Deborah Copaken Kogan

I'd always assumed that by 40 I'd have at least a modicum of stability - a steady income, an established career, a bountiful fullness, like a pillow into which I could sink as I entered the second half of my life.

American Author

Mel Gibson

The thing we're all looking for is happiness, and if we achieve just a modicum of that or even a little piece of serenity even for five minutes a day, we're very lucky.

Actor

Anthony Mackie

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.

American Actor

Anne Lamott

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

Robert Kraft

If I've had any modicum of success, it's because I've had good relationships, and people trusted me.

American Businessman

Dick Clark

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

American Entertainer

Todd Rundgren

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

American Musician

Fred Thompson

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

American Politician

Iris Apfel

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

American Businesswoman

George Murray

I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.

Canadian Poet

Used to suggest a quantity is not zero but is disappointingly small or less than expected.

Subtle quantity

Modicum is often used for qualitative aspects that are not easily measured.

Not measurable

Sometimes implies the speaker's expectation for more of the thing being described.

Conveys expectation

 add the future of this continent and the state of Education that is necessary to make those student does children powerful is in a grim situation can we do something about it yes we're all in violent agreement given a modicum amount

WorldSpace: The world’s...

 referred to Uncle Bill as Uncle ball so so there was always a modicum of doubt not with me I I believed everything bill said but my uncle's I could see them sort of winking at each other and there

Barry Clifford: Pirate...

 he said, "In my experience, unless repeatedly told otherwise, and even if given a modicum of support, if left to their own devices, a child will achieve."