“Actually I've never had formal training, I was lucky enough to continue working most of my career and aside from sitting in on a couple of classes, here and there, I basically just use my own instincts.” EnoughUseMy OwnClassCareersCoupleLuckyTrainingSittingInstinctFormalHere And There Author:Nancy McKeon
“I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well enough to really dub myself. French is really the only one, and it's a difficult thing.” WellsEnoughSpeakLanguageWishDifficultCoupleSpokesDifficult Things Author:Jodie Foster
“There's not enough money in the world to get me singing 'Because We Want To' again. I wouldn't do it. I think Beyonce Knowles got a couple of million for a private show but I would be happy to turn it down.” ThinkingWorldWantEnoughShowsWould BeTurnsMillionsCoupleSingingBeyonce Author:Billie Piper
“If you are strong enough as a couple, reality shows can be a good thing for the relationship.” IfsEnoughShowsRealityStrongCoupleGood ThingsStrong EnoughReality Shows Author:Giuliana Rancic
“If you're involved in an accident and you're at fault $500,000 may not be enough. Do you really want to lose your house because you failed to spend an extra couple of hundred bucks?” IfsWantMayEnoughHouseLosesCoupleInvolvedHundredFaultsAccidentsExtrasBucks Author:Bill Vaughan
“[Speaking about same-sex marriage] It's about familiarity, and I think the only reason they're uncomfortable with the notion of same-sex marriages is because they haven't come into contact with gay and lesbian couples enough to understand that it's about love - and that it is a civil right.” ThinkingReasonEnoughSexHavensCoupleGayNotionContactUncomfortableFamiliarity Author:Jennifer Beals
“During the course of my presidency, it feels as if a couple times a year, I end up having to speak to the country and to speak to a particular community about a devastating loss. The grieving that the country feels is real, the sympathy, the prioritizing, the comforting of the families, all that’s important. But I think part of the point that I wanted to make was that it’s not enough just to feel bad.” IfsThinkingFeelsYearsImportantRealEndsCountryEnoughWantedCoursesSpeakCommunityLossParticularCoupleGrievingPresidencyComfortingPrioritizeDevastating Loss Author:Barack Obama
“I would have loved to have had the start that Tom Brady did, won a couple of Super Bowls early, but I wasn't good enough at the time. I have to get better. You start to understand that all the talk and noise really don't matter. Every quarterback goes through the same thing. You have to keep getting better; your team will keep getting betterand you'll have a chance.” MatterEnoughChanceTeamCoupleNoiseGet BetterGood EnoughTomsBowlsQuarterbackSuper BowlBrady Author:Tony Romo
“If one is the kind of creature I am and wants to do the kind of writing I want to do, an undisturbed bourgeois existence with no distractions seems in order. A single meeting outside the family upsets one's whole inner web, makes one start off on two-days' thinking and weighing, destroys a delicate balance etc. etc. ... I now have enough friends to last me a lifetime and that is enough. I am going to close the doors and hibernate at least for a couple of years. I am frightfully depressed about my work. It seems to me perfectly mediocre.” IfsThinkingWantWritingYearsKindTwoEnoughWholeSeemsLastsOrderExistenceDoorsCoupleBalanceCreaturesMeetingsLifetimeUpsetEtcWorking ItDistractionDelicateMediocreBourgeoisTwo DaysWeighing Author:May Sarton
“After the falling out with my father, I worked on a couple of ranches - thoroughbred layup farms, actually - out toward Chino, California. That was fine for a little while, but I wanted to get out completely, and twenty miles away wasnt far enough.” LittlesEnoughWantedFallFatherFineCoupleTwentiesMilesCaliforniaFarmsMiles AwayThoroughbreds Author:Sam Shepard
“Virgin Galactic, which will be operating SpaceShipTwo, will be only one of several spacelines. The competitors for Virgin include the Russians, Bezos's Blue Origin, and possibly Rocketplane Kistler. And likely a couple of others who are smart enough not to tell people what they are doing!” PeopleEnoughCoupleSmartBlueVirginsCompetitors Author:Burt Rutan
