For me upward social mobility is possible through talent and hard work and is a glowing endorsement of the benefits of living… — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
We believe that there is no greater power in the world than the force of a great idea. We believe that people… — John A. Byrne Copy Share Image
A lot of people think big business in America is a bad thing. I think it's a really good thing. Most people… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
“Sonnet 1306 Doctors are not official representatives, Yet they do their job quite efficiently. Teachers are not official representatives, Yet they do… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
You're on stage and because stand-up comedy is one of the few meritocracies in the entertainment industry, there's some kind of -… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“The first commendment of hte post 1970s meritocracy can be sumed up as follows: "Thou shall provide equality of opportunity to all,… — Christopher Hayes Copy Share Image
I recognize that Hollywood is not about seniority. Often it's not even a meritocracy. It's about what you did yesterday. You have… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
One of the best things about being an actor is that it's a meritocracy. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Radical transparency is critical to having an idea meritocracy because it shows what's actually happening without spin and prevents people from maneuvering… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Enforcing equality to compensate for the monstrous unfairness of nature destroys liberty. But total liberty leads to various forms of "aristocracy" and… — Peter J. Carroll Copy Share Image
The military is a meritocracy. It's an up or out. It's shaped like a pyramid. — Tanya Biank Copy Share Image
A meritocracy is a system in which the people who are the luckiest in their health and genetic endowment; luckiest in terms… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Once you experience being loved when you are unworthy, being forgiven when you did something wrong, that moves you into non-dual thinking.… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“All the professions that actually require some tangible skillsets and expertise, don't rely on the jungle whim of democracy. Yet the most… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
In order to get past disagreements, you just can't have one person with power decide. In other words, so just because I'm… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
You have the Republican Party, who see themselves in their heart of hearts as being a party of colorblind meritocracy. That's their… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
“Meritocracy is a social arrangement like any other: it is a loose set of rules that can be adapted in order to… — Shamus Rahman Khan Copy Share Image
“At its most basic, the logic of 'meritocracy' is ironclad: putting the most qualified, best equipped people into the positions of greates… — Christopher Hayes Copy Share Image
I think you are looking at sexuality and not attributes, and I think it's odd because the conservative mantra is a meritocracy.… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
And look, we have young people in this country who are thirty years old living with their parents. We have young people… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“Narratives of racial exceptionality obscure the reality of ongoing institutional white control while reinforcing ideologies of individualism and meritocracy. They also do… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
An egalitarian educational system is necessarily opposed to meritocracy and reward for achievement. It is inevitably opposed to procedures that might reveal… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
For me white privilege has turned out to be an elusive and fugitive subject. The pressure to avoid it is great, for… — Peggy McIntosh Copy Share Image
