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Enough Quotes

Knowing what's enough, and what isn't.

This collection of enough quotes touches on the gap between clever ideas and real-world application in technical research, and the frustration of not being able to work fast enough to keep up with demand. One entry recalls a lucky, extended research collaboration. Related reflections continue in our Enough Time quotes.

If you take myth and folklore, and these things that speak in symbols, they can be interpreted in so many ways that although the actual image is clear enough, the interpretation is infinitely blurred, a sort of enormous rainbow of...

Quotes by Diana Wynne Jones

I've been lucky enough to do theatre, film, and television for a career. Unless I get offered a job as an astronaut, I won't stray too far from it.

Quotes by Dexter Fletcher

I feel like I'm cultured enough to fit into any environment.

Quotes by Devin Booker

All teams need good shooters. You can never have enough shooting.

Quotes by Devin Booker

'Epicloud' is the first record that I felt confident enough to include all those things on one record, so it goes between melodic hard rock to schizophrenic heavy metal to country to really ambient stuff, and it's all in one...

Quotes by Devin Townsend

My teammates and my coaches, I can't thank them enough.

Quotes by Derrick Henry

Colleges and universities, for all the benefits they bring, accomplish far less for their students than they should. Many students graduate without being able to write well enough to satisfy their employers... reason clearly or perform competently in analyzing complex,...

Quotes by Derek Bok

I think that each character has fascinated and interested me enough to want to play him.

Quotes by Derek Jacobi

Now some are saying maybe $1.6 trillion in is not enough maybe we should look at $2 trillion.

Quotes by Dennis Moore

I've done enough of this that I can tell early on if it's going in the wrong direction or not.

Quotes by Dennis Muren

As adults, we do know more, but we don't know enough. People can be very unthinkingly callous.

Quotes by Dennis Potter

I enjoyed the idea of going and playing live. My beef was always with Wings that we never played live enough.

Quotes by Denny Laine

I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter.

Quotes by Denzel Washington

I love romance films, especially between people of color, because we don't really explore that enough. I would love to do that.

Quotes by Dennis Haysbert

Some of the routines take less than 10 minutes, making Pilates the perfect form of exercise for anyone who finds there's not enough time in the day for exercise.

Quotes by Denise Austin

When former President Carlos Salinas de Gortari passed the torch to Zedillo, he knew that economic difficulty lay ahead but believed that the Yale-trained economist's impeccable technical credentials would be enough to maintain Mexico's stability.

Quotes by Denise Dresser

Novelisation doesn't imply the truth. Readers are sophisticated enough to know that.

Quotes by Denise Mina

Comics don't work if the story is all in the text and the images are illustrative. It's hard to have enough faith in the artists to allow them to do their job.

Quotes by Denise Mina

I went through all my twenties thinking that I wasn't good enough.

Quotes by Delta Burke

If you want to see great mixed martial arts, tune in when I fight. If you want to see drama and all of that stuff, you guys can go watch 'Bachelors in Paradise.' They'll give you enough drama you can...

Quotes by Demetrious Johnson

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these "Enough" quotes cover?
These quotes use "enough" to talk about intellectual curiosity, creative frustration, scientific history, and looking back on a physically demanding career without regret.
Is there a quote about intellectual curiosity in cryptography?
Yes, one quote observes that people in cryptography have no deep concern with real-world application, adding, "They are trying to discover things clever enough to write papers about." For more on ambition and drive, see the Enough Time quotes page.
Is there a quote about creative frustration?
Yes, one quote admits some creative frustration: "I cannot work fast enough. I cannot cope fast enough, really." For more on the challenges of getting things done, see the Enough Is Enough quotes page.
Is there a quote referencing scientific history?
Yes, one quote recalls that "the Biophysics Laboratory at the University of Geneva was lucky enough to receive each summer for several months the visit of Jean Weigle." For more historical reflections, see the Enough People quotes page.
Is there a quote looking back on a demanding career?
Yes, one quote looks back on a demanding career without regret: "I did it long enough that it's OK," after noting, "I would love to float for a minute on a shoe" now and then. For more on career satisfaction, see the Enough Money quotes page.

Another entry reflects on knowing when a long personal pursuit has run its course. See also Enough People quotes and Enough Money quotes.