Stage Quotes

I think that the government of [Nicolas] Maduro has argued to stage a coup in Venezuela, that this is obviously a coup against the country's democratic institutions.

The stage is like a cage of light. People are no longer afraid of you - they are the ones out there in the dark, watching.

I don't like going on stage. Stages mean "nervous" for me.

When you find yourself on stage singing and you are embarrassed about what you are singing in front of your peers, then you have to think about your priorities.

I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.

I never really had stage nerves but I did have had trouble getting up to the right energy level. For a long time I drank. I drank up until 1982 and then I gave up alcohol.

I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become thoroughly settled in the technique of the stage and not of the screen.

What I learned as an actor was the only way you could really do August Wilson's work, you had to leave an ounce of your essence on that stage,... Otherwise it was impossible.

I keep falling off the edge of the stage because I can't see it. I can't see my wrinkles in the mirror either, though.

Hey, look at this guy Kenny G. with his thing, walking up and down the aisles of the concert hall and running off the stage and playing the same time. It's old hat!

Sean Chen has been an audience favorite from the early rounds. With his floppy hair and outstanding stage presence combined with an extraordinary technique and musicianship, this is little wonder.

I found that if I got up on the stage to entertain the troops I could make them shut up and look.

When you go on a stage - or even in a café or a room - and you play it's all happening right then and there: the exchange, the art, the communication. Performance is in the moment.

A flower is not better when it blooms than when it is merely a bud; at each stage it is the same thing — a flower in the process of expressing its potential.

We got nominated for a Grammy, that was really crazy, and I was sitting there and Stevie Wonder was on stage and I remember thinking "Wow, I really need to take [singing] more seriously!"

I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage.

I think that this stage in my life is really, for a lot of reasons, pretty incredible. Being a solo artist and trying to take these bold steps on my own.

It's hard to know at any stage whether a show is going to work or not. Every few years, a different trend comes along.

You can't cure your own cancer, obviously, especially if it's late stage.

If you don't own the stage, you shouldn't be in rock n' roll.

I really feel there's no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That's an empowering feeling - that we can bring a song to life.

There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off.

Groupon looked like a very high valuation, but any investment in a great company at any stage is almost always a good investment.

I've been really, really blessed. I got to perform on stage with Bob Dylan. I've gotten to sing with Mick Jagger.

The end of one stage is only the beginning of another. Any dangers overcome are the necessary preparation to do better in the next stage.

People say it's a movie about boxing, but... I don't agree at all. I don't think it's a movie about boxing. Boxing is like a platform. It's just a stage where this is played out.

Man lives on earth not once, but three times: the first stage of his life is his continual sleep; the second, sleeping and waking by turns; the third, waking forever.

To me, the stage is like my living room, or my home, and when you come over to my house, I have to be a hostess and invite you in so that we can have a great time.

There is a stage in any misery when the victim begins to find a deep satisfaction in it.

Life is rather like acting lessons while you are on stage giving a public performance!

Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music.

I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.

John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London.

I have never wanted to give up performing on stage, but one day the tours will be over.

And we know that once we have a majority that are dependent upon the government, we will lose our freedom; it says we go into bondage. That's the next stage.

I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage.

Do you take pride in your hurt? Does it make you seem large and tragic? ...Well, think about it. Maybe you're playing a part on a great stage with only yourself as audience.

If you're a comic, you don't have a rehearsal room, you rehearse on stage. My main concern is remembering everything.

That was very close to getting killed. Usually at pop festivals we have people jumping on stage.

A humankind abandoned in its earlier formative stage becomes its own greatest threat to survival.

At this stage I am not involved with young adults as closely as many other writers. My children are grown up and my grandchildren are still quite young.

On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.

They're all personal and self-created challenges that I think I've overcome within myself. Being confident enough to get on stage and play, things like that.

The society girl meets more dangers than the girl on the stage. There is more danger at a tango tea than in the theatre. The actor is less dangerous than the dancing master.

When I'm on stage, all is right with the world.

I don't enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don't enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.

I like working on stage because there's something very immediate about it, that interaction with an audience where you immediately hear their reaction, or feel them, whether they're with you.

Performing to me is the most vital, most important. It's my favorite part of all of it. I just want to be on stage.

Of all the races, there is no better stage for heroism than a marathon.

The difference between the student and the born composer is he really hears the thing, and they have to stage it and manipulate it by technical equipment.