Performances Quotes · Page 31

Our definition of a weakness is anything that gets in the way of excellent performance.

— Donald O. Clifton

You can only elevate individual performance by elevating that of the entire system.

— W. Edwards Deming

Live performances always feel like such a moment with all of the costumes and theatrics.

— Kat Graham

Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake.

— Roger Stone

When you try hard to do your best, the effect on your performance is often to jinx it.

— Patricia Ryan

My own performances at Schalke give me a lot of confidence.

— Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

A powerful performance will transform everyone in the room.

— Marina Abramovic

Proper prior planning prevents pitiful poor performance.

— Don Meyer

[I influenced by ]the work of early [Michelangelo] Antonioni, Orson Welles and [Carlo] Pasolini, I love [Nicolas Jack] Roeg's film "Performance".

— Nan Goldin

Are you having performance issues?” I asked in surprise. “Bite your tongue,” Vlad said, with a snort. “I was seeing if Dermot…

— Jeaniene Frost

We need to make sure parents and coaches are aware of the dangers an on the look-out for the warning signs. Performance…

— Chuck Grassley

In the simplest sense, the key to the performance of any traditional commercial bank ... is the profitability of the loans it makes.

— Robert G. Wilmers

Plot and melodrama were in every life; in some so briefly as hardly to be recognized, in others-in that of certain men…

— Gertrude Atherton

If you don't demand that your people maintain. High performances to remain on your team, Why should they be proud of the…

— Lou Holtz

I want to say it to so many people, 'why you have to be so serious?' And I also want people to…

— G-Dragon

The United States have fulfilled in good faith all their treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes, and have in every other instance…

— Martin Van Buren

You want people to think. You want people to be emotionally moved. And there's a theory behind that in terms of storytelling.…

— George Lucas

I haven't seen so much tippy-toeing around since the last time I went to the ballet. When members of the arts community…

— Anna Quindlen

Many years ago I remember a famous actress explaining to me with perfect seriousness that before making an entrance she always stood…

— Noel Coward

The Eee Pad Transformer Prime is a category-defining product. Powered by Tegra 3, it launches us into a new era of mobile…

— Jen-Hsun Huang

If CEO compensation was performance-driven, which I believe it was in IBM's case, nobody would ever argue. If the shareholders didn't make…

— Anonymous

I have a feeling that demonstrations don't accomplish anything. That they become fads. I also feel that demonstrations wouldn't go on unless…

— Frank Capra

For performances I have my favorite go to's like Prince, Donna Summer, Vanity 6, Sheila E, but it also depends on the…

— Mya

I can remember the time I would get my scripts and spent the entire weekend breaking them down and playing with them,…

— James Scott

I'm not comfortable singing in front of people yet. That's going to take another 100 performances.

— David Friedman

You've got to nail big performances when you get in big games.

— Rob Burrow

My performances are getting people's attention, that's what I'm looking for.

— Mikey Garcia

An announcer is only as good as yesterday's performance.

— Curt Gowdy

It is easier to raise the performance of one leader than it is to raise the performance of a whole mass.

— Peter Drucker

A theatre receives recognition through its initiative, which is indispensable for first-rate performances.

— Franz Liszt

Not only am I constantly seeking better performance but also to be a better person, to be respected.

— Yani Tseng

Everything depends upon execution; having just a vision is no solution.

— Stephen Sondheim

Great individuals and great performances build a team, which produces brilliant performances.

— Sachin Tendulkar

The fundamental basis of above-average performance in the long run is sustainable competitive advantage.

— Warren Buffett

Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

I was really beating myself up about performances and how I looked and this and that.

— Adam Lambert

We have to have great pitching performances from our guys, and we have to take it from there.

— Bobby Bonilla

I'm not ashamed to admit that I've written some really bad songs and I've had some bad performances.

— Lindi Ortega

The world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists.

— Kazuo Ishiguro

My first ever stage performance was in Edinburgh in 1960.

— Davy Jones