Barrier Quotations

The greatest barrier to someone achieving their potential is their denial of it.

I got bored with the topic; I felt this was 19th century physics. I was wondering if there was still something profound that could be made with light microscopy. So I saw that the diffraction barrier was the only important problem that had been left over.

To say that a thing has never yet been done among men is to erect a barrier stronger than reason, stronger than discussion.

I think a big part of marriage is not going anywhere on those days you feel you really want to. It's like in the Barrier Islands. If you want to stay together, don't leave. I think just culturally - in the media, in movies, in books - we're trained to divorce when that first blush of sexual longing starts to fade. That's just where marriage starts.

The want of education and moral training is the only real barrier that exists between the different classes of men.

Overseas directors who want to work in Hollywood, the language barrier is not a problem. With the right talent, any director can be successful.

We want to allow Costa Ricans to make a qualitative leap in our development and go to an economy based on innovation and developing a broadband infrastructure in order to overcome the barrier of 15 per cent penetration.

I think there is a problem in France that anyone who is not European, you want to know where they come from and why do they come from somewhere or why they speak English or why they are human. That's the big barrier for all of us that are coming from some far, far away countries. But at the end of the day, we are all artists.

When I started running, the pain barrier was very familiar to me, and I had no problem pushing beyond the pain. When for your whole life, every single workout, you are programmed to push beyond belief, it's really hard to just turn that off and kind of just be a social competitor.

Parallel parking is desirable for two reasons: parked cars create a physical barrier and psychological buffer that protects pedestrians on the sidewalk from moving vehicles; and a rich supply of parallel parking can eliminate the need for parking lots, which are extremely destructive of the civic fabric.

I'd probably play games obsessively if I didn't write, although I admit I don't read novels partly because I don't enjoy it, not just because it's the wrong side of the creator-consumer barrier for me. I'm a visual writer. I think in moving 3D images and write down what I observe.

Yoga is a method for restraining the natural turbulence of thoughts, which otherwise impartially prevent all men, of all lands, from glimpsing their true nature of Spirit. Yoga cannot know a barrier of East and West any more than does the healing and equitable light of the sun.

Fossil fuels and mining is a short-term gambit. If we develop those resources at the expense of the environmental gold mine that is the Great Barrier Reef, we will all lose in the long run.

America is a place where the freedom to be who you are shouldn't be a barrier to your ability to get a job and provide for your family.

What I love about comedy is breaking down the barrier between the audience and the performer.

As a vulnerability researcher, the greatest barrier I see is our low tolerance for vulnerability. We're almost afraid to be happy. We feel like it's inviting disaster.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

We've all heard horror stories about a proposed concrete barrier about to be dropped in the center lane along Southgate. The center median is necessary, but it won't be the concrete type used in highway construction projects.

Whether the FTSE can break through the key 5800 barrier remains to be seen but there's little fundamental data around just now that could support an extended rally.

Whether the FTSE can break through the key 5,800 barrier remains to be seen but there's little fundamental data around just now that could support an extended rally.

Verily, every creature lives there, the cow, the horse, and man, where this charm is performed, as the (protecting) barrier for life.

There are some people that just feel there's a barrier and perhaps just didn't think it was possible and were dissuaded from making the attempt.

We're able to tell the truth in a way that you can't tell with real people. I think because it's animated, you um, you have enough of a barrier to say things that people might find offensive or be sort of appalled, or the censors would go 'no way', you know, because it's animated.

The eye-exam language creates a financial barrier to enter the public-school system and may bar some children from exercising their constitutional right to attend school.

When I'm photographing, I think - like any rescue worker who deals with tragedy - you have to have some protective barrier around your heart so you can do your job. You tend to have a delayed reaction to things. I feel things more deeply after I put the camera down.

When I look at China's environmental problems, the real barrier is not lack of technology or money. It's lack of motivation.

The principal barrier to a general acceptance of the monist position is that it is counterintuitive.

The primary barrier to doing this would be the money.

Many consumers are calling for live TV and lower pricing before they'll start watching video on the smallest of screens. But considering those that are likely to use it, namely, high-income, young-adult wireless subscribers, it might serve the industry well to lower the cost barrier in order to reach more of this lucrative market.

Men's thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through...whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.

One of our biggest concerns is that we haven't been able to pay staff very much. The starting salary for lawyers is about $31,500. It's a real barrier to getting and keeping people. We need people working here who really understand what our services are all about. It's an issue we're really struggling with.

Obama was elected by the people, and I was glad that barrier was broken down. I did, along with my wife, campaign for him in Ohio because that was a key state. If I had to say does he rate an 'A' or does he rate a 'D,' it would be very difficult. I give him a 'C.'

On the auction side, it is a person-to-person payment, and right now they have to do that off line. The reason this is great for Yahoo! is that it really lowers the barrier for those transactions to take place.

One of the challenges for private equity, which we've been working hard on, is how to get the leverage into the deals in China. That historically has been a barrier and inhibited deal size.

