Performances Quotes · Page 19

Performances will determine who actually ends up being the eighth-inning guy.

— Brad Ausmus

Debra Winger doesn't let anything interfere with her performance, which is the way it should be

— Tom Berenger

Every time I've had a bad performance at an event, I've come back more determined and focused.

— Shaun White

I felt I should get back to stage performances because I really enjoy them.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

I don't know why people are so surprised by my live performances.

— John Davidson

You cannot build performance on weaknesses. You can build only on strengths.

— Peter Drucker

Nothing feels worse than having to break the stage down before the performance, and I mean nothing.

— John Mayer

I can assure you, nothing in my performance will be deflated

— Katy Perry

When you're recording to analog tape, it captures performance and you can't necessarily manipulate that in different ways. It is what it…

— Dave Grohl

I find beauty in the continual shaping of chaos which clearly embodies the primordial power of nature's performance

— Iris van Herpen

I think that more and more there's a sense that the best performances I can give are the ones that are the…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

The core of the concept of a bribe is an inducement improperly influencing the performance of a public function meant to be…

— Peggy Noonan

If you are a star in Hollywood then you are always a star in your eyes, but not always in the eyes…

— Lee Grant

I'm not a guy who likes cliches. I don't think that stereotypes and cliches are the end of the line, when it…

— Chris Bauer

I would enjoy venturing into music, as I do write songs and compose music! And, of course, dance, rhythm and performance are…

— Jiah Khan

With NOAH, you can create some stunning, yet original soundscapes. Therefore, as a performance tool, it really comes into its own because…

— Geoff Downes

'Untitled' is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was…

— Jerry Saltz

I love to talk to children about making mistakes. Its important that I tell them about how I dont get it right…

— Patricia MacLachlan

If you swap it about, do television, theatre, film, you can go on surprising yourself. The problem is you get employed to…

— Kenneth Cranham

So many dancers rely on some sort of magic happening on the stage. They never, for various reasons, work full out in…

— Benjamin Harkarvy

First, those who disagree with market efficiency simply assert that it stands to common sense that greater effort to get facts and…

— Paul Samuelson

Peter Watts has taken the core myths of the First Contact story and shaken them to pieces. The result is a shocking…

— Karl Schroeder

The content dictates the style all the time. That's the way it is. If the content of the film - as in…

— Woody Allen

The World Series is something that rarely gets to a number of venues in professional baseball. And that's one problem because we…

— Scott Boras

What's important is a great set of objective ears, years of experience and a great room with a true sound. Look at…

— Chris McCormack

Context is everything. Dress me up and see. I'm a carnival barker, an auctioneer, a downtown performance artist, a speaker in tongues,…

— Jonathan Lethem

Never let failure discourage you. Every time you get to the base of a mountain (literal or metaphorical), you're presented with a…

— Alison Levine

My background is in painting but in school in the sixties, like many artists of that time, I believed that painting was…

— William Wegman

I'm one of those pathetic actors who will say yes to every play reading just because I do miss the stage so…

— Julianna Margulies

I wrote [Valley of Violence] entirely with James Ransone in mind. I get such a joy out of watching his performance and…

— Ti West

The idea of social performance, that we're always performing identities, is something I got fairly obsessed with. I think it's probably because…

— Robert Greene

There is one thing of which I can assure you. If good performance of the fund is even a minor objective, any…

— Warren Buffett

no one wants to be praised for possibilities when one has submitted performances.

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

In a professional once engaged, the performance of the job comes first.

— Garson Kanin

Being an athlete is a state of mind which is not bound by age, performance or place in the running pack.

— Jeff Galloway

Only undertake what you can do in an excellent fashion. There are no prizes for average performance.

— Brian Tracy

You have to channel the interpretation and performance into 100 people. And with the audience, the critics.

— Riccardo Muti

When you get performance slots for award shows - that's a big deal for me.

— Luke Bryan

After six or seven performances of any song, you begin to perform it rather than feel it.

— Graham Nash

My wife, Barbara, is great. She arranges when I do work that I have a day off between performances.

— Don Rickles