convince my grandfather, who was active in the New York City firefighters union, to vote for Barry Goldwater over Lyndon Johnson because at the time I thought his approach to limited government was right on.

I’ll never forget my interview with Barry Humphries – one of the oddest I’ve ever done. He insisted that for half the time he appeared as Dame Edna. So I interviewed the real Barry Humphries in a suit and tie, and then I interviewed Edna in full fig in her dressing room, where she criticised Barry mercilessly.

The ur-conservatives of the 1950s – William F. Buckley Jr., Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan and all the rest – were revolting not against a liberal administration but against the moderate conservatism of Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Barry Manilow has gone from being the love of my life to being a friend for life.

I was always the sexy bass player in the background while Robin stood centre. Barry and I played it up a bit, gave ’em a bit of thigh.

I haven’t seen a player in this game, as long as I’ve been in it, that can’t be pitched to… Barry is an outstanding ballplayer. I respect him an awful lot. I also have confidence in my pitchers that they can pitch to Barry Bonds and get him out.

But Barry, to me, is head and shoulders above everybody.

Sports-entertainment has provided me with many blessings, but nothing was ever more unpredictable and fun than hanging with Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard, who, in my opinion, are the greatest incarnation of The Four Horsemen and the most important faction to ever step into the ring.

Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan had tremendous influence on generations of American because, even if people disagreed with them, they admired them because they made very strong commitments to things they believed in.

I was very lucky to have fantastic leaders before me in Paul Kelly, Leo Barry, Brett Kirk, Craig Bolton, Mick O’Loughlin and Stuart Maxfield, and all of those players led in completely different ways.

I really wanted to write the way Kubrick makes films – ‘Strangelove,’ ‘2001’, ‘Clockwork Orange’, ‘Barry Lyndon’ – they’re all so different.

My first husband, John Barry, was a composer. I couldn’t believe that this sophisticated, talented genius chose me and not any of the other girls. I was so flattered, so excited, so in love with him. Of course, my parents were horrified, as he’d been married once and had a daughter with the au pair girl.

The first time I was on Letterman, I was, like, 20 years old, and I was on a show called ‘Camping with Barry White Night.’

My football idol growing up, I was named after Walter Payton, but my idols at RB were Barry Sanders and Emmitt Smith.

There are certain times of the day when you need a balance – that is, your protein and your carbs. I’m a Barry Sears man. I believe that anything green is a carb, and I need 2:1. Two of the carbs to one of the protein.

I do dumb stuff, like playing my favorite dumb Barry White song and lip-synching into the mirror so it looks like his voice is coming out of my mouth.

During my life, I have had a few nightmares which happened to me while I was wide awake. One of them was the National Republican Convention in San Francisco, which produced the greatest disaster the Republican Party has ever known – Nominee Barry Goldwater.

John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks.

I’m the go-to guy for Mexican priests. I’m the new Barry Fitzgerald, except with a Mexican accent.

Having the team with leaders – John Terry is one, Gareth Barry is a leader – is very, very important. These players helped me a lot.

I work with a stylist called Devon Nuszer and a makeup artist called Aaron Barry, and between those two, I trust them implicitly. I have the things I do over and over again and that I feel safe with, but they inspire me to take risks, and I trust them so much.

I always respected Barry Bonds, and I wanted to let him know that I did in a certain way.

I learnt acting in Delhi from Barry John, who also taught Shah Rukh Khan.

I do get recognised, but if I’m in a restaurant, I’ll get one person noticing me, not the whole place. It is uncomfortable when people try and sneak a picture; sometimes, I don’t feel like being seen. But I don’t stop myself doing stuff. I go to Barry’s Bootcamp and yoga just like anyone else.

My father and mother listened to oldies, from be-bop and swing music to – I hate to admit it, but – Barry Manilow, Fleetwood Mac and the Moody Blues.

Michael Jordan was criticized. Barry Bonds was criticized. Some of the greats in every profession have been criticized. Not everything is peaches and cream.

Barry Hearn has said there’s no time for playboys, but I’m not a playboy.

For more than two decades, Barry Diller has been among the most respected – and feared – figures in the entertainment industry.

As a kid, I wore the same Oakland A’s hat for like six or seven years. It was faded white and green. It was because I loved Barry Zito and he had signed that hat.

I was a Barry White fan.

As awkward as it sounds. I’m not Shane Larkin, Barry Larkin’s son, anymore. It’s Barry Larkin, the father of Shane Larkin.

Toward the end of the 1964 presidential campaign, Reagan gives a speech on behalf of Barry Goldwater. It was like a screen test for a new career.

I highly recommend ClassPass. I spend a fortune on Barry’s Bootcamp, Cycle House, SoulCycle, Flywheel, Ballet Barre, SLT Pilates, YogaWorks… I do everything, and I’m always trying different workouts, and I was like, ‘Finally, 99 bucks!’

