Quotes of: Merits Keyword

Since I have difficulty defining merit and what merit alone means - and in any context, whether it's judicial or otherwise - I accept that different experiences in and of itself, bring merit to the system.

Sonia Sotomayor

Merit and glory never adorn a nightcap.

Chinese

The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.

Francis Quarles

People actually get sponsors based on the merits of the Cup, not on the merits of the sailors.

John Sweeney

I had a dream about you. You were naked from the waist down, and you were lecturing me on the merits of pantslessness. I wasn’t naked, but you didn’t notice, because I was wearing the flesh of another man, whom I’d earlier killed and skinned.�...

The Merits of Marthaism, and How Being Named Susan Can Benefit You

Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit.

French

If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people.

Oriental

Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Kissimmee has the best name, other than Hugsburg and Fornicatesville.

The Merits of Marthaism, and How Being Named Susan Can Benefit You

I have a hangover and a headache. It’s called my conscience.

The Merits of Marthaism, and How Being Named Susan Can Benefit You

I have the sex drive of a parked car.

The Merits of Marthaism, and How Being Named Susan Can Benefit You

When you bring an idea that has no merit to me, and you ask me to comment on it, I'm going to tell you it has no merit.

Kevin O'Leary

I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered his judgment, wise or unwise, on the merits.

John Podesta

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

Charles Caleb Colton

The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities.

Jose Eduardo Dos Santos

Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear.

Traditional

Don’t alter my altar. I don’t believe you don’t believe. 

The Merits of Marthaism, and How Being Named Susan Can Benefit You

Erections are temporary, but child support is forever.

The Merits of Marthaism, and How Being Named Susan Can Benefit You

I’m learning sign language to be a better communicator and masturbator.

The Merits of Marthaism, and How Being Named Susan Can Benefit You

I have a chip on my shoulder. It's a nacho, not a sense of bitterness.

The Merits of Marthaism, and How Being Named Susan Can Benefit You

I rap. I also wrap. It’s a gift I have.

The Merits of Marthaism, and How Being Named Susan Can Benefit You