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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.

Naps are the key to relieving stress. When you are working on two hours of sleep, the fact that cheese comes on something when you ordered it with no cheese is enough to send you crying under the covers for...

Quotes by Keri Russell

I started playing basketball when I was 6 or 7. I wasn't strong enough to shoot the correct way, so I just used two hands. As I got older, I just kept shooting that way.

Quotes by Kenny Smith

If you practice anything enough, you can be consistent.

Quotes by Kenny Smith

I miss being able to play my instruments - I'm too much of a physical wreck these days. Playing the vibraphone gives me backache, leg ache, and everything-else ache, and the asthma means I no longer have enough puff to...

Quotes by Kenny Baker

In all the years that I've been doing this, I've never launched a tour and launched an album at basically the same time. Doing one of those things is enough!

Quotes by Kenny Chesney

The reality is that there are simply not enough skilled humans available to properly plan, manage, integrate, and optimize security devices, strategies, and protocols.

Quotes by Ken Xie

I don't work hard enough. If I had worked harder I might have been prime minister.

Quotes by Ken Livingstone

If you give me enough questions honestly answered, I can get you to the hollow core of any liberal position.

Quotes by Ken Cuccinelli

That's one thing I need to work on, my flexibility. I'm not mobile enough, am I.

Quotes by Kelvin Fletcher

What kid doesn't want to play in MSG? I've been fortunate enough to play there many, many times during my basketball career. Every chance I get to play there, I try to embrace it. I just love playing there.

Quotes by Kemba Walker

I don't get hit on enough.

Quotes by Kelly Rowland

I was fortunate enough to book a pilot, and we just got picked up for a midseason replacement for ABC. It's called 'Romantically Challenged,' and I'm going to be playing Alyssa Milano's little sister. The other actor in it is...

Quotes by Kelly Stables

Not enough children being vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella because their parents, for whatever reason, have decided that it is voluntary.

Quotes by Kelly Evans

I've been lucky enough to play some funny, nasty ladies in my day, and if you can make them foolish, they're even funnier.

Quotes by Kelly Bishop

I think, in general, straight actors should be able to play queer roles just as much as queer actors should be able to play straight roles. I think the reason why the debate is there is because we haven't had...

Quotes by Keiynan Lonsdale

I can't think of anyone who is up on evolutionary psychology and related areas who is deluded enough to be called a utopian.

Quotes by Keith Henson

We are a nation of people who are afraid we are not enough.

Quotes by Keith Miller

I write most of my songs to beats. I play around on guitar, but not enough to where I can compose my own stuff or play solos. I can accompany myself 'cause most songs are, like, four chords.

Quotes by Kehlani

I wasn't creative enough to imagine my first novel becoming a film directed by Alexander Payne. Nor did I consider the possibility of seeing Hollywood stars moving through my personal version of Hanalei town: going to Tahiti Nui, rehearsing a...

Quotes by Kaui Hart Hemmings

I wasn't, like, pretty enough to be the ingenue; I wasn't 'character' enough to be the goofball sidekick. I'm kind of ethnically ambiguous.

Quotes by Kay Cannon

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.