I'm sure I was a great disappointment to many women because I wasn't Errol Flynn. But I'm me. I think that's got… — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
The merit of those who fill a space in the world's history, who are borne forward, as it were, by the weight… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Legal immigration is good for America, if it's controlled and structured via the legal process, of course. But the problem is the… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
One single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
And just as there are no crimes so detestable that they can prevent the gift of grace, so too there can be… — Prosper of Aquitaine Copy Share Image
“Luc is busy protecting our vampires.” “Luc is your bodyguard. He swore an oath to protect you.” An irritated shake of his… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid. — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
All men agree that a just distribution must be according to merit in some sense; they do not all specify the same… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I've never compromised who I am not ever. If I've gotten anywhere in my life it's been on my own merits. — Cher Copy Share Image
It is no slight testimonial, both to the merit and worth of Christianity, that in all ages since its promulgation the great… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
A good taste in art feels the presence or the absence of merit; a just taste discriminates the degree--the poco piu and… — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
In the wine world, crusaders would have wine consumers believe that the only wines of merit are something completely indefinable but which… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
It takes a tremendous amount of merit to meet with the dharma - especially if you have an interest in it. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Manchester United have risen to the pinnacle of the English game at a time when the rewards are so high - thanks… — Phil Cornwell 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
“PAPER TOWERS The library was on the second floor of the House, not far from my room. It had two floors—the first… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
Object to merit and distinction, and you're setting your face against quality, independence, originality, genius against all the richness and variety of… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Fashion is not a real element of beauty in external objects; and to persons who possess a good endowment of Form, Constructiveness… — George Combe Copy Share Image
If you want the best results in an organization, you must rely solely on merit. — James Cook Copy Share Image
The process could be likened to relaxing on a riverbank and watching a fish leap out of the water, sparkle for a… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
In fact, anyone who merits attention and who promotes any cause at all is doing so on the basis of a belief… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such; it is an accident, not a… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Though why should we expect age to mellow us? If it isn't life's business to reward merit, why should it be life's… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image