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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.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

Quotes by Jonathan Kozol

Making a movie is difficult enough to sort of have a premeditated length that you're going for. I don't know a single filmmaker on the planet who does that.

Quotes by Jonathan Mostow

We are in a time, because of the proliferation of online media and a hundred channels on cable, where teenagers and young adults and eight- and nine-year-olds do not read enough. And the SAT is very unforgiving for students who...

Quotes by Jonathan Grayer

I'm not certain that the BBC can claim to be making a wide enough range of distinctive programmes to make the case convincingly.

Quotes by Jonathan Dimbleby

Too many writers of fiction don't give the reader enough credit.

Quotes by Jonathan Evison

I was unwise enough to actually mention this in public a few times, and in fact to point out that there were two versions of the book now. One of them had somebody else's name on the cover, one had...

Quotes by Jonathan Franzen

I really enjoy researching, and for almost every piece, I research enough to write a book.

Quotes by Jon Krakauer

Atlantic's Jerry Wexler believes first-rate records are made by first-rate voices. He certainly has worked with enough of them: Clyde McPhatter, Joe Turner, La Vern Baker, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin.

Quotes by Jon Landau

If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough.

Quotes by Jon Huntsman, Jr.

Mostly, I have to say as an actor, to find a character that's been rich enough for 10 seasons of shows... that's very rare.

Quotes by Jon Cryer

I was lucky enough to see the Beatles play live.

Quotes by Jon English

Everybody wants to be American, it seems; I travel enough to know.

Quotes by Jon Anderson

Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough.

Quotes by Johnny Miller

We don't get home enough.

Quotes by Johnny Van Zant

Baldness is visually enough of a stigma as it is without a big sweaty bloke on stage pointing it out.

Quotes by Johnny Vegas

To sum up my idea of on-ice costume fashion sense, it's probably that too much is never enough.

Quotes by Johnny Weir

I played guitar from the age of four or five. Every year there would be a slightly larger triangular box under the Christmas tree, until finally I got one that was big enough to make a proper sound.

Quotes by Johnny Marr

I was going to hang it up on the twenty-fifth year of this show. I don't know why. Maybe twenty-five years is enough. And I found out that I was having so much fun doing the show that we decided...

Quotes by Johnny Carson

The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

Quotes by Johnny Depp

My brain doesn't have enough time to play around like that. To get limber enough to have a nightmare.

Quotes by John Wozniak

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.