Meritocracy Quotes
Meritocracy Quote of the day
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
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 achievement.
We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained.
The world is not a meritocracy, as much as we may like to pretend that it is. And we have a long way to go before we really reward people based on their own merit.
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 ethical, hard-working, good people. And it's a meritocracy.
Meritocracy is a good thing. Whenever possibly, people should be judged based on their work and results, not superficial qualities.
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 position.
I loved working on Wall Street. I loved the meritocracy of it and the camaraderie of the trading floor.
Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings.
Meritocracy has nothing to do with who gets in. It's more who you are and where you come from and where you are employed.
America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure.
The thing about TV is it's a meritocracy. I love that aspect of it - and I've had shows that have gone on the air and been canceled. I've seen the good and the bad of it.
Stand-up comedy in the end, unlike the rest of the entertainment industry, is a meritocracy. There's a certain level of undeniability you can work toward.
If someone's deeds lower his position, his pedigree cannot elevate it.
Socialism is not a meritocracy. By definition it places increasingly confining restraints on those that succeed the most.
Where the establishment emphasized humility, prudence, lineage, meritocracy celebrates ambition, achievement, brains&self-betterment
The average Harvard freshman in 1952 would have placed in the bottom 10 percent of the incoming class by 1960.
People always knock what's new but I love the modern Internet, where cleverness is currency. Social media is a cleverness meritocracy. We're living in it.
With a blade at your throat, a well-connected uncle or a wealthy mother could not save you. Only you could save yourself.