Quotes About Performance

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage.

Drag queen is a gender like no other, and with practice I'd learned to rise to it.

One answer to the question Who is a transsexual? might well be Anyone who admits it. A more political answer might, Anyone whose performance of gender calls into question the construct of gender itself.

A general air of surprise and genuine satisfaction fell upon everyone as they saw the pianist enter.

You must excel at the basic responsibilities of your job—and so you need to be certain what they are. Sure

The classic definition of slapstick runs along the line of, Funny is someone else ramming his face repeatedly into a brick wall.

for the same reason I think people enjoy watching sports: seeing someone in full command of what he is expected to do, doing it better than most would, and doing so with joy. My

Because school has always been a matter of getting it right, of scoping out what "rightness" means to the teacher and then providing this.

It's a great privilege, after all, to have been given a part to play, however small, on the world's stage.

like they were in a play and he'd forgotten his lines.

Car engines were

They are like actors playing a role, sometimes enjoying their role on stage, but usually relieved to leave it

If initiative is the ability to do the right thing, then efficiency is the ability to do the thing right.

Handel's "He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd," a popular anthem with elaborate part singing that the congregation performed faultlessly. As hundreds of tenor voices soared across the

Sa, anch'io gioco un pochino a tennis, e pensavo...» «Se lei gioca a tennis solo un pochino, allora probabilmente non è al mio livello.»

Emperor Concerto

ascetically, his only earthly pleasure being to score points in

But he seemed to have a compelling need to feel special and be noticed by others all the time; and this drove him to create scenes.

Emperor Concerto, a stirring tune, appropriately

Hatred is a good thing when it comes to sports.

I know Daniel Murphy is a really good hitter. He's definitely pulling the ball right now for power, although he did go left-central the other night against the Dodgers, I believe.

It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.

Sustaining innovations are the key to consistent performance, whereas disruptive innovations are the key to dramatic changes in power.

Even when times were good, I realized that my earning power as a golf professional depended on too many ifs and putts.