Sufficient Quotes

Whisky, I find, helps clarity of thought. And reduces pain. It has the additional virtue of making you drunk or, if taken in sufficient quantity, very drunk.

No man is worthy of unlimited reliance-his treason, at best, only waits for sufficient temptation.

If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have.

Virtue alone is sufficient to make a man great, glorious, and happy.

"And you require no answers", Foamfollower was laughing in his gladness, "You are sufficient to every question".

I've never seen impeccable logic be sufficient to win both the heart and the mind.

I want my pictures to be things. I want them to be made up of marks that are physically and individually self-sufficient.

[Recent evidence regarding quantum mechanics is] sufficient to rule out all theological options but one - the Bible's.

We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient discretion to meet the circumstances in each case.

Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty are surely sufficient, resting contented with these, never a thorn shall you feel.

I sit in my garden, gazing upon a beauty that cannot gaze upon itself. And I find sufficient purpose for my day.

What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinion of others.

Philanthropic humility is necessary if a giver is to do more good than harm, but it is not sufficient - philanthropic prudence is also needed.

If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance.

From a boy I gloated on existence. Earth to me Seemed all-sufficient and my sojourn there One trembling opportunity for joy.

It's clear that prevention will never be sufficient. That's why we need a vaccine that will be safe.

Success made me self-sufficient, but it also took away my anonymity. I'm just this quiet nobody, and all of a sudden people are nervous around me. That was kind of weird.

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 either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out.

A natural faith is sufficient for trusting a human object; but a supernatural faith is required to trust savingly in a Divine object.

For the kind of thing that we were showing, the budget was sufficient. As we were speaking of in Haiti, we had not done that before in exactly this form and we had to have costumes for it.

I cannot find language of sufficient energy to convey my sense of the sacredness of private integrity.

Consistency is necessary, but its not sufficient to make it to a level that breaks you out in front of everyone else.

Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit.

There is always sufficient reason for despair, but there is never sufficient purpose.

I would say that I began with a very edgy, very driven personality and after a sufficient amount of therapy over many, many years, I managed to become rather relaxed and happy.

Education is not the only answer and it's certainly not the immediate solution. At best, it's a necessary, but not sufficient response to widening inequality.

If there was an abundance of misery in the world, there was also sufficient joy, yes - as long as one knew where to look for it.

There are two sources of error: Either you lack sufficient data, or you fail to take advantage of the data that you have.

A very little familiarity with the poor districts of any city is sufficient to show how primitive and genuine are the neighborly relations.

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

Slight sorrow for sin is sufficient, provided it at the same time produces amendment.

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

The common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.

I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but they're not sufficient because markets don't look after social needs.

The world is what it is, no less and no more, and therein lies its entire and sufficient meaning.

If I am interested, amazed, stimulated to work, that is sufficient reason to thank the gods, and go ahead!

Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to a humble and grateful mind.

It is not sufficient that what one paints should be made visible. It must be made tangible.

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 there.

Allied supplies of arms to Russia, and the manpower reserves of Russia have been sufficient to bring continuous counter-attacks against our Eastern Front

The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.

The natural barriers between England and Scotland were not sufficient to prevent the extension of the Saxon settlements and kingdoms across the border.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

Why do banks charge you a "non-sufficient funds fee" on money they already know you don't have?

Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment.

Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy.

To be a prophet it is sufficient to be a pessimist.

Merit has rarely risen of itself, but a pebble or a twig is often quite sufficient for it to spring from to the highest ascent. There is usually some baseness before there is any elevation.