Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Quotes

I am criticized for getting jobs because of my name, but I only use it when I have to.

Nepotism is an overrated debate. It exists everywhere and I have been telling this from the day one.

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

Nepotism sometimes can be a lose-lose situation.

All patronage is perilous to men of real ability and merit. It aids only those who lack other claims to support.

George Karl's son probably wouldn't have made it to the NBA if he wasn't a coach. He would have never got the opportunity.

No one needs to treat you like a star kid in the industry, but you do get pointed at... people assume you get everything on a silver platter, but that's not true.

I hate to see a young man get ahead on the basis of a famous family name.

The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to the firm once run by the Vice President Dick Cheney without any competitive bidding. When asked if this could be conceived as Cheney's friends profiting from the war, the spokesman said 'Yes.'

I never wanted anyone to think that I would use my family name to get me anywhere.

Dictators can fix up their entire families in good jobs, in or around government, and often do. In democracies, such a practice is frowned upon. Privileged access to the corridors of power through family connections and a kind of old boys' network, is also deemed an abuse of power, and so it is.

This town was built on nepotism.

I didn't want to land an audition because I was 'The daughter of...' I never wanted to give anyone the opportunity to say, 'You only got the role because of who you are.'

I didn't want to have people open doors for me. My dad never made a call on my behalf to anyone - not to a producer, a director, or a casting agent.

I am a product of nepotism. I don't think I would have had the profession that I'm in currently... if it wasn't for my dad.

When in doubt, you bring in relatives. Nepotism is a part of my work.

One would be lying if they say nepotism doesn't exist.

It is not a shocker to me that a film went out of my hands, not because I was not credible, but because I was not so-and-so's daughter or sister or dating so-and-so.

My father was against nepotism.

There is no nepotism in the Hindi film industry.

No, I never felt cornered because I was not a big director's son or a star's son.

Sometimes I might get in the door a little quicker than somebody else because of my last name. But if I'm not prepared, I'm not afforded the luxury of, 'Oh, he's a little green.' It's, 'He's not talented,' where the next guy can have a bad day.

Nepotism and outsiders are two sides of the same coin that is Bollywood. They both have to co-exist. Both have their share of struggles.

Nepotism is a natural thing that happens in every field.

Am I the only one who exposes? Just because I don't have a godfather, or I'm not a star kid, I'm told that I expose. I don't care.