Merit Evaluation Quotes

Only the skilled can judge the skillfulness, but that is not the same as judging the value of the result.

Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them.

I'll look and pick the best, and the one who can do the best job for the party.

Traditional credentialing really doesn't have a lot of predictive value to whether people will be successful.

I don't think you've done something by getting a job. I think you've done something by proving you can succeed at that job.

I don't want to give myself grades. I will leave evaluation of my achievements to history.

Would Bill Gates or Steve Jobs have been considered above average 500 years ago? Who is to decide what is best?

Since I have difficulty defining merit and what merit alone means - and in any context, whether it's judicial or otherwise - I accept that different experiences in and of itself, bring merit to the system.

For most jobs, especially those in the digital economy, there is no objective standard for being 'qualified.' If you and the team you're working with think you're qualified, you are.

Our assessment of socio-economic worth is largely a sham. We scientists should not lend ourselves to it - though we routinely do. We should, instead, insist on applying the criterion of quality.

Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent.

Every race and every nation should be judged by the best it has been able to produce, not by the worst.

A good taste in art feels the presence or the absence of merit; a just taste discriminates the degree--the poco piu and the poco meno. A good taste rejects faults; a just taste selects excellences. A good taste is often unconscious; a just taste is always conscious. A good taste may be lowered or spoilt; a just taste can only go on refining more and more.

I'm tired of people questioning me because of my age. If you looked at my numbers and watched me throw and covered my birthdate, would age be an issue?

Even if 'Bruises' had done a fraction of what it did, I would have thought that was class.

An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid.

No mistake is so commonly made by clever people as that of assuming a cause to be bad because the arguments of its supporters are, to a great extent, nonsensical

As long as the acting is good, I can appreciate it.

I like to measure people by their accomplishments in life and how they consistently act.

Don't judge a person on winning or losing.

At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can't tell who the best people are. That worries the hell out of me.