Modicum Quotes

A modicum of discord is the very spice of courtship. — Nicolas Chamfort

Sure. My ego's had enough time to recover a modicum of dignity. Let's make sure we crush it again before I mistake myself for a god. -Acheron — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law? — Dick Clark

One can become proficient at most anything, I find, with a modicum of aptitude and an eternity to indulge it. — Syrie James

I was always known in my industry, and I always enjoyed a modicum of popularity. — Iris Apfel

What nerve. Not even a modicum of originality. — Samuel Goldwyn

The framers gave us the Second Amendment not so we could go deer or duck hunting but to give us a modicum of protection against congressional tyranny. — Walter E. Williams

A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. — Georges Bataille

Anyone can negatively criticize - it is the cheapest of all comment because it requires not a modicum of the effort that suggestion requires. — Chuck Jones

Apathy is the great requisite for the station; for woe betide the wretch who fancies any modicum of zeal. — James F. Cooper

It's a war of attrition. If you have patience and a modicum of faith in yourself your chances are not too bad. — Julie Bowen

Be the hero of your own life. Don't let somebody else play that role. (Vasu) — Margaret Weis

I don't think of myself as a very famous person, but the modicum of celebrity that I've had has not been a positive experience for me at all. — Marianne Williamson

Humor helps us get through life with a modicum of grace. It offers one of the few benign ways of coping with the absurdity of it all. — Diane Keaton

You can be still and still moving. Content even in your discontent. — Ram Dass

There are many times where even I, at certain points in the evening, after a few drinks, can't pronounce my own surname. — Milla Jovovich

I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety. — George Murray

Life must pass through difficulty in order to achieve any modicum of beauty. — Colum McCann

For the most time I've followed instinct rather than intelligence, and this has resulted in a modicum of happiness. — Ruskin Bond

There is no reason for the government to limit political speech. — Penn Jillette

I consider myself a reasonable man. As such, I tend to expect others to behave with a modicum of reason and common sense. Especially those with power. — Peter Horton

People must take a modicum of public responsibility for each other even if they have no ties to each other. — Jane Jacobs

offered a modicum of privacy, and for an overnight price of only 50 Heller. — Anonymous

I affirm the qualia of reality, for the principle of wisdom captivates the thought, even if it's only offering a mere modicum of value in belief. — Lionel Suggs

When a job is to be done there's no use putting it off. — Sherwood Anderson

Everyone is flailing through this life without an owner's manual, with whatever modicum of grace and good humor we can manage. — Anne Lamott

Every myth has a modicum of truth — Lonny Lee

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity. — Aristotle.

I think the whole thing is: If it makes sense in your head, the audience will go along with it. — Domhnall Gleeson

So-called 'sustainable development' ... is meaningless drivel. — James Lovelock

I like movies. Movies have afforded me a modicum of luxuries. The thing about the movies is, if you're bad in a movie, you're bad forever. — Anthony Mackie

Even a modicum of celebrity is hard to deal with. You see it with actors and directors all the time. — Paul Haggis

There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill. — Fred Thompson

I love how everyone thinks it's so quaint and childlike of me to expect a modicum of privacy around here.
-Remy "Thirteen" Hadley — House

You do have a modicum of peace of mind here, but it's as unsettled as any other place. — Todd Rundgren