Garry Marshall Quotes

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

The fact that I'm sleeping with the director may have something to do with it.

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.'

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 have, from the beginning, been opposed to Trump hiring any of his relatives. Americans don't like that; I don't like that. That's the one fascist thing he's done. Hiring his kids.

People favouring their relatives more than an outsider is what the biggest fight in democracy is, let it be in film industry or politics.

My father was against nepotism.

Nepotism is a natural thing that happens in every field.

Nepotism exists - not just in Bollywood but in every profession in India.

Nepotism has always existed in Bollywood.

Everything was a lot more challenging for me because of who my brother was. If I were in the film, someone would had said that I got the part because Eddie's in the film. If I wrote a script, folks would say that I didn't really write that: that Eddie did and I threw my name on it.

Nepotism is the bedrock of social existence.

Several companies have explicit policies against cronyism, with good reason. Hiring a family member simply for a relationship can be troubling and may not necessarily serve a company's interests. But by and large, financial firms in particular commonly hire people who have certain connections, whether through family or a business relationship.

Nepotism sometimes can be a lose-lose situation.

Modi government has not flouted any rule or regulation to help anyone.

Did any agents ever put Diane Ladd up for some of the great parts, even though she always got great reviews? No! But do they put up the girlfriend of the studio executive who's gonna do them a favor later? You betcha.

The stimulus was a case of political patronage, corporate welfare, and cronyism at their worst.

The public will never be made to believe that an appointment of a relative is ever made on the ground of merit alone, uninfluenced by family views; nor can they ever see with approbation offices, the disposal of which they entrust to their Presidents for public purposes, divided out as family property. Mr. [John] Adams degraded himself infinitely by his conduct on this subject, as General Washington had done himself the highest honor.

We had less qualified trumping more qualified people just because of their political connections.

I stand by it. I take the criticism for it. I think it's unfair, but yes, there is a thing about nepotism, and we all try to respect it.

Crony capitalism is not capitalism - it is cronyism.

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.

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

I can tolerate anything but corruption and nepotism.