Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“A woman of merit and worth need not knock off another's crown to feel highness.” — Sai Marie Johnson Copy Share Image
It is not a merit to tolerate, but rather a crime to be intolerant. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
From the point of view of the relative world, merit is very important. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
If it is impossible to judge merit and guilt in the field of natural science, then it is not possible in any… — Justus von Liebig Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but they're not sufficient because markets don't look… — George Soros Copy Share Image
All the films that I have signed or I intend to sign are purely on the basis of merit of what the… — Prithviraj Sukumaran Copy Share Image
This is the merit and distinction of art: to be more real than reality, to be not nature but nature's essence. — William Ernest Henley Copy Share Image
I think there's always merit in getting out of our ideological silos and being exposed to points of view with which we… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
We are saved by grace, through faith in Christ alone! And since there is no room for human merit there can be… — Steve Camp Copy Share Image
Lawyers with a weakness for seeing the merits of the other side end up being employed by neither. — Richard Barnet Copy Share Image
Use every man according to his desert and who should 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honor and dignity, the less… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I'm not going to get in to an argument with anyone about the relative merits of Judaism and Christianity, and what it… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
He that writes may be considered as a kind of general challenger, whom every one has a right to attack; since he… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There's some way in which we would prefer not to see very clearly the immense gifts and intelligence of some of the… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
The heart of a virtuous person has settled down and he does not rush about at things. A person of little merit… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
The worst class of sum worked in the every-day world is cyphered by the diseased arithmeticians who are always in the rule… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
My message to students is that if you want to become an entrepreneur and save the world, definitely don't skip college. But… — Vivek Wadhwa Copy Share Image
Many a man has a kind of a kaleidoscope, where the bits of broken glass are his own merits and fortunes; and… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
And the issue is never the merits of the evidence but always the jealous rivalry of the contestants to see which would… — Hugh Nibley Copy Share Image
O Jesus! Remember the sadness that Thou didst experience when, contemplating in the light of Thy divinity the predestination of those who… — Brigit of Kildare Copy Share Image
It is certain that success naturally confirms in us a favourable opinion of our own abilities. Scarce any man is willing to… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
But the mark of American merit in painting, in sculpture, in poetry, in fiction, in eloquence, seems to be a certain grace… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When we are mired in the relative world, never lifting our gaze to the mystery, our life is stunted, incomplete; we are… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
“I wanted what most people wanted—love, companionship. I wanted someone to touch. I wanted someone to touch me back. I wanted someone… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
Once infected, the individual [infected with a god virus] cannot detect major contradictions in his beliefs and behavior. Belief systems become self-evident… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
That the question of likability even exists in literary conversations is odd. It implies that we are engaging in a courtship. When… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Our sense of "open" is that the authority to make decisions about that gets distributed based on merit and understanding and participation… — Mitchell Baker Copy Share Image
“Aw, sad face. I came up with that totally off the cuff. No props for off the cuff?” — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
The greatest virtue that one should try to cultivate is the habit of self-reliance. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
I don't have an inflated opinion of how much artistic merit the poems I do have. — Tim Key Copy Share Image
“what is sought by means of free choice is to make room for merits.” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Promotions create awareness, but if there is no merit to the film, what will promotions do anyway? — Tabu Copy Share Image
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is,… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
![“Once infected, the individual [infected with a god virus] cannot detect major contradictions in his beliefs and behavior. Belief systems become self-evident to him, and no amount of logical discourse will move him from his belief. If a Mormon and Catholic were to debate the merits of their…” quote by Darrel Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6f5/darrel-ray-22623_amount_once-infected-the-individual-infected-wi_2321585.jpg)
