The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera… — Luciano Pavarotti Copy Share Image
When a pianist sits down and does a virtuoso performance he is in a technical sense transmitting more information to a machine… — Robert Moog Copy Share Image
When you're recording to tape, you usually just settle for what you have. There's not a lot of options to manipulate the… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players' performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical… — Gary Neville Copy Share Image
The one aspect I do love about digital is I love to push performance and I love to roll and roll and… — James Mangold Copy Share Image
I would say that I am proud of my performance from Cracker and I think a lot of that was due to… — Boti Bliss Copy Share Image
I met the [Frank] Sinatra family for a [performance] I did for his hundredth birthday and one of the first things Sinatra's… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
Souls were the same. They, too, had useless baggage that impeded their proper performance, these annoying, holier-than-thou bits dangling like an appendix… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor,… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
The real accomplishment of modern science and technology consists in taking ordinary men, informing them narrowly and deeply and then, through appropriate… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
When you audition for things, there's pressure to go in there with a complete performance, and it's kind of unfair because, if… — Elisabeth Moss Copy Share Image
A musical, like most religions, provides the audience or followers with a sense of belonging. Religious services, on the other hand, with… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
Every medium has its advantages and weaknesses and there are many things I can put down on paper that I might not… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
The least glimmering or shade of acting, in man or woman, is a sure motive of envy in the rest; and, if… — Charlotte Charke Copy Share Image
I did a couple of little Off-Broadway things, but my first Broadway show was A History Of The American Film, written by… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
My process is to be by myself when I record. It's quite an emotional performance to pull off when someone else is… — Kimbra Copy Share Image
In some of the greatest recordings ever made, the performance is a part of the recording. Dylan's 'Rainy Day Women No. 12… — Moby Copy Share Image
People have thought that some of my writing and lines are done by a machine. I'm able to move in a way… — Jose Parla Copy Share Image
Actors tend to not know how their performances are going to actually be used. Even though the script says one thing, in… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience (in this case, the judge or the… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
That action is not warrantable which either fears to ask the divine blessing on its performance, or having succeeded, does not come… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Rob Lowe, who I thought was really good in the movie [ Bad Influence], had his performance overshadowed by this sort of… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
It's partly the Southernization of America, in that the Southern working-class version of redneck is becoming the national version, and it's good-natured,… — Robert Charles Wilson Copy Share Image
I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and… — Moby Copy Share Image
Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Turkey wants to be treated by the same standards as other countries. If you compare us to some other newly accepted EU… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
It is not a virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue, when we are led to the performance of duty… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
I imagined that it might be awkward to talk to your wife about her performance, so going into it I was a… — Lasse Hallstrom Copy Share Image
When I go onstage, I'm going to work ...I feel like my performance is about an emotional connection. I want to connect… — Boy George Copy Share Image
Anyway, in my performance style, I'm a singer-songwriter. People can call it neo-soul or R&B or whatever. But at the core, when… — India.Arie Copy Share Image
Hyun Joong brother always prays SS501 WILL BE FOREVER ONE so we always try our best to make our performances cool. — Kim Kyu-jong Copy Share Image
A big fear of working with an actor that's never been a lead in a film before is that you're going to… — Sean Durkin Copy Share Image
A live performance is the same no matter what genre it is. Wrestling, rock 'n roll, hosting, acting - it's the same… — Chris Jericho Copy Share Image
Employers crave the power to fire workers whose performance is judged inferior-not just to get rid of those particular workers, but more… — Jim Stanford Copy Share Image
Nothing we formulate or do can qualify us for access to God. Only grace can do that- based not on our performance… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
We're (also) looking for a good people person who is able to motivate others and get strong performances out of people. — Kenneth Lay Copy Share Image
Before the whole [music] business was calibrated around the selling of records. I never could have imagined that live performance would become… — Arthur Fogel Copy Share Image
I've been in a poor physical shape many times in my career and I've had some of my best results. My best… — Kelly Slater Copy Share Image
![“I met the [Frank] Sinatra family for a [performance] I did for his hundredth birthday and one of the first things Sinatra's daughters said to me was, "I'm so glad you make your own beautiful arrangements now."” quote by Michael Buble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6a0/michael-buble-6948_arrangements_i-met-the-frank-sinatra-family-for-a-per_1309296.jpg)
![“Rob Lowe, who I thought was really good in the movie [ Bad Influence], had his performance overshadowed by this sort of tabloid approach to him and the movie.” quote by Curtis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a12/curtis-hanson-9380_approach_rob-lowe-who-i-thought-was-really-good-i_2843049.jpg)
![“Before the whole [music] business was calibrated around the selling of records. I never could have imagined that live performance would become kind of a vortex of the business. It's such a seismic shift really.” quote by Arthur Fogel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/661/arthur-fogel-83203_business_before-the-whole-music-business-was-cali_417500.jpg)
