Quotes About Performance

His ambitions exceed his talent.

If you were a writer, you could be impressive in a cerebral sort of way, but if you were a musician, you got to be viscerally magical.

as if there's a clear distinction between real and fake for any of us. Aren't we all performing the role of ourselves?

Oh come on—as if there's a clear distinction between real and fake for any of us. Aren't we all performing the role of ourselves?

There are two types of people in this world. People who hate clowns...and clowns. (Bobby Pendragon)

I'd rather be at Wragby, where I can go about and be still, and not stare at anything or do any performing of any sort. This tourist performance of enjoying oneself is too hopelessly humiliating: it's such a failure.

I hate clowns. I've mentioned that, right?

Frost is angry because I tried to give him some advice. He was dancing as Frostyev in his Goblinovski Festival Ballet, and there were a few simple ways that he could have improved his style. I was trying to help, but he took it very badly.

You can dramatize your ideas in business or in any other aspect of your life. It's easy

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

Apply the blacksmith's homely principle when you are speaking. If you feel deeply about your subject you will be able to think of little else. Concentration is a process of distraction from less important matters. It is too late to think about the cut of your coat when once you are upon the platform, so centre your interest on what you are about to say—fill your mind with your speech-material and, like the infilling water in the glass, it will drive out your unsubstantial fears.

mistakes did I make that time?' "'What did I do that was right—and in what way could I have improved my performance?' "'What lessons can I learn from that experience?

The way to get things done," says Schwab, "is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the desire to excel.

People work for money but go the extra mile for praise, recognition, and rewards.

He declared he never stepped in front of the footlights without first saying to himself over and over: I love my audience. I love my audience.

way to get things done," says Schwab, "is to stimulate competition.

an ounce of doing things is worth a pound of theorizing.

The powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

Su público es más respetuoso que el de cualquier teatro o sala de conciertos. Eso tiene que ver con que en el circo la realidad tiene la palabra, no la apariencia. Aún sigue siendo más concebible que un señor del público le pida el programa a su vecino mientras Hamlet apuñala a Polonio, que mientras el acróbata realiza el doble salto mortal desde la cúpula.

Knowing that great conceptions are worth little without precision execution

Steve's sales pitch on the NeXT operating system was dazzling, according to Amelio. He praised the virtues and strengths as though he were describing a performance of Oliver as Macbeth.

Ed Woolard, his mentor on the Apple board, pressed Jobs for more than two years to drop the interim in front of his CEO title. Not only was Jobs refusing to commit himself, but he was baffling everyone by taking only $1 a year in pay and no stock options. "I make 50 cents for showing up," he liked to joke, "and the other 50 cents is based on performance.

stereo system with MartinLogan speakers

More than three thousand people showed up at the event, lining up two hours before curtain time. They were not disappointed, at least by the show. Jobs was onstage for three hours, and he again proved to be, in the words of Andrew Pollack