“I kind of decided that doing music is enough because I'm already running a couple small businesses. I'm a part of Bikini Kill Records, Le Tigre Records, and Digitally Ruined Records. In dealing with my health and everything, my ability to do that? I wouldn't be good at it.” KindEnoughRunningAbilityRecordsCoupleMusic IsDecidedBe GoodRuinedSmall BusinessBikinis Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I do sit-ups and push-ups at home, and that's about it. I have a gym card, but I never go there. It's a front. I pay for the membership every couple of years, thinking I'll be embarrassed enough to go. But every time I go, there's like people twice my age that look twice as good!” PeopleThinkingYearsLooksEnoughHomeAgePayFrontsCoupleCardsGymEmbarrassedMembershipPush Ups Author:Rachael Ray
“I've done a couple of movies for scale, and it's the only way to get a lot of these independent movies made. The actors negotiate deals where they're given just enough money to live on during the filming, but then they participate in the back-end. If the movie suddenly makes a gazillion dollars, we'll participate in that profit.” IfsWayMadeEndsDoneEnoughActorsGivenDealsCoupleIndependentDollarsProfitScales Author:Kevin Kline
“By the same token, frozen dinners, a microwave oven, a dishwasher, and an illegal immigrant hired to clean the house and take one's cat to the vet would have seemed like the epitome of materialism in another time, but now provide the only means available for two-career couples to work hard enough at their jobs to earn the salaries they need to pay for those labor-saving amenities.” NeedsMeanTwoHardEnoughJobsHousePayCareersHard WorkCoupleLaborCatCleanAvailableDinnerSavingImmigrantsMaterialismIllegalConsumerismFrozenSalaryOverconsumptionTokensOvensIllegal ImmigrantsAnother TimeEpitomeVetsMicrowavesDishwashersAmenities Author:Robert Wuthnow
“Unix gives you just enough rope to hang yourself - and then a couple of more feet, just to be sure.” GivingEnoughFunnyScienceTechnologyFeetCoupleRopeUnix Author:Eric Allman
“In the last couple of weeks I have seen the ads for the Wonder Bra. Is that really a problem in this country? Men not paying enough attention to women’s breasts?” MenCountryEnoughProblemHumorFunnyLastsAttentionWonderWeekCoupleAdvertisingBreastsAdsBras Author:Hugh Grant
“I just saw Titanic, which is a $200 million film about a real-life disaster at sea, but according to Hollywood Logic, none of the actual passengers was interesting enough, so the writer-director had to invent a Romeo and Juliet-style fictional couple to heat up the catastrophe. This seems a tiny bit like giving Anne Frank a wacky best friend, to perk up that attic.” GivingRealEnoughSeemsFilmBitsInterestingMillionsSawsSeaStyleCoupleDirectorsLogicHollywoodTinyDisasterReal LifeHeatFrankCatastrophePassengersJulietPerksAtticsWacky Author:Paul Rudnick
“Nelson Mandela is my hero outside of football. I was fortunate enough to meet him a couple of times. He was really clued up on his football and he knew me, so that was just unbelievable. It really stuck with me.” EnoughFootballCoupleHeroStuckFortunateUnbelievableMy HeroNelson Author:Ryan Giggs
“We all hold on to some image of the family we want, based one way or another on the family we had. Lots of people are thrilled about the families they came from, others couldn't get away fast enough. Most people fall into that vast middle ground: great affection mixed with a few ideas for improvement. A couple of things they wish could have perhaps been done differently.” PeopleWayWantIdeasDoneEnoughFallWishMiddleCoupleAffectionImprovementOne WayGet AwayMiddle Ground Author:Paul Reiser
“If you want something bad enough, you've got to make a bold move. Just make sure you clear the bold move with the people whose lives it's going to affect. Like George Washington, had to get all those guys who the British killed to agree to die. Neil Armstrong, had to crank a couple of elbows into Buzz Aldrin's face mask to make sure he got on the moon first. And Christopher Titus, well, he worked his dad for five grand. Ha ha. Who can't support who ? I know, it's complicated.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantFirstsWellsEnoughFacesMovingGuyDiesSupportClearFiveCoupleDadMoonAgreeComplicatedBritishMaskWant SomethingElbowsBuzzArmstrongCrankBold Moves Author:Christopher Titus
“Whenever I say I made a record in the garage, people just assume that I have, like, a Lear jet parked in there or something. But really there's old luggage, a couple of bikes. It's big enough to put one minivan in. That's it. No dartboard. I'm so not macho.” PeopleMadeEnoughBigsRecordsCoupleAssumingBikeJetGarageMachoLearLuggageMinivans Author:Dave Grohl
