Meritocracy Quotes

18 quotes by 14 authors

An egalitarian educational system is necessarily opposed to meritocracy and reward for achievement. It is inevitably opposed to procedures that might reveal differing levels of… — Robert Bork
Chess is a meritocracy. — Lawrence Day
What is different in capitalist civilization has been two things. First, the process of meritocracy has been proclaimed as an official virtue instead of being… — Immanuel Wallerstein
Scientific culture created a framework within which individual mobility was possible without threatening hierarchical work-force allocation. On the contrary, meritocracy reinforced hierarchy. Finally, meritocracy as… — Immanuel Wallerstein
This argument has been codified in the twentieth century as meritocracy, in which those on top in the process of capitalist accumulation have merited their… — Immanuel Wallerstein
We believe that there is no greater power in the world than the force of a great idea. We believe that people are the lifeblood… — John A. Byrne
America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure. — Toby Young
I loved working on Wall Street. I loved the meritocracy of it and the camaraderie of the trading floor. — Chelsea Clinton
All companies can benefit from fostering a more flexible environment (creating a place where the most talented, industrious, and entrepreneurial people want to work) and… — Maynard Webb
The unions are the worst thing that ever happened to education because it's not a meritocracy. It turns into a bureaucracy, which is exactly what… — Steve Jobs
You know, I believe that technology is the great leveler. Technology permits anybody to play. And in some ways, I think technology - it's not… — Carly Fiorina
Meritocracy is a good thing. Whenever possibly, people should be judged based on their work and results, not superficial qualities. — Eric Ries
A lot of people think big business in America is a bad thing. I think it's a really good thing. Most people in business are… — Steve Jobs
Generally speaking, companies get into bankruptcy as a kind of meritocracy. Somebody made some sort of big mistake, to get into bankruptcy, and very often,… — Wilbur Ross
If Anonymous and Lulzsec are the id of hacking, then physical hackerspaces are the heart of the higher-minded hacking ideals: freedom of information, meritocracy of… — Heather Brooke
America is a meritocracy. — P.J. O'Rourke
The modern world is a meritocracy where you earn your own luck, old school ties count for nothing, and inherited privilege can even lose a… — Kate Reardon
When it comes to meritocracy and diversity, the symbolic is real. And that means that simple actions that reduce bias, such as blind resume or… — Eric Ries

Who Wrote These Meritocracy Quotes

14 authors contributed a total of 18 Meritocracy Quotes as follows: