It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance. — Jackie Stewart Copy Share Image
The most basic problem is that performance appraisals often don't accurately assess performance. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
The adequacy of performance attainments depends upon the personal standards against which they are judged — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
I'm extremely critical. I don't consider myself a performance artist. I balk at the term performance art. — Kalan Sherrard Copy Share Image
America doesn't reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I've always been really inspired by watching top athletes putting in peak performances. — Manu Bennett Copy Share Image
I'm never happy with my performances. I always want more and better for myself. — Samir Nasri Copy Share Image
There are certain times when I feel more inspired, filled with a strong power that forces me to listen to my inner… — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
If Bob Dylan really is an historian in and of himself in his work, in his performances, he is also an historian… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment… — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
Former U.S. House Majority Leader, Tom DeLay, has been sentenced to three years in prison. One year for money laundering and two… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Pop stardom is not very compelling. I'm much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. I… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
I am so excited to perform; I am so ready to perform; I love live performances! I think it's something so different… — Claudia Lee Copy Share Image
Sex is not a mechanical act that fails for lack of technique, and it is not a performance by the male for… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Children, I always think, are just putting on a performance of being naive and not understanding anything. I have worked with children… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Opera was an enormous part of my childhood. My parents were both opera buffs, and they met in the box seat of… — Daniel Handler 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
Since the birth of our nation, the steady performance of the Marine Corps in fighting America's battles has made it the very… — Clare Boothe Luce Copy Share Image
For more than 50 years, men and women around the world have reported sights in the sky that are strange to their… — Don Berliner Copy Share Image
... I did not set out to be beloved and just, only strong." 'A King can be better than that," the Prince… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Chess computers do not sweat during time pressure and commit costly blunders. Furthermore, the strength of these programs (over and above their… — Ira Carmen Copy Share Image
The dignity of the act is the deliberate, circumspect, open, and serene performance by these men in the clear light of day,… — William M. Evarts Copy Share Image
It doesn't necessarily matter if I'm onstage or not. I just find the communal experience of a rock concert, or any type… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone-beginners, children, and non-musicians. The… — Derek Bailey Copy Share Image
Hackman's paradox: Groups have natural advantages: they have more resources than individuals; greater diversity of resources; more flexibility in deploying the resources;… — J. Richard Hackman Copy Share Image
Ever judge of men by their professions. For though the bright moment of promising is but a moment, and cannot be prolonged,… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
