Performances Quotes · Page 29

Arrogance is a veneer -- a thin covering of excuses hiding deep performance deficiencies.

— Bob Lewis

Tomorrow never really comes, so todays performance is what really counts.

— Bill Sharman

Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success.

— Mark Spitz

The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.

— Maggie Smith

You have always to keep up your performances and, at the same time, you can learn new approaches.

— Joshua Kimmich

The best way to improve mental performance, is to improve physical performance

— Tim Ferriss

I'm a stage actor, and we never get to see our performances.

— Clarke Peters

I became fascinated by the fact that you could translate written material into performance.

— Raymond Cruz

I'm pretty obsessed with Stevie Nicks from her style to her voice. I like watching her on YouTube and her old performances,…

— Florence Welch

'Concentrate on measuring performance and winning will take care of itself'. That is a brilliant excuse for coming second...

— Clive Woodward

Man-made computers are limited in their performance by finite processing speed and memory. So, too, the cosmic computer is limited in power…

— Paul Davies

The director's job is to know what emotional statement he wants a character to convey in his scene or his line, and…

— Stanley Kubrick

I've always thought if you watch the performance and you don't know about the person, then you only see the performance.

— Janet McTeer

If something doesn't come out of your mouth right, you've got to acknowledge the fact that you're trying to deliver an honest…

— Guy Pearce

If Bob Dylan really is an historian in and of himself in his work, in his performances, he is also an historian…

— Greil Marcus

There are certain times when I feel more inspired, filled with a strong power that forces me to listen to my inner…

— Frederic Chopin

Does art have a future? Performance genres like opera, theater, music and dance are thriving all over the world, but the visual…

— Camille Paglia

Life consists not of a series of illustrious actions or elegant enjoyments. The greater part of our time passes in compliance with…

— Samuel Johnson

Take care of yourself: When you don't sleep, eat crap, don't exercise, and are living off adrenaline for too long, your performance…

— Evan Williams

Over the years, with all the experience, I've become more mature about the subjects I pick. I have a better understanding of…

— Mahesh Babu

I try to do as much as possible for every character. Some of them, it is easier to do the research because…

— Penelope Cruz

You can eliminate depression without making someone happy. You can cure anxiety without teaching someone optimism. You can return someone to work…

— Shawn Achor

There's a difference between over-training and over-exercising. Over-training can be you're trying to do something at high performance, but when you're over-exercising…

— Mark Spitz

The most important thing about Jazz at Lincoln Center is the fact that it's the first time that perhaps the most important…

— Rafael Vinoly

The minute you feel you have given a faultless performance is the time to get out.

— Charlton Heston

The performances of others are often selected as standards for self-improvement of abilities

— Albert Bandura

It seems like when I don't talk so much, people praise my performances more.

— Gerard Pique

Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms.

— Mahatma Gandhi

If you can raise the level of effort and performance in those around you, you are officially a leader.

— Urban Meyer

The only performance that makes it, that makes it all the way is the one that achieves madness.

— Mick Jagger

I love movies with spectacle but spectacle can be a performance, it doesn't have to be a creature.

— J. J. Abrams

Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it's like to change your voice up.

— Billy West

When you lack interest in the case the job will very likely lack skill and diligence in the performance.

— Abraham Lincoln

Faith is the realization that God's pleasure in you will never be based upon your performance for him.

— David Platt

Once I learned how to be a healthy vegan by eating the right foods my performance improved dramatically.

— Brendan Brazier

The magic behind every outstanding performance is always found in the smallest of details.

— Gary Ryan

Does the real thing ever have the perfection of a stage performance?

— Agatha Christie

I come from the performance world, but the idea of a worship song is different. It's useful music.

— John Tesh

I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances.

— Mel Brooks

I am amazed and thrilled and unbelievably proud about my team's performance.

— Dick Latvala