Quotes with perform

  • We are commanded to love God with all our minds, as well as with all our hearts, and we commit a great sin if we forbid or prevent that cultivation of the mind in others which would enable them to perform this duty.
  • Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
  • It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of ''culture.''
  • Right now I'm listening to a lot of different things but I listen to a lot of classical music. Eventually I would like to compose and perform classical.
  • There are few surer ways to become disliked by men than to perform well where they have performed poorly.
  • Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.
  • In fact, Russell Crowe once phoned me up to see if I wanted to go to a party but I had to bring my guitar and perform 'Oh Jean.'
  • You who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities and think long and hard on what your powers are equal to and what they are unable to perform.
  • The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who can perform great feats before friendly crowds.
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  • Benjamin Franklin Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Bonnie Bassler Think about multicellularity on this Earth. Every living thing originally came from bacteria. So, who do you think made up the rules for how to perform collective behaviors? It had to be the bacteria.
    Bonnie Bassler
    American molecular biologist
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  • Horace You who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities and think long and hard on what your powers are equal to and what they are unable to perform.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • John F. Kennedy A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Walter Benjamin Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function cannot transmit anything but information - hence, something inessential. This is the hallmark of bad translations.
    Walter Benjamin
    German philosopher (1892 - 1940)
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  • Bill Goldberg At the end of the day, it's a very powerful voice when you're able to perform on any level on any stage and have the audience, have the attention of children. It's a gift. It's not to be taken lightly, and it can be used for good or for bad.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • Bernard Mandeville Because Impudence is a Vice, it does not follow that Modesty is a Virtue; it is built upon Shame, a Passion in our Nature, and may be either Good or Bad according to the Actions perform'd from that Motive.
    The Fable of the Bees Remark C, p. 65
    Bernard Mandeville
    British writer and artist (1670 - 1733)
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  • Bud Grant Being cold for a short period of time is not life-threatening. You can perform a task when you're cold. We proved that when the Vikings played outside.
    Bud Grant
    American football coach and player (1927 - )
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler Boxing distills and illuminates the essence of an athlete. There's nowhere to hide. Boxers live and perform at the extremes. They provide us with answers about a given contest, but more important, they ask us fundamental questions about human narratives. What does this person really stand for? How far will he go to defend it?
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • Omar Bradley Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
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  • Busta Rhymes Brooklyn is where I primarily developed. I had an opportunity to make records and perform in clubs here and there, and I started networking with the right people in the right places.
    Busta Rhymes
    American rapper, musician, record producer and actor (1972 - )
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  • Arlen Specter But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to security.
    Arlen Specter
    American lawyer, author, and politician (1930 - 2012)
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  • Alfred N. Whitehead Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking.
    Alfred N. Whitehead
    English philosopher and mathematician (1861 - 1947)
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  • Aleister Crowley Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler. Physical ability and moral determination count for nothing. It is impossible to perform the simplest act when the gods say ''no.'' I have no idea how they bring pressure to bear on such occasions; I only know that it is irresistible.
    Aleister Crowley
    British occultist, writer, and mountaineer (1875 - 1947)
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  • William Ellery Channing Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.
    William Ellery Channing
    American Unitarian minister (1780 - 1842)
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  • Lionel Trilling Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which the accused carries on the prosecution, imposes judgment and executes the sentence: all to the end that someone else should not perform the same process.
    Lionel Trilling
    American Critic (1905 - 1975)
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  • Napoleon Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principals which direct them.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Friedrich von Schiller He who considers too much will perform little.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Mary Kay Ash Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
    Mary Kay Ash
    American businesswoman (1918 - 2001)
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