Performances Quotes · Page 25

Performances are always more interesting to me when something is at stake.

— Kirsten Prout

There was nothing wrong with the performance, apart from throwing away the game.

— Glenn Hoddle

If life is a performance, and I am not an actor, am I supposed to lie down and die?

— Juliana Hatfield

I'd rather do my own performance than copy someone else's.

— Arthur Darvill

Simplicity, without which no human performance can arrive at perfection.

— Jonathan Swift

I am against performance-enhancing drugs. I have never taken them and I never will take them.

— Marion Jones

Please note that, at no point in the performance, does my hand leave the end of my arm.

— Harlan Tarbell

Winners believe in their worth in advance of their performance.

— Denis Waitley

True prayer is neither a mere mental exercise nor a vocal performance. It is a spiritual commerce with the Creator of heaven…

— Charles Spurgeon

Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.

— Marcus Aurelius

What sets apart high-performance teams, however, is the degree of commitment, particularly how deeply committed the members are to one another.

— Jon Katzenbach

I'd been used to this idea of destructive performance art instead of a slick, good-sounding show. So, I became frustrated as I…

— Erika M. Anderson

I'm a huge fan of the director, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and his work, and I knew he was going to be an…

— Javier Bardem

My best kiss was on stage. Kelly Rowland from Destiny's Child gave me a really nice soft kiss on my lips during…

— Chris Brown

Every season I teach zombie school. The casting people in Georgia look for like 200 new recruits. They come in in groups…

— Gregory Nicotero

I'm more relaxed about how the editing process will create a performance and that, in a way, gives me a sense of…

— Ralph Fiennes

I don't mind being sexy, but on my terms. To this day, I love sexuality. I love the art of sexuality. I…

— Helen Mirren

The lower interest rates fueled housing and consumption booms in countries such as Spain and Ireland. At the same time, Germany, struggling…

— George Soros

Poetry is not a silent art. The poem must perform, unaided, in its reader's head. Educated readers give themselves a good performance.…

— Christopher Logue

My dad is a Chatty Cathy, the social butterfly; friendly; knows everybody in the whole world by six degrees; tells me that…

— Taylor Swift

I don't call cut between the takes - it's my way to help the actor keep focused. As soon as you say…

— Michel Gondry

From the very beginning, I started doing music performances with a lot of theatrical aspects to them, where humor was a part…

— Aleksey Igudesman

In most cases the favorable price performance will be accompanied by a well-defined improvement in the average earnings, in the dividend, and…

— Benjamin Graham

I think that I burnt myself out a little bit with my dancing because I did so much of it. I was…

— Mia Wasikowska

A performance is a conversation between you and an audience.

— Livingston Taylor

With the sincere devotion of our employees, Samsung has achieved stellar performances since its foundation.

— Lee Kun-hee

The performances make you want to get back out there and try something new and challenge yourself.

— Laura Vandervoort

Respect, recognition, and reward flow out of performance.

— N. R. Narayana Murthy

I'm on performance enhancing drugs, so I may cause drowsiness.

— Jay London

Marketing is really theater. It's like staging a performance.

— John Sculley

You know, some of the performances, I have put myself on the world stage a bit more.

— Tommy Fleetwood

Personally, I always felt times aren't so excellent as are performances.

— Bill Rodgers

Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater.

— Bill Tilden

To some Christianity is an argument. To many it is a performance. To a few, it is experience.

— Vance Havner

If I get no sleep the night before a show, I feel that performance is the best one.

— Jesse Eisenberg

The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state.

— John Ousterhout

The miracle of the Atonement can make up for imperfections in our performance.

— Gary E. Stevenson

I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward.

— Judy Holliday

My performances may have elements that some may find entertaining, but that's not my main purpose.

— Vaginal Davis

Whenever I have a bad performance, I look at it as a learning experience.

— Johnny Damon