If this becomes a permanent barrier to employment and volunteering because of the use of this technology, then you're locking in the racial discrimination already in the system and multiplying its effect to a devastating degree.

I am for the separation between them and us, so that we can have our land. Let them take the settlers inside their area and put up a barrier 200 meters high if they want.

Business is a string of seemingly impossible problems looking for solutions. Each problem you solve creates a new barrier to entry for your next competitor.

Barrier free is becoming a large industry in and of itself. There are nothing but advantages for it.

I have a very high respect for Jenson's driving skills but whether he will break through the pain barrier of not winning is another issue.

Given the challenging acquisition market we are pleased to have acquired these outstanding properties. We continue to focus our growth in high growth and high barrier to entry markets. We currently have over $600 million of potential acquisitions in various stages of due diligence, and are optimistic about our ability to execute our acquisition strategy.

France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French spend hundreds of millions of dollars subsidizing film production, extend interest-free loans to designated filmmakers, and have placed quotas not only on imports but on television time.

From my experience, there are so many regulations for investing in the United States that they become an impediment, a barrier to investing.

If a large company were to obtain thousands of software patents every year, the barrier to entry of new software companies could become insurmountable.

I don't think it was a glass ceiling. I think it was a barrier you have to break through, which I think every entrepreneur has to face in some way. You're just sitting there with an idea, you've proven nothing, you're just asking for money. It's just this very awkward odd time.

If Windows (software) can run right away on Macs, that removes the major barrier to switching. I've been asking consumers what they think of this, and I'm getting numbers that are almost too good to be true. That's how enthusiastic people are about this.

If we are ever to cross the 100-nano barrier in electronics, we need to develop nano structures that let electrons move through, as they do through wires and semiconductors. And these structures must survive in the real world of air, water, boiling temperatures.

I always looked to about thirty as the barrier of any real or fierce delight in the passions, and determined to work them out in the younger ore and better veins of the mine /and I flatter myself (perhaps) that I have pretty well done so /and now the dross is coming.

He went well at the Valley and has drawn a good barrier (four) tomorrow. He's in with a chance,

There is no deal at the moment. That is not the situation that we want but others have put a barrier in the way.

We're now in wait-and-see mode. It could be weeks before we know the full extent (of damage), but given how easily $70 was reached, it's not out of the question that $80 could be the next barrier if there's long-term damage.

We must go forward as quickly as possible. The decisions which we are taking will enable us to complete the security barrier as quickly as possible so that we can best prevent terrorist attacks.

It could be a barrier for people to get basic telephone service - and that's a problem.

It is going to make the local market inoperative and erect a strong barrier to the entry of foreign capital.

I think it's shameful that there is no barrier there. It's just shameful. Nobody saw the car drive off the ramp. Nobody heard it splash in the water.

I think that it's really important to step back and to take breaks as a digital creator because every other kind of platform is kind of set up to have seasons or time off or at least a barrier between creator and consumer. You have these set-up boundaries.

I think there is a very good chance Java will by far be the dominant platform. We have folks in the product development arm that walk around half the day worried about better battery life on devices. They are really into this stuff. That is the sign of maturation in a technology, and it creates a real barrier of entry to others.

People are achieving at such high levels in sports that we're consistently seeing the impossible, whether it's overcoming an age barrier or a handicap.

PABP validation isn't yet a requirement by Visa, but we expect it will be sometime in 2006. Mercury is taking the lead with our developer partners to help them stay ahead of the curve as security standards continue to evolve. This 50 percent discount will help our developers overcome the cost barrier and do what's in everyone's best business interests.

Our phase I program has indicated that oral RSD1235 can be administered safely at clinically relevant dose levels. We have seen in our intravenous (IV) trials that RSD1235 appears to be effective in converting atrial arrhythmia. Since repeat-dose safety is the major barrier to chronic use of anti-arrhythmic drugs, the strong performance of RSD1235 in these safety studies is very encouraging.

Our Phase 1 program has indicated that oral RSD1235 can be administered safely at clinically relevant dose levels. ... We have seen in our intravenous (IV) trials that RSD1235 appears to be effective in converting atrial arrhythmia. Since repeat-dose safety is the major barrier to chronic use of anti-arrhythmic drugs, the strong performance of RSD1235 in these safety studies is very encouraging.

Our fixed cost structure remains a barrier to acceptable financial performance,

Right now, the biggest barrier to the Internet is the Internet itself,

Retailing in general is highly competitive and most companies have very poor returns on invested capital. Unless you create a barrier of entry, you're never going to see very big returns.

Recent hurricanes like Katrina showed it doesn't make sense to develop to that extent on barrier islands.

People often feel like they're abusing the (health care) system by going when they're well, ... At this clinic, we've done a lot about cost as a barrier to care ... but we still need to get them here regularly to manage chronic diseases.

Martinelli requested a panel-less and label-free container, but with barrier properties, that could be processed on hot-fill equipment.

The accident rate on this section of highway is very competitive with similar highways in the metro area. But, because they did request it, we did look at it and found that, yeah there is a potential for some benefit to installing a barrier system.

