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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.

I worked hard at Everton. I learned many things, and I was lucky enough to achieve my goal of returning home.

Quotes by Gerard Deulofeu

The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.

Quotes by Germaine Greer

Funnily enough, when I originally went in for my screen test, that set was already built.

Quotes by Gerard Butler

I knew that I was smart enough to learn. I knew that I could learn, if I could just go to school and not hear gunshots.

Quotes by Ger Duany

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

Quotes by Gerald R. Ford

George Morris is a legend. I was lucky enough to have been on a number of his U.S. show-jumping teams and am constantly trying to learn from him.

Quotes by Georgina Bloomberg

Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses.

Quotes by Georges Bernanos

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

Quotes by George Washington

If you love it enough, anything will talk with you.

Quotes by George Washington Carver

The word 'funny' is a bit like the word 'love' - we don't have enough words to describe the many varieties.

Quotes by George Saunders

Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.

Quotes by George Savile

No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool.

Quotes by George Savile

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of...

George Orwell

Of course it's not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been.

George R.R. Martin

Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon.

Quotes by George MacDonald

I seem to have a bit of a knack for accents; I can pick them up quick enough.

Quotes by George MacKay

I was born in Saratoga, Texas, a little town there in the Big Thicket about 60 miles north of Beaumont. Needless to say, we were very, very poor, but we always managed to have enough to keep our bellies full.

Quotes by George Jones

I don't even like to talk about it. I hated being a number and not merely because I was a very small one. I let them bellow at me for just as long as it took me to find enough...

Quotes by George Grosz

It is hardly fair to accuse us of ignorance when it was made a crime under the former order of things to learn enough about letters to even read the Word of God.

Quotes by George H. White

If you live long enough, lots of nice things happen.

Quotes by George Halas

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.