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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.

Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere threat of a filibuster is enough to stop a vote; senators are rarely asked to pull all-nighters like...

Quotes by Evan Bayh

I've had a growing conviction that Congress is not operating as it should. There is much too much partisanship and not enough progress.

Quotes by Evan Bayh

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.

Quotes by Eugene Delacroix

If you don't have it in your part, leave it out, because there is enough missing already.

Quotes by Eugene Ormandy

I always had a few people who liked what I did, and that was enough.

Quotes by Etel Adnan

I used to feel that if I say something's wrong, I have to say how it could be made right. But what I learned from Kurt Vonnegut was that I could write stories that say I may not have a...

Quotes by Etgar Keret

If you don't already know about jazz music, how would you be exposed? How would get an opportunity to find out if it spoke to you? If you get exposed to it enough, you might find a taste for it.

Quotes by Esperanza Spalding

I was terrified of being a mum because I didn't think I'd ever be grown up enough.

Quotes by Essie Davis

If there is enough space on radio for Busted and McFly, who are basically the same band, or for 50,000 versions of Stereophonics and Coldplay, there must be enough room for all of us.

Quotes by Estelle

I think the one group I am trying to appeal to is the world. That would be big enough.

Quotes by Estelle

With the first album, I wanted to do so many different things, and I was fighting with myself to try and see if I was worthy enough to do it.

Quotes by Estelle

There is not enough faith in black music at a high level.

Quotes by Estelle

I think there are too many start-ups and not enough real companies.

Quotes by Esther Dyson

Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right time. Officers tell me they actually have more guns than they know what to do with.

Quotes by Ernie Pyle

The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched. Big ones died down under the firemen's valor only to break out...

Quotes by Ernie Pyle

A movement that we will to execute is never more than a represented movement, and appears in a different domain from that of the executed movement, which always takes place when the image is vivid enough.

Quotes by Ernst Mach

We've outpaced Japan and Europe in creating new jobs, but there's major competition from India and China. It's not enough to make income tax cuts permanent.

Quotes by Ernest Istook

Blessed are the blind, for they know not enough to ask why.

Quotes by Ernest Renan

The water system in this country is overwhelmed, and we aren't putting enough resources towards this essential resource. We simply can't continue to survive with toxic drinking water.

Quotes by Erin Brockovich

I'm really happy with everything that I've been fortunate enough to do and with the creative outlets I've been blessed to have.

Quotes by Erin Wasson

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.