Sufficient Quotes

"Any sufficiently advanced ...

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" - Arthur C Clark
📅︎ Jan 24
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"Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorr...

"Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day." JESUS CHRIST
📅︎ Nov 12
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"If you torture data suffi...

"If you torture data sufficiently, it will confess to almost anything." -- Fred Menger
📅︎ Jul 12
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"We are unable, at certain times, to bring into consciousness with suf...

"We are unable, at certain times, to bring into consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago. We are without defense against the first drink." - Bill W
📅︎ Oct 09
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"I prefer the company of peasants becaus...

"I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly." — Michel de Montaigne
📅︎ Aug 21
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“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indisting...

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”―Arthur C. Clarke, Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry Into the Limits of the Possible
📅︎ Aug 02
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Here’s a bumper sticker I’d like to see: “We are the proud parents of ...

Here’s a bumper sticker I’d like to see: “We are the proud parents of a child who’s self-esteem is sufficient that he doesn’t need us promoting his minor scholastic achievements on the back of our car." - George Carlin
📅︎ Jan 22
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"Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all e...

"Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are, by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious, ephemeral and subject to chance." -Arthur Schopenhauer
📅︎ Apr 07
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"I became a specialist concerning Good and Evil, in my problem, and from my investigation cam...

"I became a specialist concerning Good and Evil, in my problem, and from my investigation came new answers, new questions; until I had my own understanding, a personal one. Oh, how happy we are; finders of knowledge, provided we can keep silent sufficiently long." - Friedrich Nietzsche
📅︎ May 22
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"I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would hav...

"I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible." -Manfred von Richthofen, The Red Baron
📅︎ Mar 22
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"The public does not sufficiently understand that pure science is the indispe...

"The public does not sufficiently understand that pure science is the indispensable condition of applied science and that the fate of nations which neglect science and scientist is marked for decadence" 1927 Albert I, king of the Belgians
📅︎ Nov 30
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Any sufficiently a...

Any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic.
📅︎ Dec 16
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observe the paradox of man's creative potentials and his destructi...

observe the paradox of man's creative potentials and his destructive tactics. He could have his new world through sufficient love -from God is a Verb By R. Buckminster Fuller Whole Earth Catalog Fall 1968
📅︎ Feb 12
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"The fisherman know that the sea is dangerous an...

"The fisherman know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore."
📅︎ Jun 01
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Half the worry in the world is caused by peo...

Half the worry in the world is caused by people trying to make decisions before they have sufficient knowledge on which to base a decision.
📅︎ Jun 30
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"The frequent, and often wonderful, success of the most ignorant quacks and imposters, bo...

"The frequent, and often wonderful, success of the most ignorant quacks and imposters, both civil and religious, sufficiently demonstrate how easily the multitude are imposed upon by the most extravagant and groundless pretensions." - Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments
📅︎ Nov 14
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“I am sufficiently proud of my kn...

“I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.” ― Vladimir Nabokov
📅︎ Oct 28
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“He who is unable to live in society, or who...

“He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god” – Aristotle
📅︎ Feb 22
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"Man is by nature a social animal... Anyone who ca...

"Man is by nature a social animal... Anyone who cannot live the common life or is so self-sufficient not to need to... Is either a beast or a God" -Aristotle
📅︎ Aug 21
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“Life is long enough, and a sufficiently gener...

“Life is long enough, and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were all well invested.” — Seneca
📅︎ Jun 24
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"Good ideas, even ideas of power, are ...

"Good ideas, even ideas of power, are rarely sufficient in a single shot: repeated doses are necessary." -Irvin D. Yalom
📅︎ Nov 28
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"Any sufficiently advanced ...

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." ~Arthur C. Clarke
📅︎ Apr 13
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No individual has sufficient experience, education, native ...

No individual has sufficient experience, education, native ability, and knowledge to ensure the accumulation of a great fortune, without the cooperation of other people. - Napolean Hill
📅︎ Oct 22
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Life is the art of drawing su...

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises." -Samuel Butler
📅︎ Nov 20
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"We are such dreary liars. Our one idea is to lie to ourselves. We have an ideal of a perfect wor...

"We are such dreary liars. Our one idea is to lie to ourselves. We have an ideal of a perfect world, clean and straight and sufficient. So we cover the earth with foulness; life is a blotch of labour, like insects scurrying in filth, so that... you can have a butler and a motor-car" - D.H.Lawrence
📅︎ Nov 18
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"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civil...

"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant (…) the individual is sovereign." - John Stuart Mill
📅︎ May 16
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Any sufficiently advanced for...

Any sufficiently advanced form of technology is indistinguishable from magic. - Arthur C Clarke
📅︎ Oct 11
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“Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who ...

“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 everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough.” ― Frédéric Bastiat
📅︎ Apr 27
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"Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but ...

"Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love" - Kahlil Gibran
📅︎ Jun 25
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"I wish very much that the wrong people could be prevented entirely from breeding; and when th...

"I wish very much that the wrong people could be prevented entirely from breeding; and when the evil nature of these people is sufficiently flagrant, this should be done. Criminals should be sterilized and feeble-minded persons forbidden to leave offspring behind them." - Teddy Roosevelt
📅︎ Dec 03
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"In the present circumstances, no one can afford to assume that someone else will solve the...

"In the present circumstances, no one can afford to assume that someone else will solve their problems. Every individual has a responsibility to help guide our global family in the right direction. Good wishes are not sufficient; we must become actively engaged." - the Dalai Lama
📅︎ May 28
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“By believing passionately in something that still ...

“By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.” — Franz Kafka
📅︎ Apr 13
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"A word from the...

"A word from the wise is always sufficient" -Anonymous
📅︎ May 15
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"He who is unable to live in society, or who has no ...

"He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god." ― Book I of Politics by Aristotle
📅︎ Nov 03
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A very small degree of ho...

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love. - Stendhal -
📅︎ Sep 28
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"Criminal: A person with predatory in...

"Criminal: A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation." - Clarence Darrow
📅︎ Aug 27
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"Love possesses not nor will ...

"Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love." Khalil Gibran
📅︎ Mar 26
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