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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.

What's a good tournament for him? Winning it. He's good enough.

Quotes by Greg Norman

When you don't play hard enough, you don't win.

Quotes by Greg Oden

We've had enough career politicians in Helena who think the people are here to serve them. It's supposed to be the other way around.

Quotes by Greg Gianforte

There aren't enough people who are scaring the kind of people who work at these record companies.

Quotes by Greg Ginn

I was a very young 21-year-old. I was very scared. I spent three years at university in west London, and I went into central London three times. I came from Shropshire, and just having travelled that far was enough ambition.

Quotes by Greg Davies

Kids are great. They are endlessly fascinating and bizarre. But I also think that if I had left them on their own for long enough, one of them would have been eaten.

Quotes by Greg Davies

If you want something badly enough, you go for it.

Quotes by Greg Davies

There are dozens of unfinished or aborted projects in my files, but I can only assume they don't get done because they're not robust enough to struggle through the birth process.

Quotes by Grant Morrison

We only had enough money really to cut 10 things and be in there for a month because it's expensive, you know. And, singer/songwriters, today are lucky if they can get a deal, you know. So, we actually worked so...

Quotes by Graham Nash

In the early days, I had very little idea about arrangements, and I wrote songs a little flat, as it were, just on an acoustic guitar. They didn't really have quite enough nuance.

Quotes by Graham Parker

There's an undeniable thrill in seeing what's most current in our lives offered back to us in fictional guise, but it soon dates and it's never enough.

Quotes by Graham Swift

When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.

Quotes by Gracie Allen

I was pleased that two very disparate photographs, two images that each worked in their own way had appealed enough to other people for them to buy them. I was also relieved they weren't the last ones purchased, and that...

Quotes by Graeme Le Saux

Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there's always one brave enough to stay.

Quotes by Grace Jones

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

Quotes by Gore Vidal

One can drink too much, but one never drinks enough.

Quotes by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

When a person thinks that you are not competent enough to do his film or work with him, one should not ask for work from that person.

Quotes by Govinda

The greatest lesson I have learned in life is that I am enough simply because I have been given life. Growing up, I constantly found myself trying to please others because I wanted to be included and validated. I expended...

Quotes by Grace Gealey

In politics, they found there were not enough females in the House of Commons, so they came up with the idea of shortlists having to have women on them.

Quotes by Gordon Taylor

Although we didn't have much when I was growing up in Split, Croatia, my parents always tried to ensure that my sister and I had the things we needed, and it was enough for us.

Quotes by Goran Ivanisevic

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.