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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.

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.

Quotes by Hector Berlioz

Being insignificant statistically doesn't mean it's right or wrong. It just means you don't have enough data to show yes or no.

Quotes by Heidi Hammel

I was fortunate enough to have my kids early, so being a mom always ended up being a better gig than these other parts that came along. So I always justified not really working a lot because I had a...

Quotes by Heather Langenkamp

One man is not enough.

Quotes by Heather Locklear

A federal government with enough money to buy iPads for local gym teachers is not a federal government that has been cut to the bone.

Quotes by Heather Mac Donald

I am a singer first and foremost. I was lucky enough to have a manager, when I was 15, who knew the heads of a lot of record labels at the time.

Quotes by Hayley Orrantia

I am loathe to get married again. I've been married enough; I just prefer to forget it.

Quotes by Hattie McDaniel

If you stay with this game long enough, the worm is bound to turn.

Quotes by Hayden Fry

There hasn't been enough change in comics to suit me. I don't know why exactly.

Quotes by Harvey Pekar

Survival is triumph enough.

Quotes by Harry Crews

Every where the years bring to all enough of sin and sorrow; but in slavery the very dawn of life is darkened by these shadows.

Quotes by Harriet Ann Jacobs

I do think that there are certain parts, if you are lucky enough to play them, that are bigger than you, and they stretch you. I don't think you become a bigger person, but you develop certain muscles you didn't...

Quotes by Harriet Walter

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?

Quotes by Harold Pinter

With both Caddyshack and Vacation, it's not like the subjects were serious enough that they engaged my interest for another round. I love the characters, and the actors were great, but I didn't see the need to make another Vacation...

Quotes by Harold Ramis

No poem, not even Shakespeare or Milton or Chaucer, is ever strong enough to totally exclude every crucial precursor text or poem.

Quotes by Harold Bloom

From some dilatory reading in the early 1960s, I knew enough about viruses and their association with tumors in animals to understand that they might provide a relatively simple entry into a problem as complex as cancer.

Quotes by Harold E. Varmus

You watch enough TV, and very soon the inside of your head has become a vast, arid plain, across which you cannot detect the passage of a thought.

Quotes by Harlan Ellison

I could maybe coach kids' basketball. I know enough about basketball where I feel like I could coach 12-year-olds pretty effectively.

Quotes by Hannibal Buress

I think I'm good enough to play and sing.

Quotes by Hank Williams

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.

Quotes by Hannah Arendt

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.