Good Enough Quotes - Page 4

• I never felt good enough about myself. I could be better at this, I could be better at that. I could look better. My work could be better. That whole idea that you're going to get caught, you're going to be found out as a fraud. That's one of those reasons I got up at 2:30 in the morning.

  Meredith Vieira

  Morning, Ideas, Looks

  Source: www.goodhousekeeping.com

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• The bad are frequently good enough to let you see how bad they are, but the good as frequently endeavor to get between you and themselves.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Enough, Endeavor

  Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.215, Yale University Press

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• I couldn't do rap. I was trying. I don't know how. I'm not good enough to know.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Rap, Not Good Enough, Trying

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• My reading was good enough to play big-band charts, but I ran into trouble with Claude (Thornhill)'s theme song "Snowfall," which had a repeating bass line in D-flat that was very difficult for me to finger using my self-taught technique. I spent one morning figuring out an alternate fingering, and that started me on the way to learning a better use of the fingerboard.

  Bill Crow

  Song, Morning, Reading

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• I fancy you give me credit for being a more systematic sort of cove than I really am in the matter of limits of significance. What would actually happen would be that I should make out Pt (normal) and say to myself that would be about 50:1; pretty good but as it may not be normal we'd best not be too certain, or 100:1; even allowing that it may not be normal it seems good enough and whether one would be content with that or would require further work would depend on the importance of the conclusion and the difficulty of obtaining suitable experience.

  William Sealy Gosset

  Science, Giving, Would Be

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• I wasn't good enough for abnegation," I say, "and I wanted to be free. So I chose Dauntless." "Why weren't you good enough?" "Because I was selfish." I say. "You were selfish? You aren't anymore?" "Of course I am. My mother said that everyone is selfish," I say, "but I became less selfish in Dauntless. I discovered there were people I would fight for. Die for, even.

  Veronica Roth

  Mother, Selfish, Fighting

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• Recently, I can't seem to take a straight photograph without thinking that what I am photographing won't be the final image - like the world in front of me is not good enough or something.

  Idris Khan

  Thinking, Not Good Enough, Finals

  "'A lot of art people hate Photoshop... bollocks to that'". Interview with Natalie Hanman, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2007.

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• Most people can start a short story or a novel. If you're a writer, you can finish them. Finish enough of them, and you may be good enough to be publishable.

  Neil Gaiman

  People, Stories, May

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• But my Arabic is pretty good. It's good enough to have conversations with people, to understand what they say, to understand what they're feeling.

  John Abizaid

  People, Feelings, Conversation

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• Oh, Mia. You haven’t even begun to find out who you really are, and, believe me, other boys are going to fall in love with you. If a guy can’t see how special you are, he isn’t good enough for you.

  Kristin Hannah

  Falling In Love, Believe, Love You

  Kristin Hannah (2011). “Night Road”, p.97, Pan Macmillan

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• I'm a singer, a writer and an actress - when I find something that I feel good enough about doing.

  Dolly Parton

  Feel Good, Singers, Actresses

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• Second best is not good enough really. Although if someone turned around now and said 'you will be promoted, but you will come in second' then I would take it.

  Steve Howey

  Not Good Enough, Second Best, Enough

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• The script comes first. If that isn't good enough, you know it's gonna be a long ride.

  Ted McGinley

  Long, Scripts, Firsts

  "Ted McGinley reflects on faith, the meaning of the Cross and playing a pastor in 'Do You Believe?'". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• Well see, I'm a good enough writer that not everybody in my books talks exactly like I do.

  Robert Kirkman

  Book, Writing, Wells

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• I don't want to discredit people's individuality, but I think people are pretty much the same. People are very similar. If you have a good enough imagination then you can feel things that you personally have never done before. That's acting.

  Kristen Stewart

  Thinking, Discredit You, People

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• There's not one human being on the planet earth who has never felt, at some point, unaccepted. At some point in our lives, we feel like we're not good enough, but we have to step back and realize that we are.

  Jussie Smollett

  Not Good Enough, Earth, Steps

  Source: collider.com

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• Political power intoxicates the best hearts. No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with much political power.

  Hans F. Sennholz

  Wise, Heart, Men

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• We're all put on Earth for a limited amount of time. Am I using in a way that is great, or good enough, or wasteful?

  Max Levchin

  Earth, Way, Amount

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• First of all, I would shoot myself if I ever had to play straight-forward characters that really don't have much of a past. Maybe it's just that I'm not a good enough actor to have to embellish, but I like having these really, really rich roles to play.

  Drea de Matteo

  Character, Past, Play

  Source: collider.com

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• Some worry endlessly over missions that were missed, or marriages that did not turn out, or babies that did not arrive, or children that seem lost, or dreams unfulfilled, or because age limits what they can do. I do not think it pleases the Lord when we worry because we think we never do enough or that what we do is never good enough....Some needlessly carry a heavy burden of guilt which could be removed through confession and repentance.

  Boyd K. Packer

  Dream, Baby, Children

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• We humans are born egocentric. The sky thunders and children believe that God is mad at them for something they've done - parents divorce and children believe it's their fault for not being good enough. Growing up means putting aside our egocentricity for truth. Still, some people cling to this childish mind-set. As painful as their self-flagellation may be, they'd rather believe their crises are their fault so they can believe they have control. In doing so they make fools and false gods of themselves.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Growing Up, Children, Believe

  Richard Paul Evans (2012). “Miles to Go: The Second Journal of the Walk Series”, p.135, Simon and Schuster

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• Comparison is a brutal assault upon one's self. Once you compare yourself to someone else, what you're really saying is that what you're made of isn't good enough.

  Cameron Diaz

  Self, Made, Assault

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• Success is walking out of here with the title, and anything less is not good enough in my book.

  Pete Sampras

  Book, Not Good Enough, Titles

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• An act of leadership is to say that whatever's happening now is not good enough and suggest or show that we can do better. If you don't have that, then you don't have the catalyst for continuous improvement.

  David J. Anderson

  Not Good Enough, Improvement, Catalyst

  "Kanban Pioneer". Interview with Leonardo Campos, Rafael Buzon, Eric Fer and Anselmo Martelini, www.infoq.com. March 16, 2013.

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• And I think they loved me because I loved being part of their team, you know, and I quite often say to kids, that I was the worst player in the world's best football team - and that was good enough for me.

  Craig Johnston

  Football, Team, Kids

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