I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one of merit. Bring the recurring desires of your mind to me, every time they emerge. They cannot shock me, for I willed them! Bring me your confusion, your fear, your cra...
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that he is a worthy target for the arrows of fate.
Janet Watson
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.
Edgar Allan Poe
In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.
Stephen Jay Gould
It`s easy to take the check, you know, but if you want to have any longevity, just take things that have artistic merit in them. I want to do quality. If it`s good telly, I`ll do it. If it`s good theater, I`ll do it.
Cillian Murphy
I wouldn`t have done something that I thought had no merit in it at all, but I did experience a fall-out from being calculating about your career, believing that you should do something in order to get you somewhere else. It was just creatively unfulfilli...
Romola Garai
While we continue to believe the lawsuit is without merit and should be dismissed, we intend to meet with the department`s representatives and listen to what they may have to say, ... We do not intend to comment any further about the meeting.
Philip Morris
When lies must be told, they should be told by subordinate officials. At no point should the president be asked to lend himself to the cover operation. There seems to me merit in Secretary Rusk`s suggestion that someone other than the president make the f...
Anne Crowley
Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt for the merit you have been generous enough to find in my work.
Knut Hamsun
We`re really behind the curve on this. I think there`s merit to these ideas. The whole thing is drawing people`s attention to money and politics.
Rich Robinson
We were disappointed that they decided to go ahead with the filing of the lawsuit. It has utterly no merit whatsoever, and we`re convinced that we will prevail in court.
Anne Kritzmire
We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of sufficient consequence in their eyes to merit a closer study than they have hitherto accorded us.
Alexander Theroux
We live now in a milieu that tells us anything goes, everything is okay, and all ideas and behaviours have merit. That`s hogwash, and you know it.
Tammy Bruce
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.
Charles Robinson
This Court finds that nowhere in the U.S. Constitution did the founding fathers state that it was permissible to lie in a court of law. This argument is simply without merit,
Robert Bailey
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.
Arno Hoogveld
The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise - and to the best in benefits and medical care.
Andrej Meszaros