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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.

You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream.

Frank Zappa

We sometime didn't get enough to buy oats for our horses. Most banks had very little money in them.

Quotes by Frank James

I think there are a number of bishops - and I put Cardinal Mahony in that category - who listen too much to his lawyer and not enough to his heart.

Quotes by Frank Keating

With or without a Social Security fix, Americans don't have enough assets to retire on. There has to be a much larger debate.

Quotes by Frank Keating

It is one of the truisms of politics that a conservative is often enough a former liberal who has been 'mugged by reality.'

Quotes by Frank Gaffney

There's enough pressure in life without seeking competition. That makes it double pressure.

Quotes by Frank Bruno

We would like to have friendly regimes with enough broad participation of their populations to maintain long-term stability, so that we would have not only access to the region's wealth, but we would be able to ensure the security of...

Quotes by Frank Carlucci

You do not succeed because you do not know what you want, but because you don't want it intensely enough.

Quotes by Frank Crane

I'd like to think that my films are personal enough to exist without hearkening back to their respective novels.

Quotes by Frank Darabont

Then, as if that's not enough, then they declare that my wife is Jewish or Serbian. Luckily for me, she never was either, although many wives are. And so on and so forth spreading lies.

Quotes by Franjo Tudjman

Modern man is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he's too busy to enjoy.

Quotes by Frank A. Clark

Often, adults don't give kids enough credit.

Quotes by Francis Lawrence

I've now made enough movies that I understand that people love to put things in a box.

Quotes by Francis Lawrence

So our problem is not Labour, it is us, is making us attractive enough to gain disillusioned Labour support and to compete effectively with the Lib Dems for those loose votes.

Quotes by Francis Maude

USTA helps me out a lot, the Tennis Center. I can't thank them enough.

Quotes by Frances Tiafoe

There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality.

Quotes by Francesca Annis

It's scary to become a woman in this world. We have to understand that some of the messages we get, messages that we are not enough, are there to keep our power in check. We can't buy into these messages.

Quotes by Francesca Lia Block

Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.

Quotes by Fran Lebowitz

I always had this philosophy that only the best is good enough for those who serve girls.

Quotes by Frances Hesselbein

I just had the sense that at least the books that I had read about law just didn't really have enough of that.

Quotes by Floyd Abrams

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.