Nepotism Quotes

• All experience teaches that, whenever there is a great national establishment, employing large numbers of officials, the public must be reconciled to support many incompetent men; for such is the favoritism and nepotism always prevailing in the purlieus of these establishments, that some incompetent persons are always admitted, to the exclusion of many of the worthy.

  Herman Melville

  Men, Numbers, Support

  Herman Melville (1850). “White-jacket: or, The world in a man-of-war”, p.118

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• Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I don't mean just inheritance of money. I mean what people take for granted among the middle and upper classes, which is nepotism, the old-boy network.

  Toni Morrison

  Mean, Boys, Class

  Toni Morrison, Danille Kathleen Taylor-Guthrie (1994). “Conversations with Toni Morrison”, p.261, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Party, Grandmother, Office

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.149, 谷月社

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• I don't believe in nepotism. I don't much like the idea of parents who interfere.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Believe, Ideas, Parent

  "New Again: Anthony Hopkins". Interview with Lisa Liebman, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 1992.

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• Nepotism sometimes can be a lose-lose situation.

  Vikram Chatwal

  Sometimes, Situation, Loses

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• In America, we have anti-nepotism laws in the federal government and in lots of state governments, because the practice of hiring relatives undermines public confidence that the government official is actually finding best person for the job.

  Kathleen Clark

  Jobs, America, Government

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don't want to stand out. You don't want to have a famous father let alone get a job because of your famous father, you know? But I'm a product of nepotism. That's how I got my foot in the door, through my dad.

  Jeff Bridges

  Jobs, Growing Up, Dad

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• My dad became a soap opera actor, and I was an extra in a skating rink scene on the soap. I didn't audition. It was nepotism all the way.

  Jennifer Aniston

  Dad, Father, Actors

  "Jennifer Aniston: Screens Goddess". Interview with Lynn Hirschberg, www.nytimes.com. October 24, 2008.

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• Nepotism is the bedrock of social existence.

  Adam Bellow

  Social, Existence, Bedrock

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• Driven by a wish to save Tomás from a life of penury and misunderstanding, Fermin had decided that he needed to develop my friend's latent conversational and social skills. Like the good ape he is, man is a social animal, characterized by cronyism, nepotism, corruption, and gossip. That's the intrinsic blueprint for our ethical behavior.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Animal, Men, Skills

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.96, Penguin

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• We want a good government that works. Let us rise above caste divisions and nepotism and pledge to elect a government that is development oriented. Delhi needs a stable government and a strong government

  Narendra Modi

  Strong, Government, India

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• The nepotism there is the stuff of legend... It just seems to be a place where people get paid to sit in a building.

  Graham Linehan

  People, Legends, Stuff

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  A little nepotism never hurt nobody, honey. If you got it, use it. Press on with it. Remind them of it.

  Lena Horne

  Hurt, Use, Littles

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Frankly, the conservatives need to be better conservatives. Real conservatives actually respect our Constitution and would stand up to an authoritarian. Real conservatives believe in clean, limited government and would stand up to anybody who is basically setting up a kleptocracy, nepotism, and crony capitalism. And real conservatives are actually strong for America and not weak for Russia.

  Van Jones

  Strong, Real, Believe

  Source: pen.org

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• Yeah, my real name is Coppola. I changed it because they'd think I was some nepotism-oriented kid.

  Nicolas Cage

  Real, Kids, Thinking

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• North Korea and evangelical empires have the same principle of leadership: nepotism to the nth degree. You may not get the call, but you inherit the mailing list.

  Frank Schaeffer

  Korea, Principles, Degrees

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• I made nepotism an art form, so I get to work with a lot of relatives and they're part of it.

  Garry Marshall

  Art, Form, Made

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I would gladly have accepted a heaping spoonful of nepotism when I got out of college and was looking for a job.

  Sloane Crosley

  Jobs, College, Accepted

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• Youth and nepotism, the twin horsemen of Hollywood!

  Susan Dunlap

  Hollywood, Twins, Youth

  Susan Dunlap (2012). “High Fall”, p.190, Open Road Media

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• What you sow, you reap. It's a law of nature. Network Marketing is perfectly aligned with that. You get truly, EXACTLY what you're worth! No nepotism, no favoritism. That's rare today.

  Bob Proctor

  Law, Marketing, Today

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• Basically, one of the hardest things about being an actor is getting your first break. I'm a product of nepotism. The doors were open to me. I'd done several movies before I decided what I wanted to do.

  Jeff Bridges

  Doors, Actors, Done

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Nepotism is despised in England, which is a very good thing. I think something to do with the class system. People really look down on nepotism. So yeah, it never really works in your favor - even in this industry.

  Max Irons

  Thinking, Class, People

  "Max Irons Assumes His Throne". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 15, 2013.

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• It was clear to me that the White House's solemn atmosphere would not civilize Trump. But the merciless nepotism with which he conducts politics, in which he places himself and his family above the law, I wouldn't have considered that possible. And on top of that there is this reduction of complex political decisions to 140 characters. When it comes to a U.S. president, I consider the reduction of politics to a tweet to be truly dangerous. Trump is a risk to his country and the entire world.

  Martin Schulz

  Country, Character, Decision

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• During my early years, I thought I might be a musician. Like most kids, I didn't do what my parents wanted me to do. They were gung-ho that all their kids become actors. They loved showbiz so much. I am a product of nepotism, basically.

  Jeff Bridges

  Kids, Years, Parent

  Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 10, 2011.

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• Achieving success as an actor has not been easy for me. My biggest, probably most irrational complaint has been that I've had to work harder for what I've gotten. I've seen other people with nepotism or wealth or cheesy good looks on their side who've had it easy...

  James Woods

  Hard Work, People, Cheesy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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