As far as my memory being reliable, at the risk of sounding like some sort of gorgeous two-headed monster with the voices of Dave Barry and Erma Bombeck, I do think that women, like elephants, remember everything and love peanuts.

When I’m done playing basketball, I want do something bigger. I’m working on my doctorate right now at Barry University in Florida.

I think I sound like Barry White.

Barry is an incredible singer. He’s even gotten better through the years.

I don’t want to play forever. I want to give everything I can now and then walk away knowing I gave everything. The example I think of is Barry Sanders. He was such a great player, and he left when he was still on top. I want that to be me.

My first husband, John Barry, was a composer. I couldn’t believe that this sophisticated, talented genius chose me and not any of the other girls. I was so flattered, so excited, so in love with him. Of course, my parents were horrified, as he’d been married once and had a daughter with the au pair girl.

I’m going to smash Wayne McCullough to bits. And when you see him smashed to bits, you’re going to see the same thing I’d have done to Barry McGuigan, his friend and idol.

Eating the right things and doing the right things off the field are important. You see players like Ryan Giggs and Gareth Barry. If you look after yourself, you have a chance of playing a long time.

I’ve been a big fan of Barry Jenkins for a long time.

Do we settle on a regional team because we can go to its ballpark and see its games on television? Or do we choose a team as our favorite because it has an especially appealing player, a Barry Bonds or an Ichiro?

Why did Barry Humphries play Dame Edna for so many years? Why is Steve Coogan still doing Alan Partridge? Because there are just one or two characters they love doing. I’m lucky enough to have six that I’m crazy about.

I can’t record in the morning because I sound like Barry White.

Years ago, Barry Diller asked me to be a judge on a pilot for an inventor show on USA, and when it was over, the producer, Ken Mok, took me out to dinner and really got me talking. It was a long dinner. Afterward, he said, ‘One day, I’m going to write your movie’.

I was into theatre in school and college with theatre personality Barry John, who has also trained Shah Rukh Khan. Then I joined the Elite modeling agency – they have different courses including grooming, modeling and theatre workshop. I was selected for modeling.

Never open a book with weather. There are exceptions. If you happen to be Barry Lopez, who has more ways to describe ice and snow than an Eskimo, you can do all the weather reporting you want.

So my character on ‘Tyrant’ is a chap called Barry Al Fayeed, and he is the second son of a fictional Middle Eastern dictator. But, he has grown up since he was young in America. He’s trained as a doctor. He’s married a beautiful American girl, had two kids, so he’s very much an American.

I’ll never forget my interview with Barry Humphries – one of the oddest I’ve ever done. He insisted that for half the time he appeared as Dame Edna. So I interviewed the real Barry Humphries in a suit and tie, and then I interviewed Edna in full fig in her dressing room, where she criticised Barry mercilessly.

I question what emotion Manilow touches. People are entertained by him. But are they emotionally moved? I don’t believe anything that Barry Manilow sings.

Batman and the Flash have a whole lot in common behind the mask. They’ve both experienced loss, know forensic science, and are both a bit introverted. In ‘Flashpoint,’ Thomas Wayne thinks Barry is crazy, but Barry thinks Thomas is crazy. It’ll be really fun seeing those two trying to figure things out.

I’m so damn boring. I like reading and writing and making coffee. And walking. Barry Jenkins likes long walks.

I am very indebted to southern writers and not just Flannery O’Connor. Also Harry Crews, Larry Brown, Tennessee Williams, Barry Hannah and William Gay.

My family has always believed that anybody can do anything if you are trained for it. So I trained with Barry John’s in Mumbai, did marital arts, and then went to stunt school in the U.S.

To be able to be mentioned with guys like Emmitt, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Curtis Martin and my man LaDainian Tomlinson, it’s a blessing.

John Barry was my hero when I was about 13. His scores to the James Bond movies were the scores of my life back then.

I always respected Barry Bonds, and I wanted to let him know that I did in a certain way.

Sports-entertainment has provided me with many blessings, but nothing was ever more unpredictable and fun than hanging with Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard, who, in my opinion, are the greatest incarnation of The Four Horsemen and the most important faction to ever step into the ring.

Michael Jordan was criticized. Barry Bonds was criticized. Some of the greats in every profession have been criticized. Not everything is peaches and cream.

I do dumb stuff, like playing my favorite dumb Barry White song and lip-synching into the mirror so it looks like his voice is coming out of my mouth.

Barry Levinson saw me on a tape and put me in ‘Rain Man’ as the waitress who dropped the toothpicks. The scene was talked about a lot. Then, all of a sudden, I started to get more auditions.

Well, Barry, it’s your film. So if it rises or falls, you’re the man.

Barry White seemed so filled with self-parody at first that it was easy to dismiss him. But it is becoming increasingly obvious with every additional release that he is a very talented man.

Instead of the Beatles and the Stones, my mum and dad were listening to Michael Jackson, Barry White.