The fastest way to raise your level of performance: Cut your number of commitments in half.

Optimists solve problems when they arise. Pessimists invent problems before they start.

I suggest that going to Mars means permanence on the planet – a mission by which we are building up a confidence level to become a two-planet species.

I don’t think success has changed us as people at all. We are the same lunatics that we were when this band first got going. We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.

There are so many steps you have to go through to reach a high level, so you’re kind of building your own, I would say, mountain. You have to go piece by piece by piece. When you’re young and really ambitious, you want to jump right up. It kind of teaches you a lesson, I...

My involvement in fashion is not at the highest artistic level.

Behaviour arises from the level of one’s consciousness.

The level of detail and craft is something that’s inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.

I’m a storyteller. I feel like the issue of discourse is an important one because there’s a lot of political and ideological discourse that goes around, and we relate to that on an intellectual level.

There’s an incredible comfort level that I have on film sets because it’s where I’ve grown up.

I know I can’t do everything myself. So I know I specialize in my melodies and I do some of my demo work. I pass it on to my producers who are much better at the production level.

The life expectancy of people going to Mars may be decreased by the higher level of radiation that they receive.

At one level, SXSW exemplifies serendipity, because whenever I come, I get these unexpected meetings with people I never knew existed, and you couldn’t have planned it. But by making the choice to come to SXSW, I’m increasing the probability of those encounters.

Since my residence at Tippecanoe, we have endeavored to level all distinctions, to destroy village chiefs, by whom all mischiefs are done. It is they who sell the land to the Americans.

No matter how potent your talents are, they remain to be out of use until you take time to develop them to their optimum level. This calls for preparation. Through preparation, personal branding, consistent exposure and productive connections, you set up a condition for your dreams to flourish and bear fruits!

The real ultimate extreme level of a moment of time is nothing.

Every acting gig isn’t the same, every writing job isn’t the same, every live performance isn’t the same – the challenge is the level of difficulty or ease, and that may vary.

I believe Twitter, right now, is just finishing the venture capital phase, getting into a maturity level.

I only realised why I keep living in Shepperton when I returned to China. All the people who moved there had come from places just like Shepperton, and so they built and lived in houses exactly like these. I now know I was drawn here because, on an unconscious level, Shepperton reminds me of Shanghai.

I still feel like I can play defense at first base at a very high level.

The things that people do now in sports, you can’t even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.

Part of me always longed to do just one more film and see what Luke would be like now that he’s on the level of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the student having become the master. But it was not meant to be.

To go to the next level, you have to be special, and I look for those special qualities in those players, those qualities that I think will translate to the NFL.

You have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can’t get into rap.

An ultimate extreme level of a moment is the black hole of time.

I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don’t go.

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

In a global arena, what our businessmen need in order to be competitive is transparency and a level playing-field.

I’ve learned the hard way at the national level that any erroneous statement will very quickly be magnified. So, as someone who talks for a living, I’ve learned to check, double-check and triple-check my sources.

The highest level of mastery is simplicity. Most information is irrelevant and most effort is wasted, but only the expert knows what to ignore.

If people choose to engage on a one-dimensional level that’s fine. But going beyond the surface can enrich ourselves as human beings.

The fact that the games were so close was a tribute to the level of skill in the World Cup.

The prosperity of a person is directly proportional to the level of his giving.

Elevate your thinking and you’ll levitate to greater levels

I did an A Level in Theatre Studies and had a really inspirational teacher, and then I just went on to university.

Business schools need to address students on a human being level, not as cogs in the machine to supply fresh talent to big companies.

A racing tipster who only reached Hitler’s level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.

If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being.

Being Muslim has become synonymous with pointed questions, with tension and mistrust, even with conflict. It has become a global phenomenon with profound consequences for inter-communal relations, political rhetoric and policies at the local, regional, national and international level.

Martin guitars have now brought out, you know, on a more traditional level, the Stephen Stills’ model of Martin guitars. It’s beautiful. I just went inside. I bought one immediately.

I really practiced hard and got to a certain level of technical proficiency. I overcame some of my limitations. I was a hard-working, dedicated bassoonist, but I have to say I’m not a natural musician.

The level of our submission to God will determine our success and prosperity.

Move what you can do at level one when you get to level one. When you get to level two, you need a bigger power to move it!

Don’t shrink your standards, link yourself with those who think and ink like you.

I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to be an actor. It has just always been an inevitability on some level.

I put myself on the same level as everyone else around me – from the directrice to the workman, everyone. Except my pets – they are the Kings; you must treat them like royalty.

Each and every decision you make, regardless of its level of intensity, is vitally important as you seek to do God’s will.

My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that’s my comfort level.

You’d need a very specialized electron microscope to get down to the level to actually see a single strand of DNA.

I think the word ‘earnest’ kind of has a negative connotation on some level. I think one of the things that’s happened is that being cynical is somehow conflated with being sophisticated. I think that’s problematic, to say the least.