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Quotes About Performance

The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
~ Victor Borge
I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up.
~ Groucho Marx
A German singer! I should as soon expect to get pleasure from the neighing of my horse.
~ Frederick The Great
When a piece gets difficult, make faces.
~ Artur Schnabel
Jenson Button is in the top ten, in eleventh position.
~ Murray Walker
(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?
~ Victor Borge
I would rather undergo a vasectomy via Weed Whacker than attend an opera.
~ Dave Barry
I remember writing standup jokes without having done sets. But as soon as I did my first set, it didn't matter. Everything I thought would work didn't work. And everything I was iffy on was funny.
~ John Mulaney
It feels amazing to just be here and be able to share my jokes with the world. It's not so much about being a girl, it's about being a funny comic.
~ Iliza Shlesinger
A clown is like aspirin, only he works twice as fast.
~ Groucho Marx
And the first five places are filled by five different cars.
~ Murray Walker
Acting is an empty and useless profession.
~ Marlon Brando
Mansell is slowing it down, taking it easy. Oh, no he isn't! It's a lap record.
~ Murray Walker
What's funny is that there's a lot of great Australian actors in American movies but you don't often hear them do their Australian, original accent.
~ Owen Wilson
A comedian's body is funny as well as his mind being funny, his whole personage is funny.
~ Bobby Darin
They played so good it was frightening. And I, of course, being young, was in awe of everything that was going on and rightly so. I mean, it was too good to believe.
~ Ray Brown
Successful people play the part of being successful consistently in all that they do.
~ Lorii Myers
Real confidence comes not from talking all you can, but from giving the best you can...
~ Unknown
Strength of character lies in performing the drama of life with courage and confidence, practicing self-reflection and self-control under any circumstances.
~ Unknown
Self-confidence works just like a muscle it grows in response to the level of performance required of it. Either you use it or you lose it.
~ Unknown
The average man plays to the gallery of his own self - esteem
~ Elbert Hubbard
To have high self esteem one must perform or complete a task assigned to him with responsibility. Responsibility makes one accountable for actions and attitude. Responsibility makes one to know actually what one is expected to do and how to finish it with a logical conclusion.
~ Unknown
I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.
~ Muhammad Ali
Life is just a show and I just can't stand the fact that one day the curtain is going to close.
~ Unknown