Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ward Churchill

There's always merit to having a debate.

Samuel Johnson

Merit rather enforces respect than attracts fondness.

Mr Howard

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

Epictetus

You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don't be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.

Epictetus

Don't be concerned who is watching you. The triumphs and merits of others belong to them - as do yours to you. Make the most of what you've got.

P. J. O'Rourke

Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit

Ovid

Though strength be wanting, the will to action Merits praise.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

Plutarch

Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit.

Stieg Larsson

Some of the writers I've praised are Sara Paretsky, Val McDermid, Elisabeth George and Minette Walters. Strangely enough, almost all are women.

William Wycherley

With faint praises one another damn.

Samuel Johnson

Applause abates diligence.

Voltaire

Antiquity is full of the praises of another antiquity still more remote.

Jim Calhoun

Everyone praised us, ... It was, 'They stuck around.'

Ovid

I see and praise what is better, but follow what is worse.

Myles Munroe

Praise must be learned in private before it is exhibited in public.

Muqtada al Sadr

I fear only God, all praises to Him.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

We all are imbued with the love of praise.

Scott Bogumil

It got away from us. The 3-pointer to start the third quarter was great, but we then got greedy with those.

Michael MacCambridge

The owners, as cantankerous as some of them are, and as singled-minded as some of them are and as greedy as some of them are, ultimately have respect for who Tagliabue is and what he has accomplished.

Warren Buffett

Be fearful when the markets get greedy, be greedy when the markets get fearful.

Michael Shermer

I say you don't need religion, or political ideology, to understand human nature. Science reveals that human nature is greedy and selfish, altruistic and helpful.

Charlie Pierce

There is a lot in American politics (and in American life) that is angry, greedy, reckless and violent.

Joe Franklin

The whole idea is never to get greedy indoors.

Bill Gurley

No one's fearful, everyone's greedy, and it will eventually end.

Steve Jaksa

We won the first two in this series, so now we want to get greedy and get the sweep.

Michael Leunig

Every child is a greedy child, I think. I mean, it's healthy to be a greedy child.