Performance of one's duties should be independent of public opinion. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a deceptive copy… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I think that what's important as a director is to give your actors the feeling that they're protected, the feeling of confidence,… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club.… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
Live performance really terrifies me. I haven't done it, really, in years. I think that's why I retired from my brief career… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
My live performance, it just comes from feeling an energy and emotion from the crowd. Just going out there and doing my… — Wiz Khalifa Copy Share Image
As with all catalysts, the manager's function is to speed up the reaction between two substances, thus creating the desired end product.… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
Short-term performance envy causes many of the shortcomings that lock most investors into a perpetual cycle of underachievement. Watch your competitors not… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Skill in any performance whether it be in sports in playing the piano in conversation or in selling merchandise consists not in… — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The presidents poking fun at himself over what goes down. I thought it was a good-natured performance. It made him look good.… — Brit Hume Copy Share Image
...how can we live in the richest, most privileged country in the world, at the peak of its economic performance, and still… — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
Behind every brilliant performance there were countless hours of practice and preparation. — Eric Butterworth Copy Share Image
If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Watch a man do his… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The realization that my daily relationship with God is based on the infinite merit of Christ instead of on my own performance… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Well, you would have to say what is the criteria to determine the success of any merger? It would have to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I did get signed and I was going around letting people know what I was about, that's exactly how I did… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
Faced with a new mutation in an organism, or a fundamental change in its living conditions, the biologist is frequently in no… — George Wald Copy Share Image
When you do stand-up, you're just concerned with trying to leave with some semblance of human dignity at the end of your… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
I've never been a really big fan of theatre. I don't know why. It's so much for effort. It's much more difficult… — Callan McAuliffe Copy Share Image
Leadership can't be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you can't fool the guys in the locker room. So when you… — Junior Seau Copy Share Image
When a book, any sort of book, reaches a certain intensity of artistic performance, it becomes literature. That intensity may be a… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
