Sufficient Quotes

892 Sufficient quotes by 701 unique authors

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love. — Stendhal
It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at… — Laurence Sterne
A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense. — James Thurber
Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining. — Desmond Tutu
It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it. — Voltaire
I wish I could view the belly that oozes over the top of my pants as a badge of maternal honor. I do try. I… — Ayelet Waldman
All the riches of the world are not of sufficient value to redeem one perishing soul. — Ellen G. White
Indeed, the woes of Software Engineering are not due to lack of tools, or proper management, but largely due to lack of sufficient technical competence. — Niklaus Wirth
Women have seldom sufficient employment to silence their feelings; a round of little cares, or vain pursuits frittering away all strength of mind and organs,… — Mary Wollstonecraft
The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people will have sufficient confidence in it to keep their money… — Carter G. Woodson
Only through repentance and faith in Christ can anyone be saved. No religious activity will be sufficient, only true faith in Jesus Christ alone. — Ravi Zacharias
It is true that legality is not morality, and sticking to the law is necessary for good citizenship, but it is not sufficient. — Julian Baggini
Butler could kill you a hundred different ways without use of his armoury. Though I'm sure one would be quite sufficient. — Eoin Colfer
Is it advisable to spread out all the conveniences of culture before people to whom a few steps up a stair to a library is… — Ayn Rand
Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform… — Frederic Bastiat
If this advertisement be not sufficient, I can only protrude my wormlike tendrils of apology, craving forbearance on the grounds that a writer must write… — William T. Vollmann
The former stewardess glared at her ex-pilot husband as if he had been speaking, and thinking, in the absence of sufficient oxygen. — John Irving
Whatever one man does, it is as if all men did it. For that reason, it is not unfair that one disobedience in a garden… — Jorge Luis Borges
Reason can be fought with reason. How are you going to fight the unreasonable? The trouble with you, my dear, and with most people, is… — Ayn Rand
The absence of the will to live is, alas, not sufficient to make one want to die. — Michel Houellebecq
Having placed in my mouth sufficient bread for three minutes' chewing, I withdrew my powers of sensual perception and retired into the privacy of my… — Flann O'Brien
That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth. — Tim O'Brien
I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't...The pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting… — Mark Twain
If there was an abundance of misery in the world, there was also sufficient joy, yes - as long as one knew where to look… — Rohinton Mistry
It is a terrible thing to be happy! How pleased we are with it! How all-sufficient we think it! How, being in possession of the… — Victor Hugo

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