I tend to lose my performance energy the longer things go on for, so I'm always best on the very first take. — Peter Sarsgaard Copy Share Image
Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Self-consciousness can destroy a performance. Getting rid of that is always good. — Joe Dempsie Copy Share Image
Life is a play.It's not its length,but its performance that counts. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Remember your six P's - Perfect Practice Prevents Piss Poor Performance. — Chuck Knox Copy Share Image
The measure of performance of any given agent is the amount of money it accumulates through its actions. — John Henry Holland Copy Share Image
Fear is like the steam that fires the combustion engine. You need fear to get a performance going. — Rachel Weisz Copy Share Image
I write a song to be recorded. And to some extent to be performed, but definitely more to be recorded than performed,… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
Maybe it's a form of overcompensation, but whenever I've toured, I've always needed a huge performance component. — Moby Copy Share Image
Done right, a performance review is one of the best opportunities to encourage and support high performers and constructively improve your middle-… — Kathryn Minshew Copy Share Image
Some of Jimmy Stewart's performance in 'It's A Wonderful Life' is some of the most disturbing performance he ever did, when he… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
Noah, from 'The Young Lions' (1958), was the best performance of my life. I couldn't have given more of myself. I'll never… — Montgomery Clift Copy Share Image
When you hire that first person, then you're a boss. You've got performance reviews. You've got complaints about not making enough money.… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
Fixable but unfixed bad performance is bad character and tends to create more of itself, causing more damage to the excuse giver… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
If we should tell ourselves the truth, all things being equal, President Jonathan will be re-elected with minimal stress, because of his… — Orji Uzor Kalu Copy Share Image
Duane Allman inspired the group to explore the extended jam format that was already a staple of the Allman Brothers act. Moreover,… — Bob Whitlock Copy Share Image
Honey lamb, there are a lot of things in this world I feel insecure about. Religion. Our national economic policies. What color… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
Any parent who tells their kids that they can't attend a school play or go to a soccer match because they have… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging from accounts of mystical experience, heightened creativity,… — Jean Houston Copy Share Image
Accepting the key premise that the learner is the primary customer of schooling means others follow naturally. ... The core business of… — David Hood Copy Share Image
When I play, I open up. I'm in the heat of the performance and it's a healing thing. It's great! It's like… — Matt Nathanson Copy Share Image
In peace-armies discipline meant the hunt, not of an average but of an absolute; the hundred per cent standard in which the… — T. E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Layering and changeability: this is the key, the combination that is worked into most of my buildings. Occupying one of these buildings… — Glenn Murcutt Copy Share Image
In my photographic work I'm generally attracted to places that contain memories, history, atmospheres and stories. I'm interested in the places where… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
Good movies make you care, make you believe in possibilities again. If somewhere in the Hollywood-entertainment world someone has managed to break… — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
You know, you're doing the same show every day, and your inspiration, you have to look no further than the fact that… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
Not everyone in an organization is in a position to accumulate power through competent performance because most people are just carrying out… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Performances are so defined by their venues - it'd be nice for the music to dictate more of the reaction. — Anna Meredith Copy Share Image
Make peace with the fear of defeat... Fear holds you back from putting forth your best performance. — Brian Stann Copy Share Image
My father was a painter and an anarchist, always getting in trouble for his performance art. — Sadie Frost Copy Share Image
Three languages - the video, the music and the live performance - are awesome to bring together. — Planningtorock Copy Share Image
England occupies a warm spot in my affections. It was the scene of my greatest performance. I was born there. — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed for human performance. — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
I was particularly proud of my performance as the Joker. I considered it a piece of pop art. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I generally prefer to stay quiet before a performance. I don't like television cameras, but an interview is OK. — Ben Heppner Copy Share Image
Do you realize that it is only in the gospel of Jesus Christ that you get the verdict before the performance? — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Sexualization is the performance of sexuality, the performance of sexiness. Girls are super good at that now. — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share Image
