How does a person perform nobly in Hell?” I asked her.”You plant flowers,” she hissed. “You feed the birds, while they’re burning…

Performance has returned into the normal spectrum and we’re comfortable where we sit right now.

While we are disappointed that the Axel Springer transaction was not approved, we remain extremely pleased with ProSiebenSat.1’s performance and with our investment. We will be reviewing all of our options going forward.

Ernie is as tough as can be, and I think his performance in the last two majors left him highly motivated. I wouldn’t be surprised if he won at St. Andrews.

Hopefully it’s a wake-up call. It was just a horrible performance, absolutely horrible. Inexcusable.

Investors are smart, and over the long haul, performance is what drives anybody’s stock price, GE’s included, and so I truly believe that.

He is creating a situation that doesn’t exist. Maybe he should request that the league release results of officials’ performance evaluations so fans, players and owners can see how wonderful a job they actually do....

These vehicles are among the cream of the crop for mid-sized cars in terms of safety performance.

When our hopes for performance are not completely met, realistic optimism involves accepting what cannot now be changed, rather than condemning or second-guessing ourselves. Focusing on the successful aspects of performance (even when the success...

Operators are looking for reliability and performance at the access layer that is comparable to what they enjoy at the edge and core, but without added cost. Compact and affordable MPLS / VPLS access solutions...

These are attractive levels to get back into the market, and we are anticipating a good performance ahead of us. We plan to gradually accumulate Treasury positions.

One American in seven has no coverage, and one in three younger than sixty-five will lose coverage at some point in the next two years. These are people who aren’t poor or old enough to...

Even at these levels, our financial performance fits within the envelope that is out there.

He has had a tremendous impact on the squad. The fact his own performance was so exceptional during the November Tests means he is coping well with the extra responsibility.

We were real pleased with his performance.

This is just the first step on a long path. One good performance will not win anything.

We made changes to enhance the performance of the service online, and we introduced a technical glitch that in very, very, very limited cases was causing client files to be mixed with others,

Sex in the twenties is like a helicopter raring to take off vertically, but twenty years later, it is like a vintage plane roaring and racing to a reluctant take off!

Orders for high-performance analog have turned the corner and increased 10 percent sequentially. As things stand now, it appears that third quarter will mark the bottom for orders, and the floor for revenue should be...

I’m extremely happy with my performance,

The people who say poverty is no excuse for low performance are now using teacher accountability as an excuse for doing nothing about poverty.

It’s such a complex little show. Watching the second season, the writing deepened, the performance deepened, our interactions deepened. It was fun to get another whack at it, and we all know what we’re doing...

I think 2 1/2 years of evaluating and watching practice every day and watching Ricky’s performance on and off the court and in the locker room and everything else, we felt it was better to...

When we talk about my gender as though it were a performance, we let the audience – with all their expectations, prejudices, and presumptions – completely off the hook. – Scott Turner Schofield

Love is 100% percent practical, oral performance is an ultimate turn-off, whether you like it or not.

Our results in the quarter reflect solid performance in many markets, but we are experiencing challenging conditions in several key countries, including Germany, Mexico and the Philippines,

The blazing speed of our Intel-based Macs provides a significant performance boost to all Universal applications running natively. We’re thrilled that Toon Boom Animation is creating powerful Universal versions of their award-winning animation products.

Nobody ever washes a rental car.

We are certainly disappointed in our performance. But, I’m glad that it happened now rather than in a playoff game.

Poor performance hasn’t tarnished the funds’ image. It’s still the right acquisition for the right buyer.

As the manager sits before a performance, as the critics wait like hungry dogs to rip apart the performance, they all become entwined in the theatrics of it all.

He has not done a good job if you look at the stock performance and the economic performance of the company.

The precious metals markets have all the ingredients necessary to repeat the performance they were once famous for.

I am pleased with our overall performance. Our guys did a good job tonight.

We can be really pleased with our second-half performance, and that we were able to make adjustments and shut them down on defense. At the same time, if we’re going to beat top level teams...

It’s a combination of poor selection and poor performance.

Just as in the physical world, people within virtual worlds perform and cycle through different roles and identities. Virtual worlds make such shifts explicit, as well as introducing spaces for play and performance.

We know we have to improve significantly on the Kettering performance. But hopefully that was a one off. It’ll be tough up there but by no means impossible.

To perform you need practice, to practice you need passion.

I think this week’s performance has been very indicative of a bottom. The market made a lot of sense this week, since the Fed really helped to ensure the positive psychology that is needed to...

I’m very surprised about his performance. He has done a very good job.

We …”Is Jack Coombs at a loss for words? I guess we don’t have to worry about the performance since the world is clearly going to end.

Every CEO wants above-average pay. Obviously, their performance cannot all be above average.

This was a really good performance for us. This is one of the best tournaments of the season as far as small schools in the Midwest go, so I was pleased that we did so...

I excuse myself as it wasn’t the most beautiful performance. But I worked for 12 years for this moment. The most important thing is I won the decision and the championship.

If I was a supporter, I would be disgusted with that performance. I know that I am, as a manager. We showed no moral courage whatsoever.

We’re announcing products that put us literally years ahead of our nearest competitors in terms of performance,

If you’re going to do something, strive to do it better than anyone else. Do it all the way. If you’re going to half-ass it, why bother?

We are very disappointed in our performance this quarter as we continued to feel the effects of record-high fuel prices and a tough revenue environment, compounded by the impact of Hurricane Wilma and the residual...

In an environment where there is a shared vision of excellence, where people can be the best they can be on a daily basis, where they know what is expected of them, understand that reward...