Comedy is a meritocracy. If you are funny, you are there. If you are not, you are out. — Kevin Feige Copy Share Image
The world is not a meritocracy, as much as we may like to pretend that it is. And we have a long… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
If you have to be a female in business, Silicon Valley is the best place because it's a meritocracy. It's not about… — Heidi Roizen Copy Share Image
I've been lucky. I've been at a place that's a meritocracy. It doesn't really matter that much what your gender is if… — Mildred Dresselhaus Copy Share Image
We don't have to sit by and watch our meritocracy be replaced by a permanent aristocracy, and our democracy be undermined by… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Politics is a pure meritocracy. That's why Gordon Brown's cabinet had two brothers and a married couple in it. They just happened… — Victoria Coren Mitchell Copy Share Image
You can't have a competitive, egalitarian meritocracy if only some of your citizens have the opportunity for a good education. — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
One of our main objectives is to restore meritocracy within research and academia, where cronyism is also widespread. We also want to… — Beppe Grillo Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy in the end, unlike the rest of the entertainment industry, is a meritocracy. There's a certain level of undeniability you… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“They should live all together on an equal footing; merit to be their only road to eminence, and the disgrace of evil,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
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
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Keeping people in jobs they are not suited for is terrible for them because it allows them to live in a false… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Any attempt to redress the inequities and injustices that plague our society has to start with the reality that we will never… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
One of the great joys of launching your idea on the web is that it's a meritocracy. The good stuff will rise… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
Comedians have varying levels of training. It can range from classically trained actors (like Robin Williams) to people who took comedy classes… — Ted Alexandro 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
“We simply cannot engage with either the ills or promises of society if we continue to turn a blind eye to the… — Angel Kyodo Williams Copy Share Image
I think the twenty-first century happened, basically. That this century started on 9/11. And basically, it's been a century of counter reaction… — David Brooks 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
“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
“A community in which you always have the right and obligation to make sense of things and a process for working yourselves… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“The basic move of liberalism is to replace the social centre (normal people) with the margin (foreigners, minorities, deviants) forever. The stack… — Mike Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Here, dear reader, you must summon patient compassion. Try to imagine the hardships of a military officer triply burdened by close relationships… — Chris Bray Copy Share Image
“The key to entering into the Divine Exchange is never our worthiness but always God’s graciousness. Any attempt to measure or increase… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“The web is a meritocracy, where passion and persistence are what place us in positions of influence.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This argument has been codified in the twentieth century as meritocracy, in which those on top in the process of capitalist accumulation… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
In a meritocracy, actors who act well get good roles. They don't get to be journalists, too - a job that, in… — George Packer Copy Share Image
But the truth is the meritocracy is a lie. Those born into wealth and privilege will always be able to game the… — Krystal Ball Copy Share Image
Let's remember what truly unites us. It's a common belief in a better economic future. A belief in a meritocracy. — Trish Regan Copy Share Image
As one of the grammar-school generation, I grew up as part of a postwar meritocracy that steadily infiltrated the citadels of power. — Andrew Neil Copy Share Image
Tennis is very much a meritocracy. There's no favoritism, there's no politics. You either win or lose based on how you perform… — Andy Jassy Copy Share Image
America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure. — Toby Young Copy Share Image
Meritocracy is a good thing. Whenever possibly, people should be judged based on their work and results, not superficial qualities. — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
