Quotes of: Not-good-enough Keyword

Here's a thought to help ease the stress: "Good enough is the new perfect.

Behind the Therapy Door: Simple Strategies to Transform Your Life

Art, in a sense, is life brought to a standstill, rescued from time. The secret of making it is simple: discard everything that is good enough.

Burning the Days: Recollection

Unlike with any other art form, filmmakers have this unique web of festivals. There are hundreds. It is a democratic system in which you submit films, and if they are good enough, they play. The only barrier to entry is the submission fee.

Jason Reitman

The New York art world readily proves people wrong. Just when folks say that things stink and flibbertigibbet critics wish the worst on us all because we're not pure enough, good omens appear.

Jerry Saltz

In fine, that it is not enough to be good, without behaving in such a manner as shall make others acknowledge us to be so.

The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless

Fine. You don’t want to be good enough for me, then you will never be. I deserve someone who wants to be what I need.

Just for Now

All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough.

A Short Guide to a Happy Life

..no meal is good enough to justify all the money and effort wasted in preparing it. It is an illusion and an expense. Live as I do, undeceived.

The Last Unicorn

What the dev— er, deuce did you do that for? It hurt!” “Good,” said the angel. “I was afraid these new shoes would not be sturdy enough.

The Perfect Rake

please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

If I invite God into my life, I am and always will be good enough.

Weightless: Making Peace with Your Body

I can't seem to be a pessimist long enough to overlook the possibility of things being overwhelmingly good.

Where Things Come Back

'I don't need brains,' says the billionaire contemptuously. 'I'm brainy enough myself!' The broker cries out in desperation, 'What, in heaven's name, do you want?' 'Goodness,' is the answer.

Konrad Lorenz

At your absolute best, you still won't be good enough for the wrong person. At your worst, you'll still be worth it to the right person.

Karen Salmansohn

Can I possibly be a good writer if I'm not healed form the story I'm telling? Will I be able to go deep enough if people find out the truth?

Lori Lesko

We found out the Gemini spacesuit was, well, oxygen was flowing to keep me cool as well as to breathe, and it wasn't good enough. My visor got fogged.

Eugene Cernan

Changing what you don't like about yourself can be empowering, and that's not a bad thing. Feeling secure enough to own what is weak and missing from either your body, mind or spirit and to commit to action to change it is a good thing.

Teri Hatcher

I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start.

Anne McCaffrey

It's hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.

Al Yankovic

I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with my investments, I'm never right. All you need to do is get near the bottom. That's good enough.

Barbara Corcoran

The problem is I'm not a good photographer. To be perfectly honest, I'm too shy. Not aggressive enough. Well, I'm not aggressive at all. I just loved to see wonderfully dressed women, and I still do. That's all there is to it.

Bill Cunningham