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.

But she was not even grateful to him for it; nothing good on Pierre’s part seemed to her to be an effort, it seemed so natural for him to be kind to everyone that there...

There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.

There is no merit to the allegations, Michael is innocent. This is in keeping with what we’ve said all along.

Do the things you need to do. Learn to be a vampire, to be a warrior, to be the soldier you are capable of being. But consider the possibility that I made a mistake I...

IMMODEST, adj. Having a strong sense of one’s own merit, coupled with a feeble conception of worth in others.There was once a man in Ispahan Ever and ever so long ago, And he had a...

I realized that conservatism was the philosophy that best suited me, with its emphasis on individual liberty, personal responsibility, and merit.

…no matter how avid they themselves may be for praise and appreciation, people are often niggardly in giving it to others, however merited it is.

If they feel they’re not there on merit that can also have very bad implications. It’s really about getting the balance, about being active but also retaining the appearance that everyone is qualified and doing...

the librarian.” He was a fount of information, and he had a penchant for leaving books outside my door.

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.

What we have not chosen we cannot consider either to our merit or our failure.

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You speak of the good conduct of your ancestors. As your own conduct is under discussion, and not theirs, I cannot see how their former good character can at all serve your present purpose. Fortunately...

She said she never thought the case had legal merit.

When the competent men of the system are compelled to quit, the system will soon quit itself.

The trend in Virginia has merit. It says more if Kilgore wins because it means Bush wasn’t the albatross everyone predicted.

The Japanese think it strange we paint our old wooden houses when it takes so long to find the wabi in them. They prefer the bonsai tree after the valiant blossoming is over, the leaves...

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.

You are infinitely my superior in merit; all that I know – You have qualities which I had not supposed to exist in such a degree in any human creature. You have some touches of...

It is India that gave us the ingenious method of expressing all numbers by means of ten symbols, each symbol receiving a value of position as well as an absolute value; a profound and important...

The trend in Virginia has merit, … It says more if Kilgore wins because it means Bush wasn’t the albatross everyone predicted.

In reality there is no kind of evidence or argument by which one can show that Shakespeare, or any other writer, is “good”. Nor is there any way of definitely proving that–for instance–Warwick Beeping is...

We end up with all of these exemptions that, in isolation, have some merit. But when you step back and look at the broader picture, the public’s right to know is being eroded by a...

there’s no merit to what you’re trying to write a story about.

We see a lot of merit in the bill, but it is a budget issue. It would have to be worked out as part of the budget process.

The allegations are entirely without merit and will be defended vigorously.

Together the magicks swirled and danced around us, invisible but tangible, like an breeze. This wasn’t defensive or offensive magic. It wasn’t used to gather information, for strategy or diplomacy, or to fight a war...

The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity, but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least deserve it.

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...

And that you seek forgiveness of your Lord, and then turn to Him. He will provide for you a goodly provision until an appointed term. And He will grant His grace to every one possessed...

Though why should we expect age to mellow us? If it isn’t life’s business to reward merit, why should it be life’s business to give us warm, comfortable feelings towards its end? What possible evolutionary...

His lips so soft, yet so stern, he pressed his mouth to mine. “I will have both of you,” he said. “My Sentinel and my city. And the GP will learn exactly how stubborn we...

These claims have no merit. Because of the laws protecting grand-jury secrecy, no other comments can be made. The investigation is continuing.

When a gift is deserved, it is not a gift but a payment.

In truth, ideas and principles are independent of men; the application of them and their illustration is man’s duty and merit. The time will come when the author of a view shall be set aside,...

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

If it was appropriate to judge a person based on her footwear – and it obviously was – I decided I liked her immediately.

The message couldn’t have been clearer: women may rise to the top, but they must seem as though they don’t care whether they win or lose. Nice girls care only about being nice. They win...

we should note that there will never be merit raises.

is wholly without merit.

Her great merit is finding out mine — there is nothing so amiable as discernment.

I’m here with her. With Merit.”I wanted all those things. Indivisibly.But I didn’t want them from Morgan.

We categorically object to most of the unedited report’s content and conclusions as largely without merit and not based clearly in the facts.

Our impartiality is kept for abstract merit and demerit, which none of us ever saw.

Japanese universities have a chair system that is a fixed hierarchy. This has its merits when trying to work as a laboratory on one theme. But if you want to do original work you must...

I am beginning to remember what it means to need things. Laughter. Companionship. Love. “He leant forward and pressed his forehead to mine. “And I need you, Merit.

Today. the celebration is for the “victorious”, not the meritorious. The depiction to the youth, is that one can be victorious without merit, and that merit is less notable than victory. The result, is the...

Yesterday I bought myself a karate trophy. But I feel like I won it, because the salesman really beat me up over the price.

I can’t say I know at this moment what all these laws are. But on some level everybody knows that we are all getting exactly what we deserve.