We all want merit to mean something, and we all may be tempted to reduce that meaning to something measurable and concrete… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
I do not hesitate to say that the road to eminence and power, from an obscure condition, ought not to be made… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
All things and all people in life have to sink or swim on their own merits, not their reputation; that just as… — Vincent Bugliosi Copy Share Image
“Let’s just remember, Sullivan, that I want you for your smoked meats and your smoked meats only.” He barked out a laugh.… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
The world rewards the appearance of merit oftener than merit itself. — Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
... we must drive them [Jews] out like mad dogs, so that we do not become partakers of their abominable blasphemy and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Since there are a wide range of entrepreneurs fundraising at any given time, I looked at each opportunity as it has arisen… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
To be out of harmony with one's surroundings is of course a misfortune, but it is not always a misfortune to be… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Australia as a nation, as a set of cities and some regional centres, that project died a death and we didn't get… — Susan Oliver Copy Share Image
To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest… — Scott Walker Copy Share Image
Cloning may be good and it may be bad. Probably it's a bit of both. The question must not be greeted with… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Sorry, Bex," Jason said "You don't have the recognizable facial characteristics - such as a huge chin, or a large amount of… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
True merit does not depend on the times or on fashion. Those who have no other advantage than courtly manners lose it… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
There's merit in ministers being just open with the public about the inherent complexity and uncertainty of many of the decisions that… — David Lidington Copy Share Image
Through the dark days of legalized segregation and on into the civil rights era, jazz shone as a beacon for achieving interracial… — Randy Sandke Copy Share Image
I get asked about my weight endlessly. There is no story. It doesn't merit so much talk. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
“If Ambition be a Fault, ’tis only in those who have not a sufficient stock of Merit to support it ...” — Eliza Haywood Copy Share Image
Colin Powell speaks regularly to high-ranking U.S. officials, he knows a lot about what's going on in the government. And so he's… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
The art of putting into play mediocre qualities often begets more reputation than is achieved by true merit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The left controls the media, the institutions of higher learning and the government. They preach against business, disparate merit, decry free enterprise… — James Cook Copy Share Image
Our modern democratic ideal is based on the hope that inequalities will be based on merit more than inheritance or luck. — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
“There is in Jesus Christ more merit and righteousness than the whole world has need of.” — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
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