Merit Quotations | Page 3

The scientist-community guy may get a $500,000 grant, and if his equipment works or doesn't work, he still gets a gold star for doing the science experiment. For me, there is no merit in anything for doing an experiment; I have to go home with pictures.

I've worked so hard for this win. I'm now leading the 2006 order of merit ... plus I've got some Ryder Cup points, which we're all after, so I couldn't be happier.

I've seen them myself, and I think there's no merit to what you're trying to write a story about, ... It's all part of a systematic effort that the L.A. Times has undertaken to write stories about the Getty.

Scientific images are very artistic, and we wanted to present the artistic merit of science.

African leaders must put all possible pressure on the Sudanese government to stop impeding the effective operation of AMIS. The Sudanese government's continued attacks on civilians merit a tougher response from the African Union.

Colin has always been a world class player and I can't say I'm surprised by what he's done. Obviously, Colin has dug in and got it going again, which is great. But the Order of Merit race isn't over yet by any means - there's still a long way to go.

A person who shakes a leg to 'Zor ka jhatka' at a disc doesn't care about its picturization in the film. He enjoys and downloads it because of the merit of the song.

A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest.

As long as our players focus, I feel that we ought to be competitive come tournament time. In addition, I feel that our record could very well merit us a berth in the Virginia State Independent Schools Playoffs. If so, it would be the first time that we qualified for the VIS.

as part of a bipartisan, broad-based effort. Obviously, it's clear that the attorney general is not interested in seriously participating in an effort to improve the merit system.

This is not a done deal, we are examining some parts of the order that may merit rehearing, ... We are encouraged by FERC's decision, but we are looking at some of the limitations in the order.

This clever tactical repackaging of creationism does not merit consideration. Intelligent design admits that it is not science unless science is redefined to include the supernatural.

This begins the weakening of the merit system.

They're trying to cut in line and not go through the normal steps to merit wearing the cloak of science. They just want to take on the cloak of science because they like the credibility that comes with it.

All of my remaining days, I will feel tremendous sadness and regret for my conduct and for what I have done. I only hope that I can merit forgiveness from the Almighty and from those I have wronged or caused to suffer.

There were issues raised in the series that merit attention, and we are reviewing them.

The reports that are coming out, particularly by Human Rights Watch, merit our very, very serious consideration,

There's always merit to having a debate. That is the point of the whole (educational) process, putting out opposing viewpoints.

According to the court, there were no improprieties regarding honesty, expenses, gift giving; he just dismissed without merit all of those allegations. ... I think the chancellor's decision with regard to Mister Ovitz is rock solid.

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

It's a very small group of students nationwide who win a Merit Scholarship. It's an indication of a student who is very academically talented and has the potential for success in a very rigorous college environment.

It's a clear reflection the lawsuit was lacking in merit in the first place.

I tried some different swing thoughts round the golf course and got it going. I want to win some money and get up that Order of Merit and get some confidence going.

For its merit I will knight it, and then it will be Sir-Loin.

It's obviously a tough situation, ... I would imagine going through the Minor Leagues in an organization where your father is the pitching coach, you probably have a little more stress or a little more scrutiny than other guys might get. But he works hard to try to make it on his own merit and do the things he needs to do.

It's the racial aspect of this that will make this tough for her. The public perception is that this is a one-side investigation, and that will detract from her efforts to clean things up. There's merit to many of her positions, and she's on track. But she's always derailed by the city's polarization.

It's the Gold Glove, not the Gold Glove and Bat. If you want to look at stats, Mike broke a National League record last year, and he was just as good this year. If that doesn't merit winning a Gold Glove this year, I don't know what does.

It may have merit because we realize we will never fund this on admissions.

It is the glory and merit of some men to write well, and of others not to write at all

Does 'Shooting Fish' have less artistic merit than a play like 'Angels In America,' which I did? Well, probably. But it's good for something.

The offence did not merit a red card and it was very harsh on Dafydd. We will have to wait until his hearing before deciding whether he will be in the 22 on Saturday.

The biggest misperception people have is that they aren't going to be sued or that a lawsuit won't have merit and will be settled for a small amount. But that's not typical in this day and age.

The Austrian government deserves merit for speaking openly what a majority of the citizens think: that a promise of accession will not be made good.

I wanted those Boy Scout records because they tell me what merit badges my boys have earned and what badges they are working on. I have a few boys who have almost reached the highest level, Eagle Scouts. They need their records to advance and I would hate to lose them.

Not only were the Jewish people beloved, but God himself had taken pains to let them know it. Could there be any clearer sign that he continued to believe in their potential, even without the Temple, to achieve forgiveness and ultimately merit the Temple's rebuilding?

The merit of 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,' then - or its offence, depending where you stood - was not that it was authentic, but that it was credible.

Their strong ties to Kuwait surely merit the additional security of having them check in with Pre-Trial Services to ensure they stay in Arizona, pending trial.

The issue before the court is the legality rather than the merit of Vermont's proposal,

The Internet enables group play around the world, evolving gaming into more of a communal activity. As the games are being embraced on a larger scale, it has enough merit to warrant these competitions. ... People can be pessimistic about trends and their longevity. They were right about disco, but not right about rap.

I'm not at liberty to talk about it, ... At the end of the day there will be no merit behind that, too. The fact is I'm not in a position to talk about those things, but someone will assert that's why I'm leaving town. There's no truth to that.

Immediately after 11 September, the U.S. closed down the Somali charitable network Al-Barakaat on grounds that it was financing terror. This achievement was hailed one of the great successes of the 'war on terror.' In contrast, Washington's withdrawal of its charges as without merit a year later aroused little notice.

