- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has been said, by engineers themselves, that given enough money, they can accomplish virtually anything: send men to the moon, dig a tunnel under the English Channel. There's no reason they couldn't likewise devise ways to protect infrastructure from the worst hurricanes, earthquakes and other calamities, natural and manmade.
- Duty
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've done no more.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm half English - and it has been highlighted by people who tell me that I'm not Asian enough.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
They know enough who know how to learn.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was quite unable to make any white metal alloy hard enough to be made into powder by my machinery.
- Comfort
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most architects say: I want to use this type of glass, even if it's too reflective or doesn't let enough light in. However, the use of a certain type of glass might change the comfort level.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Europe has, to put it mildly, been in a poor state since the transition to the 21st century. This is down to national issues, European missteps, and an economic and financial crisis that crashed down on us with enough force to dislodge the essential European idea.
- Head
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was elected to head the German government, I was fortunate enough to find a partner in Francois Mitterrand.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no environment I can think of that would have remained constant enough to preserve dinosaur DNA.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
President Bush has asserted the right to wiretap and eavesdrop on any American without a warrant in the name of fighting terrorism. He has asserted presidential power beyond stated constitutional rights, and there is no Republican gutsy enough to call his hand.
- Real
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- Nov 07, 2020