“I was just burnt out. I didn't like the music business and I didn't like me. There's an element of falseness about the whole thing. Even things like doing an interview. It's not as though we just met in the pub and are having a chat - it's part of a process. If you do it all day, every day for years, you end up thinking: 'Who the hell am I?' I was lucky enough to make some money, enough to let me kick back. It was a great experience and it was nice to have a couple of No.1s but the best thing about it was that the money I made allowed me to have freedom and choice in my life.” IfsThinkingYearsMadeEndsEnoughWholeChoicesProcessHellNiceCoupleMetsLuckyElementsLet MeLike MeBest ThingsKicksInterviewsMusic BusinessPubsGreat ExperiencesBurnt OutFalseness Author:Rick Astley
“Strangely enough, for many many years I didn't talk about my childhood and then when I did I got a ton of mail - literally within a year I got a couple of thousand letters from people who'd had a worse childhood, a similar childhood, a less-bad childhood, and the question that was most often posed to me in those letters was: how did you get past the trauma of being raised by a violent alcoholic?” PeopleYearsEnoughPastChildhoodCoupleThousandLettersRaisedTraumaViolentMailAlcoholics Author:Dean Koontz
“If you think that the brass is not blowing loud enough, mute it by a couple of degrees.” IfsThinkingEnoughCoupleDegreesLoudMuteBrass Author:Richard Strauss
“I really liked Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls and a couple of others, but with these kinds of movies the best part is the 'talking about it over a beer afterwards' bit - and once is kind of enough.” KindEnoughBitsTalkingCoupleBeerValleysDolls Author:Bent Saether
“I actually think storyboards are great. I don't draw well enough to do them myself. I've only used storyboards a couple of times.” ThinkingWellsEnoughUsedCoupleDraws Author:Kenneth Lonergan
“A vocal performance “Coming Together” is hard, but it's the kind of hard that if you work hard enough at it, you can do it and it feels great, because it was so hard. So we'll continue maybe even over the next couple of years to perform that and to expand our collaborative repertoire.” IfsFeelsYearsKindHardEnoughNextCan DoHard WorkCoupleYeahYou Can Do It Author:Will Oldham
“And of course, FDR was very charming. At 6'2", he was tall enough to be her beau, and they made a beautiful couple. And she could encourage him. His mother also encouraged him. So this notion of a woman with ideas of her own and a spirit of her own and a style of her own was very congenial to Franklin. And he loved her. And their romance was a very dear and true and deep romance.” MadeIdeasEnoughBeautifulRomanceSpiritMotherCoursesStyleCoupleNotionDearTallCharmingFranklin Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“It's right around this time that her Grandmother Hall dies. And Eleanor Roosevelt is responsible for making all the funeral arrangements. And there are a couple of things that she really understands, as she contemplates her grandmother's life and makes the funeral arrangements. One, she's really talented, an organizational woman. She knows how to do things. She begins to compare her life to her grandmother's life. And it's very clear to her that being a devoted wife and a devoted mother is not enough.” KnowsEnoughMotherDiesKnow HowClearWifeCoupleResponsibleCompareGrandmotherHallsFuneralContemplatingDevotedArrangementsEleanorOrganizational Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“I'm not a good enough musician to like completely master something in a couple of days and turn it around.” EnoughTurnsMastersCoupleMusicianGood Enough Author:Bear McCreary
“There's a truly unbelievable story in the paper today, that a young brother and sister... have been turned down for adoption by their own grandparents... If that weren't enough, the siblings are now to be adopted by two complete strangers against the wishes of the grandparents... And as if that weren't enough, the two strangers are a gay couple, who have been selected ahead of several heterosexual couples.” IfsHas BeensTwoEnoughStoriesTodayYoungWishBrotherCoupleGayPaperStrangerAdoptionGrandparentBrothers And SistersUnbelievableAdoptedSiblingSelectedTurned DownGay CouplesYoung Brother Author:Andrea Leadsom
“I have a couple of what I call "buttons" - fears or anxieties that when tweaked can cause me to be vulnerable. Fear of failure, not being good enough, and abandonment are my main buttons. However, they have diminished greatly over the years as I have really confronted those fears in order to work through them.” YearsEnoughOrderCausesCoupleAnxietyBe GoodVulnerableGood EnoughButtonsAbandonmentFear Of FailureBeing Good EnoughNot Being Good Enough Author:Nikki DeLoach
