I go to the theatre expecting to have a good time. I want each play and performance to take me somewhere. Naturally,… — John Lahr Copy Share Image
In business, there's a constant focus on developing strategies, reviewing executive performance against those strategies each year, engaging with opposing or different… — Jeff Raikes Copy Share Image
As far as the performance goes, I want to create an atmosphere, and use 5.1 sound and imagery and shape and form… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
I have to have an adjustment before I go into the ring. I do believe in chiropractic. I found that going to… — Evander Holyfield Copy Share Image
I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race horses and fancy women. — Lord Kelvin Copy Share Image
He[John Cassavetes] was just being an actor. A very successful actor, especially in live TV. He did many wonderful performances. — Gena Rowlands Copy Share Image
It is much more difficult to measure non-performance than performance. Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non-performance can almost always… — Harold Geneen Copy Share Image
What an unbearable sorrow it would be, to realized I'd never really tasted to things I'd eaten, or seen the places I'd… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a deceptive copy… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
All but a few of the organizations do not specifically promise to deliver superior investment performance although it is perhaps not unreasonable… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There's really no difference between what I do and what a male filmmaker might do. I mean we all try to make… — Kathryn Bigelow Copy Share Image
I've worked with actors before where I was like, this is not working, and then I've seen their work on the screen… — Vincent Kartheiser Copy Share Image
Emotion is more than just anger. When I am performing, I need emotion, but I need control, too. Emotion drives the best… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
There is something deeply hypocritical in a society that holds an inner-city child only eight years old "accountable" for her performance on… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
I do a lot of American plays. I've done a lot of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and Neil Simon. I was in… — Jacki Weaver Copy Share Image
The memoirs that have come out of Africa are sometimes startlingly beautiful, often urgent, and essentially life-affirming, but they are all performances… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
Then certainly for a musician timing becomes something that is immediately accessible as a concept, because it's a necessity in ones everyday… — Robert Fripp Copy Share Image
Be helpful to all who need your assistance, but don't overdo it. Over-helpfulness too often results in under-performance. — Mardy Grothe Copy Share Image
A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve… — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
I am, beneath everything else, a fan. I was fixed in this mode as a young boy and am awed by people… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The bulk of my set is instrumental and you have to give yourself and the audience some relief because a performance is… — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
Waiting to be happy limits our brain's potential for success, whereas cultivating positive brains makes us more motivated, efficient, resilient, creative, and… — Shawn Achor Copy Share Image
They played great and I can honestly say I don't think any of us were expecting this type of performance. They were… — Erik Spoelstra Copy Share Image
Sure, I've done movies in which I was embarrassed by my performance, or might not have cared for a co-star. Then I'd… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things . . . nose-painting, sleep, and urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes;… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
People look at me as some bruiser, but I want to entertain people. I want people to applaud. I want to be… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
There are loads of black actors.You can't say: I'm going to vote for him, he's not very good but he's black, [so]… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I sort of pride myself in my dissatisfaction with my work. I've always been concerned with buying the hype, and having that… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
Remember, benchmark performance -- beta -- can be had for virtually free; alpha is what active managers are paid to generate. — Paul McCulley Copy Share Image
Gene Autry was a pioneering star in the early days of music, radio, film, television and rodeo performances. I am proud to… — Adam Schiff Copy Share Image
I love doing fiction. I love doing performance films and I love doing documentaries that don't have music. I love to shoot… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
I always see things that I can improve. But frankly with Stripes, I'm surprised at how effective it is, even today, and… — Ivan Reitman Copy Share Image
Integrity is hard work. I do think the Internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
As actors, we want to challenges ourselves and put ourselves in different situations to see how we react and deliver a performance. — Eric Stonestreet Copy Share Image
To pay out millions upon millions of dollars in bonuses for incomplete work, poor performance, and unacceptable products is the height of… — Jim Gibbons Copy Share Image
I've tried every kind of bottled water, but Poland Spring is my go-to. I always have room-temperature bottles of it on side… — French Montana Copy Share Image
When you're writing something new, writing something that's your own, basically you have nothing else to do except either invent a trick,… — Nico Muhly Copy Share Image
It's all about understanding that God is behind every performance, good or bad, and that trusting Him will always leave you satisfied. — Lauryn Williams Copy Share Image
As a former federal prosecutor, I welcome the opportunity to hold Hillary Rodham Clinton accountable for her performance and her character. — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
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![“That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue. [Lat., Nam quae voluptate, quasi mercede aliqua, ad officium impellitur, ea non est virtus sed fallax imitatio simulatioque virtutis.]” quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07f/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_ads_that-which-leads-us-to-the-performance-o_3076771.jpg)
![“Emotion is more than just anger. When I am performing, I need emotion, but I need control, too. Emotion drives the best performance and is necessary, but it must be controlled. I believe Fedor [Emelianenko] does that. I do too. We may look different in how we do it, but we both do it.” quote by Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/mike-tyson-752_anger_emotion-is-more-than-just-anger-when-i-a_2739291.jpg)
![“There are loads of black actors.You can't say: I'm going to vote for him, he's not very good but he's black, [so] I'll vote for him. You've got to give a good performance.” quote by Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/michael-caine-1152_actors_there-are-loads-of-black-actors-you-can_2894575.jpg)