I flatter myself a terribly liberal New York playwright, but his prose floored me because it was so extreme, ... I found myself asking, 'Wow, does this have any value? Does this merit a place on bookshelves?' And I thought, if he could unnerve me so completely, then maybe he'd be a worthwhile subject for drama. Maybe he'd be the kind of figure about whom I could write a parable about free speech that made liberals and conservatives equally nervous.

If literary terms were about artistic merit and not the rules of convenience, about achievement and not safety, the term 'realism' would be an honorary one, conferred only on work that actually builds unsentimental reality on the page, that matches the complexity of life with an equally rich arrangement in language.

I have no fears that on a purely merit basis, we will have an embarrassment of riches from which to choose in order to reach gender parity.

Individuals of merit always find themselves subjects of interest elsewhere across the landscape of American higher education, and this has been the case with Vice President West,

If there's some outcome, some merit in those sorts of things (I would support the summit),

I only hope that I can merit forgiveness from the Almighty and those I have wronged.

In reality, the pioneers of this transformation of the indigenous Zapatista woman are a merit of the women insurgents.

If you take a hard look, a similar situation prevails in India right now. And there is merit in retaining the existing restrictions when all economic indicators are positive.

If there is a Fourth Estate function, if the press is supposed to be an advocate watching out for the public interest, then cases like these merit the attention.

Circumstances that we know from the outset, that some or all had been to a club, would merit further investigation.

Being able to use the Michigan Merit Exam for more than one purpose is a plus, ... It will be used as a students' college entrance exam as well as for the state exam. We will also be able to use it to meet Adequate Yearly Progress standards.

Sweet is the breath of praise when given by those whose own high merit claims the praise they give.

How can you post us No. 1? ... I don't really give too much merit to that because they don't know what they're talking about.

I don't really think there's any merit to that complaint. We're doing this strictly by the book.

God's love is an exercise of his goodness toward sinners who merit only condemnation.

The grace of God is love freely shown toward guilty sinners, contrary to their merit and indeed in defiance of their demerit.

A good thought is indeed a great boon, for which God is to be first thanked; next he who is the first to utter it, and then, in a lesser, but still in a considerable degree, the friend who is the first to quote it to us. Whoever adopts and circulates a just thought, participates in the merit that originated it.

The best evidence of merit is a cordial recognition of it whenever and wherever it may be found.

Merit is never so conspicuous as when coupled with an obscure origin, just as the moon never appears so lustrous as when it emerges from a cloud.

I am told so many ill things of a man, and I see so few in him, that I begin to suspect he has a real but troublesome merit, as being likely to eclipse that of others.

The favor of princes does not preclude the existence of merit, and yet does not prove that it exists. [Fr., La faveur des princes n'exclut pas le merite, et ne le suppose pas aussi.]

The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that induces us to admire a fool. [Fr., Du meme fonds dont on neglige un homme de merite l'on sait encore admirer un sot.]

Can't I another's face commend, Or to her virtues be a friend, But instantly your forehead louers, As if her merit lessen'd yours?

Hang your merit. I don't seek anyone's approbation.

Virtue and merit can become their opposites if they are exacted or compelled...

Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.

We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.

It is no merit in the sorrowful that they weep, or to the oppressed and smothering that they gasp and struggle, not to me, that I must speak for the oppressed - who cannot speak for themselves.

How can the unknown merit reverence?

Lies don't matter, ... There's no merit to it. It's kind of hard to entertain foolishness when it has no merit.

Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.

There is merit without rank, but there is no rank without some merit.

Love, all agreeable as it is, charms more by the fashion in which it displays itself, than by its own true merit.

There are two sorts of constancy in love one arises from continually discovering in the loved person new subjects for love, the other arises from our making a merit of being constant.

Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.

There are people who in spite of their merit disgust us and others who please us in spite of their faults.

The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.

The appearances of goodness and merit often meet with a greater reward from the world than goodness and merit themselves.

The mark of extraordinary merit is to see those most envious of it constrained to praise.

Nature makes merit, and fortune puts it to work.

Our merit gains us the esteem of the virtuous-our star that of the public.

Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it.

I decide on issues based on their own merit and one doesn't live under threats,

I could give you some names of Workshop participants who are as good as many who are being published but haven't had the right editor recognize their merit or have not been adequately published.

Love has no awareness of merit or demerit; it has no scale... Love loves; this is its nature.

There's this belief with no merit that media with women at the center applies only to women, but media with men at the center applies to everyone.

The realization that my daily relationship with God is based on the infinite merit of Christ instead of on my own performance is a very freeing and joyous experience. But it is not meant to be a one-time experience; the truth needs to be reaffirmed daily.

Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out.

It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all.

When we are dead we are praised by those who survive us, though we frequently have no other merit than that of being no longer alive.

A lofty birth or a large fortune portend merit, and cause it to be the sooner noticed.

A coxcomb is the blockhead's man of merit.

The flatterer easily insinuates himself into the closet, while honest merit stands shivering in the hall or antechamber.

You must begin to trust yourself. If you do not then you will forever be looking to others to prove your own merit to you, and you will never be satisfied. You will always be asking others what to do, and at the same time, resenting those from whom you seek such aid.

An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid.

A genial and cultured Arab, Ameen Rihani, whose English is perfect and whose eloquence is astounding. He will discuss with equal eagerness and knowledge the merits of Picasso or Van Gogh, or the Zionist question, or the British achievements in Arabia.

It is easier to silence scientific dissent by utilizing the politics of personal destruction, than to actually debate them on the merits of their arguments. That should tell you something about the global warming debate...there is none right now....it's either you believe, or you are to be discredited.

But then you begin to understand that the reward of merit is not life’s business.

Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise.