quotes about Meritocracy

“When you are 20 years old, you are immature.”

“Why? I mean, why you? I can perfectly comprehend not liking my husband. I dislike him intensely most of the time.” Professor Lyall stifled a chuckle. “I am given to understand that he does not approve of spelling one’ s name with two ll’s. He finds it inexcusably Welsh. I suspect he may be quite taken with you, however.”

“I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed”

“Everybody expects that their vote's going to count.”

Source : "Lou Dobbs Tonight", edition.cnn.com. August 16, 2006.

“Love is the most subtle form of self-interest.”

“The most important thing is, how can I move forward towards something that I can't articulate, that is new in storytelling with moving images and sound?”

“Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident - in the most audacious way - in His Fatherly goodness.”

“I always wondered if I was supposed to be excellent at something or not. I think, because of that, I have a lot of insecurities about myself.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Human beings do not wish to be modest; they want to be as expressive - that is, as immodest - as fear allows; fashion helps them solve that paradoxical problem.”

“Others may be able to accept standards from another, but an artist is a person who decides.”