"It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance."

-- Harold Geneen

#Wisdom Quotes #Difficult Quotes #Performances Quotes

“This, however, seems to be certain: the ichor, that is, the material I have mentioned that finally becomes red, exists before the heart begins to beat, but the heart exists and even beats before the blood reddens.”
“I live in the East Village, and occasionally people will recognize me there. When I'm in Williamsburg, I always get recognized. Midtown, not so much.”

Source : "Book of Mormon's Andrew Rannells on Slapping, Stripping & His New TV Show". Interview with Nojan Aminosharei, www.elle.com. June 15, 2012.
“I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife.”
“I've been on enough sports teams in my life to have experienced the magic of what can happen when a group of people care for and love each other.”

Source : "Inspiring a Mindful Nation". Interview with Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D., www.huffingtonpost.com. May 29, 2012.
“During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late.”
“Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics - a rational ethics - as a precondition of rebirth.”
“Flirtation is a circulating library, in which we seldom ask twice for the same volume.”

Source : Nathaniel Parker Willis (1845). “Dashes at Life with a Free Pencil”, p.151
“I took all my wax studies and threw them in the fire that's the way it is when something unpleasant happens to me. I take my hammer and I squash a figure.”

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