Experience Quote by Martha Nussbaum Download Open image “In my experience and observation, senior appointments are rarely based entirely on merit.” — Martha Nussbaum ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Experience Merit Observation Senior
Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The age of national leaders, or candidates for high office, has never been automatically regarded as an issue for concern. — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Statesmen and beauties are very rarely sensible of the gradations of their decay. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
American universities have never considered academic merit the sole criterion for admittance. — Michael J. Knowles Copy Share Image
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
In elementary and high school, I never considered acting as a profession. — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
Experience and enthusiasm are two fine business attributes seldom found in one individual. — William Feather Copy Share Image
Primary care must never be seen simply as a set of organisational structures. — John Hutton Copy Share Image
I worked among many famous philosophers, and I tried to observe how they treated students. I knew which ones I wanted to be like,… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
All of us, whether we are ignorant of philosophy or professors of philosophy, find it easier to follow dogma than to think. — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
I think Americans did learn that you just are not going to be able to live well if you subordinate people on the grounds… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
I wish a person with a record of competence such as Nitish Kumar would get a chance to lead India. — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
When I was four I joined a group of girls who were talking about their party dresses. I thought they were imagining, so I… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
There were several men who had blazed the trail for talking about emotions in philosophy; otherwise my work would have had even more opposition… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
Emotions aren't just mindless urges; they contain thoughts about matters of importance. — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
If you've been betrayed by a spouse or a partner, it's much easier to focus on causing that person pain than it is to… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
People - and I think this is particularly true of Americans - don't like to be passive. They like to seize control. — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
Fear and monarchy pair nicely. But democracy means you have to work with people you may not like but you must still believe are… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
You have to connect your work to what people are doing. A good way is to construct a bridge between theory and practice -… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
The Derby experience had not been good for me and the way it finished left a very bad taste in my mouth so I… — Nigel Pearson Copy Share Image
Well, I've been politically involved for a really long time. Growing up in the segregated South, it was a very painful experience for me… — Cybill Shepherd Copy Share Image
My favorite job is the next one. Its such a gratifying experience getting to creatively keep trying something new and push things in a… — Roger Craig Smith Copy Share Image
I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Iranians hate Arabs. They're a fairly well-educated population and they have centuries of experience with self-government. — Michael Ledeen Copy Share Image
Education is a lifelong experience. Experience is a lifelong education. Education plus experience equals expertise. — Michael Bugeja Copy Share Image
It definitely helps to have the acting experience going into singing, because when you're singing, you have to portray the emotion you were feeling… — Ryan Newman Copy Share Image
I have no physical genius about me. I can't dribble a ball and run at the same time, I can't do lay-ups - I'm… — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image
I worked a lot in Chicago's theater scene as a fight choreographer. And so I do have a lot of experience in stage combat… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
There comes a time in the UFC when you've had enough fights, you have enough experience that you're confident in your abilities and you… — Dan Hooker Copy Share Image