“No major institution in the US has so poor a record of performance over so long a period as the Federal Reserve, yet so high a public reputation.” LongPoorRecordsPeriodsMajorsPerformancesInstitutionsReputationReservesFederal Reserve Author:Milton Friedman
“After careful consideration, we have decided that for our next fiscal year, we'll issue guidance on comparable store used unit sales and on earnings per share only for the full fiscal year. We will no longer issue quarterly guidance. This decision reflects our continuing focus on longer-term store, sales, and earnings growth and on return on invested capital, and our recognition that the performance in shorter-term periods can be more volatile than over the longer term. As we report our quarterly results, we plan to comment on how our performance is tracking against our annual guidance.” YearsUsedNextGrowthTermDecisionResultsIssuesFocusPlansShareReturnPeriodsDecidedPerformancesCarefulStoresRecognitionGuidanceReportsConsiderationCommentContinuingUnitsEarningAnnualsTracking Author:Austin Ligon
“I'd gone through periods where I didn't work live performances for probably seven or eight months at a time.” GoneMonthsPeriodsPerformancesSevenEightLive Performance Author:Johnny Ramistella
“Working in television it's really great to be able to stick with a character for a long period of time. It's not like you have one shot, and that's it. You have more time, more room, an ability to reflect on your performance and the character and how much has really been shown, and what you'd like to see. It's nice. You have more breathing room.” LongCharacterAbleAbilityRoomsNiceTelevisionLike YouPeriodsShotsPerformancesSticksBreathingMore TimeReally GreatLong Periods Of Time Author:Christina Ricci
“Everybody reacts differently. For me defeat lingers around for different time periods. I can dwell on some for five minutes or sometimes I can still be thinking about it a week later. It all comes down to experience. You need to reflect on your mistakes and move on. Luckily you always get the opportunity to turn things around in your next performance.” ThinkingNeedsStillsI CanDifferentSometimesMovingTurnsNextOpportunityMistakeFiveWeekMinutesPeriodsPerformancesDefeatFive MinutesDifferent TimesTime Periods Author:Filo Tiatia
“Period films to me are very often alienating to the audience. There's very often a formality. A staunchy quality to them that comes from the misenscene. It also comes from the performances of the actors, because they're acting Victorian which really means that they're just acting the way they've seen previous actors act Victorian.” WayMeanFilmActorsActingQualityAudiencePeriodsPerformancesReally MeanVictorianFormality Author:Christopher Nolan
“Oh, there's no such thing as my favorite performance. I can't sit here today and look back, and say, Top Hat was better than Easter Parade or any of the others. I just don't look back, period. When I finish with a project, I say 'all right, that's that. What's next?'” LooksI CanTodayNextPeriodsProjectsPerformancesMy FavoriteHatsEasterParadesTop Hats Author:Fred Astaire
“There are some pretty obvious ways of benchmarking creativity. One way is to perform what I call a creativity audit, which is to look at your capabilities and look at your performance and examine the percentage of revenue that comes from products that are less than five years old, less than three years old and that are current with the present accounting period. You can then compare those figures to those of your competition along the same axes.” WayYearsLooksThreeCreativityFiveFiguresProductsPeriodsPerformancesCompetitionCurrentsObviousOne WayCompareFive YearsThree YearsCapabilityRevenuePercentagesAccountingFive Year OldsAxesThree Year Olds Author:John Kao