Quotes About Performance

So the first thing that I thought about was, 'How is this car going to handle?' But then after I'd been driving with it and practicing with it and I accomplished that, then I just kind of sat back.

Meine Damen und Herren, machen Sie bitte einmal das, was Sie am besten können. Vergessen Sie einfach, was Sie wissen.

Aquel 31 de marzo de 1933 bien pudo ser su gran noche. La sala estaba llena de gente con la mirada clavada en el día siguiente, como si se encontrasen ante un profundo abismo. Finck los hizo reír como jamás he oído reír a un público

The firm found it could charge clients almost anything it pleased: It billed them for expenses amounting to more than 5 percent of their capital before slapping on the 20 percent performance fee.

It's a tricky place, especially the last sector. I wasn't happy in practice. I wasn't happy with the car and I wasn't happy with myself. But I always thought there was more in the car.

Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that.

There is no secret, once we go to qualifying, we all seem to enjoy it. Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that.

It's fun to play mom. Last I knew I was playing a 17-year-old who graduated.

Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

If I'm winning, I have to act like I'm not bored. If it's a tough match, I act like I'm having a good time. I'm a drama queen.

Once you've established where you are, you go to the character and elaborate on expressions and action.

There is nothing esoteric about value investing. It is simply the process of determining the value underlying a security and then buying it at a considerable discount from that value. It is really that simple. The greatest challenge is maintaining the requisite patience and discipline to buy only when prices are attractive and to sell when they are not, avoiding the short-term performance frenzy that engulfs most market participants.

I think when you do comedy, you play by a different set of rules. No one really wants you to be in that good shape. Being in good shape implies a level of vanity that isn't necessarily funny.

Your feelings about anything you do will affect how you do it. It doesn't have to be feelings of like or dislike, joy or fear; all of your feelings affect your actions.

I like to think of myself as a fairly educated human being, but I'm a very uneducated actor when it comes to movies, directors, producers, actors for that matter.

SOLOMON KUGEL His performance, of late, had been subpar. Born, unfortunately. Died eventually.

The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.

We've just got to be careful - with all sports, let alone cricket - I think there's so much emphasis on doing the right thing all the time, but I think the public want to be entertained when they come to watch sport.

It takes an athlete to dance, but an artist to be a dancer.

He did a very good impression of a stone column.

Felix can't act his way out of a box." "Boxes are tricky," Felix said, frowning. "And sometimes they're taped shut.

Fans outside were screaming. Through the white noise of hollers and hoots emerged a rhythmic shout. Becky strained to understand. "Felix, they are chanting your name." Felix nodded. "You see, this is exactly why I need you here." "To tell you what they're chanting?" "To laugh at it, darling. Or I might take it seriously.

Acaso es culpa mía haber nacido para ser heroína? Todo el mundo representa el papel que se le ha sido asignado, fin del cuento.

Inside each of us is a desire to be loved, a desire to be chosen, called out of the crowd, and loved for who we are. Seeking these desires, we all become performers, morphing ourselves into whatever role may earn us a place in the hearts of those around us.