Quotes about Performance
Undertake not what you cannot perform but be careful to keep your promise.
— George Washington
Shearing began to play his chords; they rolled out of the piano in great rich showers, you'd think the man wouldn't have time to line them up. They rolled and rolled like the sea.
— Jack Kerouac
Tommy Lee Jones is hilarious. I would say, if you look at the body of his work, the character he is most like is the one in 'The Fugitive.' That's how he talks and jokes. That is the type of energy he has.
— Will Smith
I've talked to Bill Clinton - he's the ultimate rock star; no one's more charming than him. People clap in a restaurant when he finishes dinner! I don't get that treatment. I get it when I walk onstage, but not when I have dinner.
— Jay-Z
Preparation is never time wasted. You cannot have great recitals, if you have poor rehearsals.
— Bishop TD Jakes
There are days when you make runs, and there will be a dry spell. Like in business, every year you don't make profits.
— Virender Sehwag
At its heart, legalism is a desire to appear holy. It is trying to be justified before men and not God.
— David Wilkerson
This sport is crazy, it moves along and we all have a short memory. No one realizes when fighters are out. They just remember their last fight and how they look now.
— Joseph Benavidez
I always wanted to be an actress. I always wanted to be a movie star.
— Reba McEntire
I never knew I'd be in a musical, let alone win an award for one.
— Nicole Kidman
I wanted to be on Broadway, but in musical comedy.
— Carol Burnett
Some commanders can move troops so as to get the maximum distance out of them without fatigue, while others can wear them out in a few days without accomplishing so much.
— Ulysses S. Grant