The appointments are unconstitutional, motivated and a barrier to the development of democracy, which cannot be accepted, and we reject it.

That was an absolute nightmare day for us, ... We lost four players that day through injury, but the result killed us too. There wasn't the same desire to go and win a football match because the players didn't need to. We were already safe, having got to the 40-point barrier quicker than Leicester had ever done before.

We're breaking down the price barrier for people who want high-speed Internet service but have not had a place for it in their budgets.

We are told that the keeping alive a language spoken by so small a number of the community is a barrier to progress.

We're wary of applying a huge outer barrier here in Louisiana.

Value-added services such as MMS and WAP have become key revenue generators for operators. However, they rely on certain handset settings to be correctly configured and failed connections are often blamed on poor handset configuration. Unfortunately, this is often the first barrier between a user and the service and after just one failed attempt to send an MMS or access a WAP service, the chance of repeat use is dramatically cut.

We have always said the LoC should not be a barrier in this tragedy,

When I first started touring, we had a crappy van, and we would all share rooms. So for many years as a grown adult woman, I would share a bed with a bandmate, whether it would be Jimmy Tamborello from the Postal Service or Pierre De Reeder from Rilo Kiley, just a pillow barrier between us sleeping on the same bed.

We have now broken down the barrier to entry for any small business to get online.

We're not sure of the amount of sand resources off our coast (that can be exploited), ... and that's a critical issue. This isn't just a beach-replenishment project. This would be a complete restoration of these barrier islands, a matter of substantially increasing their three-dimensional geometry so they can really do something to retard surge and erosion.

We are going to work with the Egyptians to plug the breaches in the barrier along the border ... within two or three days, and to return order in this sector,

The only barrier to human development is ignorance, and this is not insurmountable.

We're ecstatic. We're a barrier island. We're dynamic. If we hadn't had the project in place when the storms hit this year, we'd have had trouble.

The decision or process of making the decision was a long one, ... The barrier that was probably the most significant was the potential lack of competition. Another factor involved, our course, was the ability to supply the entire field. That's a question that requires a lot of study as far as manpower and facilities.

The fact that the Dow went through this barrier so cleanly shows the inherent weaknesses in the market, ... The fact that it didn't even pause is ominous.

We know that's a barrier for some, but it's worth their while if they can get a big tax refund.

We have found that to be the biggest barrier to adoption with the customers we worked with. It's definitely a pain point for IT customers.

When a child makes the type of progress Jason has, a barrier has been broken, and it simply affirms our belief that through the work of our therapists and in conjunction with the parent, a child will increase their developmental level at a much faster rate than they would with no intervention at all. There are few things in life that are more rewarding than to see this type of progress.

The reason we're using the zipper lane barrier is it gives a little more than the regular barrier, so we don't want a car, when it impacts it, to ricochet back into the other lane of traffic. While we're trying to prevent head on collisions we also don't want an accident on the same side of the highway.

Whenever I talk with community groups about how to blend the community with the diverse population we have here, the language barrier is always the No. 1 obstacle. It seems to be holding the community back; we want them to be able to embrace the diversity that's here.

We thought it may have been weakening a little bit before it came over land. In fact ... it probably was not a Category 4 (hurricane) when it came across the barrier islands. It may have already been down to a (Category) 3 (hurricane).

This should remove a major barrier for any software developers who are interested in innovating and growing businesses on the eBay Platform, but are unsure about the costs. This change will allow developers to explore new business models as they create solutions to enhance the experience of buyers and sellers on eBay.

There are a number of barrier island and water diversions projects that are clearly ready to be built today.

Until it gets to the point where the payers decide that we're not providing a new medical service, just providing the same service in a different manner, it will continue to be a barrier no matter how much technology we have in place.

Tonight, my friends, another barrier has fallen in the city of Houston. The doors of opportunity have opened all of Houston's children. They now know that any child can grow up to lead this city.

The operators are striving to give users a better mobile data experience; having to insert a card and install software is a hassle for some users, and often a barrier to adoption.

There could be a ring levee around some outside communities that are not behind the big barrier that we are looking at. In some cases, maybe people should be relocated.

What is likely to vanish - or be transformed beyond recognition - are many of the things we think of when we think of Australia: the barrier reef, the koalas, the sense of the country as a land of almost limitless natural resources.

We're passionate musicians, but we felt classical concerts were more like a funeral because nobody talked and everybody was dressed so conservatively. We thought that's kind of strange, because music is full of life! We thought we could break through that barrier with theater and comedy elements.

When I started, the barrier was 28 weeks. That was 30 years ago, and you would have been considered insane to treat a baby under 28 weeks.

We are bringing a best-in-class solution to our customers, ... With this release, we believe that security concerns will no longer be a barrier to large-scale deployments of enterprise applications on mobile devices.

We help people who have been determined to have a barrier for employment, but have a desire to work. It is our goal to break through those barriers and assist them with employment.

We don't want cost to be a barrier for any of our products.