Quotes about Performance

Those who are not prepared for the apprehension of a great purpose should fix the thoughts upon the faultless performance of their duty, no matter how insignificant their task may appear. Only in this way can the thoughts be gathered and focussed, and resolution and energy be developed, which being done, there is nothing which may not be accomplished.

People who do comedy are always underrated because they make it look so easy.

I won't have any competitive instincts in any sports, other than golf. I can't see being competitive in sports any more.

I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.

No matter how much you rehearse on that stage, once you add 30,000 screaming people with flashing cameras into the equation, it's pretty intense.

Jazz is an interesting music. It's one of the few forms of music where everyone that's performing the music has a creative stake in the music. In jazz, everyone's improvising, and everyone's creating at the same time.

The Church can't be a religious theater where paid men perform for the religious amusement of the people who pay them.

I suppose it's unfair, tricks of argument that leave wounds, but with this sort of thing that (C.S.) Lewis does, what I feel is a craftsman's joy at the sight of a superior performance.

Man, I'm not trying to be important; I just go out and play.

Credit should go with the performance of duty, and not with what is very often the accident of glory.

On the day of judgment, it will be demanded of us not what we have read, but what we have done.

And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet.