Quotes About Star Performers

#1. Star performers are my favorite to manage and lead. Star performers are critical to any organization, and the key is how can you capture their heart-share and their mind-share when they're on this fast track.

John Stumpf

#2. I think that's the most important job of a novelist - to bring authority to their writing.

Maria Semple

#3. They're all the same
the cop, the criminal, the defense, the prosecutor
they all share a fundamental belief in the malleability of truth

Louise Erdrich

#4. It's a despicable thing to share your personal inner torment for money.

Frank Zappa

#5. The power to change comes from within and they have to want to change. Instead, be a role model and encourage by example.

Sharon Law Tucker

#6. I must remember to be troublesome now and again, else you are going to be impossible to live with. And by what magic did you find the gown and the horse?"
"Scottish fairy magic." His grin widened.
"Do you mean that fairies are real in Scotland?

Shelly Thacker

#7. The whole point of animation to me is to tell a story, make a joke, express an idea. The technique itself doesn't really matter. Whatever works is the thing to use.

Terry Gilliam

#8. After the clouds, the sunshine; after the winter, the spring; after the shower, the rainbow; for life is a changeable thing. After the night, the morning, bidding all darkness cease, after life's cares and sorrows, the comfort and sweetness of peace.

Helen Steiner Rice

#9. After all, you put a lot into creating a universe and everything that goes with it, and it seems a shame to use it only once.

Terry Brooks

#10. I always tend to think, even in residential projects, about what a space is being asked to do - where is it located, what are the circumstances, where can I attack the problem, so to speak. How can you create a narrative for people moving through it? How can you convey its character?

Annabelle Selldorf

#11. Tumbling to the ground. "Didja ... didja hafta open it so ... so fast?" he mumbled.

Julia Quinn

#12. The success of Prozac says that today's high-tech capitalism values a very different temperament. Confidence, flexibility, quickness, and energy - the positive aspects of hyperthymia - are at a premium.

Peter D. Kramer