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Most Famous Performance Quotes of All Time!

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Whether you like it or not, a performance's triumphs and belly flops come to seem excruciatingly intimate, as if you were somehow partly responsible for them.

Quotes by Ben Brantley

Genetics is all about showcasing human beauty along with high-quality performance.

Quotes by Bela Karolyi

Triple H really prepares everybody for WWE in everything we do in NXT, and everything we do in the performance center is to prepare us for WWE.

Quotes by Bayley

Jackie considered his resurrection, the world's best return performance.

Quotes by Audrey Meadows

Amelie' was a very precise, a very composed performance - ultra-defined, down to the tips of her fingernails, the ends of her hair.

Quotes by Audrey Tautou

Nobody is interested in how many claps and whistles he received for his performance. All they are bothered about is how much money they are getting.

Quotes by Asrani

You should not be defined by one bad performance.

Quotes by Ashley Wagner

To put on a performance, you have to be emotional. You can't be a zombie.

Quotes by Ashley Wagner

I'd rather do my own performance than copy someone else's.

Quotes by Arthur Darvill

The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than the aesthetic of the machine itself.

Quotes by Arthur Erickson

I try to avoid gaining weight as much as possible because it hinders my performance onstage. Touring demands so much energy.

Quotes by Arnel Pineda

It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware of where he is and what he's doing, but his mind is on the playing of the instrument...

Quotes by Arnold Palmer

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.

Aristotle

Early in my career, I had difficulty breathing during workouts and my performance on the ice suffered. It wasn't until I was diagnosed with EIB and received the proper treatment that I was able to reach my peak performance.

Quotes by Apolo Ohno

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.

Quotes by Ansel Adams

The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance.

Quotes by Ansel Adams

I wanted to make a classical piece that was actually designed to be a CD, not designed for performance.

Quotes by Anne Dudley

I've been onstage once for one performance with four days' rehearsal.

Quotes by Anna Friel

My greatest acting performance was pretending to enjoy the movie 'Selma'.

Quotes by Ann Coulter

The variable that really boosts your performance is the actors around you.

Quotes by Angourie Rice

Frequently Asked Questions

What different kinds of "performance" are covered in this collection?
A good mix - live music performance, an economic sense of "performance," and a specific pop-culture memory about a TV sitcom scene involving a fictional bad Hamlet performance.
Is there a quote about live music performance specifically?
Yes - a simple, heartfelt one: "One of the things I love about music is live performance," a straightforward statement about what draws the speaker to live shows over recordings.
Is there a quote using "performance" in an economic sense?
Yes - one quote argues that currency strength doesn't necessarily reflect the real economy, saying, "There's a tendency for the yen to strengthen because it's rated highly, but I don't think that accurately reflects Japan's economic performance." It's presented as that speaker's own financial opinion.
Is there a quote about songs performing well live versus on record?
Yes - one quote reflects on how certain songs are better suited to being performed live in a big venue than they were in their original recorded form.
Is there a pop-culture quote about a memorable acting performance?
Yes - one speaker recalls watching 'Frasier' as a child and remembers "one episode with Derek Jacobi where he was playing this Shakespearean actor that was a terrible Hamlet," a fond, specific TV memory. See also our Expression quotes or Impact quotes pages.

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