Performances Quotes · Page 28

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

— Marion Jones

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

— Jonathan Swift

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

— Arthur Darvill

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

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

— Tommy Fleetwood

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

— John Sculley

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

— Lee Kun-hee

Trudeau valued performance above image. He Knew he could give me a shovel if there was a mess to clean up, and…

— Jean Chretien

If I produce it, I will stage it as a performance. A small audience will be invited; rehearsals of the sections will…

— Bill Dixon

When you do stand-up, you're just concerned with trying to leave with some semblance of human dignity at the end of your…

— John Oliver

As an actor, that's the most important thing. You want to be able to let go and not hold onto anything, so…

— James Wolk

An actor matures with experiences, and the more the emotions he/she has been through, the greater the intensity of performances.

— Indira Varma

I think one of the reasons I haven't been doing music is because I think that some of my performance, like, needs…

— Carrie Brownstein

There's something strange about a laptop, how you can make the tiniest gesture and make the biggest sound. I don't feel I've…

— Anna Meredith

Paul Konerko is one of the greatest players in White Sox history, not only for his strength and performance on the field,…

— Jerry Reinsdorf

No-one can say just how long a message should be, but you rarely hear complaints about a speech being too short. The…

— Edgar Dale

After a while, your coaching development ceases to be about finding newer ways to organize practice. In other words, you soon stop…

— Anson Dorrance

The real challenge is to give a really nuanced performance and really push myself, to make sure that we see a very…

— Diane Kruger

The performances of my works in the last 10 years are probably equal to all the previous years put together. There are…

— Carlisle Floyd

I like street performance because it's garbage time. The subway is garbage time: no one can say I'm wasting their time because…

— Kalan Sherrard

The directors did an amazing job and Josh Holloway is just he's just shining. I think that, of the people I started…

— Evangeline Lilly

The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to…

— Virginia Henderson

Raising your level of performance requires a proper mentality and meaning from within. This gives you the ability and drive to work…

— Dan Gable

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

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

— Vaginal Davis

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

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

— John Ousterhout

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

— Jesse Eisenberg

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

— Vance Havner

I started off in a small theatre performance company and worked my way into commercials.

— Devon Sawa

We are very excited about the diversity of artists and performances.

— John Wilkes

no work of art is ever finished, nothing is ever static, no performance is for keeps.

— Uta Hagen

Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.

— Samantha Morton

I think a lot of teachers want to talk about how to continually improve performance.

— Barack Obama

Your performance gets you promoted. It doesn't matter if you're brown, back or white.

— Geraldo Rivera

The only excuse for not coming to a class or a performance is death.

— Stella Adler