“Here is book called I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist, written by a couple of Christian apologists, which is essentially saying I don't pretend enough to know things I don't know to be an atheist.” KnowsBookEnoughChristianReligionWrittenCoupleAtheist Author:Peter Boghossian
“According to Hollywood logic, none of the actual Titanic passengers was interesting enough, so the writer-director had to invent a Romeo and Juliet-style fictional couple to heat up the catastrophe. This seems a tiny bit like giving Anne Frank a wacky best friend, to perk up that attic.” GivingEnoughSeemsBitsInterestingStyleCoupleDirectorsLogicHollywoodTinyHeatFrankCatastrophePassengersJulietPerksAtticsWacky Author:Paul Rudnick
“Kids need love and kids are not getting enough love in America because kids haven't been going the right way. We need to protect families by allowing same-sex couples to get married and also we need to protect religious freedoms because, in this country we allow people to practice religion or not practice religion.” PeopleWayNeedsCountryEnoughKidsAmericaSexReligiousPracticeHavensCoupleProtectMarriedAllowingRight WayReligious FreedomNeed LoveEnough Love Author:Brendon Ayanbadejo
“That ain't nothing to be proud of, man. I'm not going to say, like, I'm an angel. I've definitely did some things. I just... I don't know... it's kind of corny to do that sometimes, you know? I mention it a few times, but I don't go crazy with it. I ain't a coke rapper, na'mean? I wasn't no big drug dealer neither, B. You know what I mean? I made enough to get fly, keep a little stack in the crib... couple of stacks in the crib. But I wasn't crazy with it. So that s**t ain't... I always worked for somebody. I got some other n***a rich.” KnowsMenKindMeanLittlesMadeSometimesEnoughBigsRichCrazyProudCoupleDrugAngelRapperBe ProudCornyDealerCokeDrug Dealers Author:Sean Price
“Not everyone wants to know everything their partner did. Maybe it's enough to say, "Things aren't going well in our marriage. I've made mistakes. I don't think you've been a good partner to me. How do we go forward together?" I think there's a different answer for every couple. But I think intimacy is asking that question.” ThinkingDifferentEnoughTogetherMistakeCoupleIntimacyMade A Mistake Author:Cheryl Strayed
“I really don't see the point of making music if you don't love it, and I'm lucky enough to say I love my music, and love the things I've made over the last couple of years and they bring me so much joy.” EnoughJoyCoupleLucky Author:Jenn Wasner
“I think there are so many unmaiden roles for women. I've been lucky enough to play girls with lots of different attitudes about sex. There's a couple other movies at Sundance that also show sex in a different way. That's exciting. I actually don't think women are being pigeonholed right now, and I like that. It's showing that men and women - when it comes down to it, we're animals, aren't we? I know how my next-door neighbors feel about it, and I hope they're enjoying it.” ThinkingMenDifferentEnoughGirlEnjoyAnimalAttitudeCoupleLuckyMen And WomenExcitingNeighbor Author:Juno Temple
“The quality of health care in Germany is not as good as people sometimes believe it to be. We have problems with chronic diseases. The German system allows too many hospitals and specialists to treat chronic diseases. We do not have enough volume in many institutions to deliver good quality, and we do have fairly strict separations ... between primary physicians, office specialists and hospital specialists. But I think the quality problems can be solved in the next couple of years, and we have made major progress in diabetes, coronary artery disease and pulmonary disease care.” PeopleThinkingBelieveSometimesEnoughProblemCareQualityProgressCoupleOfficeSeparationHealth CareDiabetes Author:Karl Lauterbach
“When you screen it the first couple times, you're just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where your areas are where you have enough breath to laugh a little bit. So you're doing that the first two or three screenings, and then finally, you dial the movie in and it's working, and at that point, it's 50/50 as far as what's funny and what's working. Sometimes you'll put something in and it will just die so hard that it'll almost kill the movie.” TryingSometimesEnoughLaughingCouple Author:Adam McKay