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Quotes About Nepotism

My journey is different from other star brothers, kids, or sisters. I think that is one of the main reasons that people don't question me on this. So far, the media and the audiences have not really roped me into the ambit of nepotism.
~ Aparshakti Khurana
Nepotism sometimes can be a lose-lose situation.
~ Vikram Chatwal
I've always been, with acting, very hesitant to get myself into situations where I would be accused of nepotism.
~ Bryce Dallas Howard
A strong and capable leader can stand on their own two feet. A wimpy puppet of a leader needs to have their father, their father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, sister, nursemaid, paid 'yes' people, etc. prop him up. That's fine if he is a baby, but not fine when he is a grown man. If he is capable of leading a company without the help of nepotism, then his workers will respect him and naturally get motivated to support him as a leader. - Strong by Kailin Gow
~ Kailin Gow
It is only with the development of political institutions like the modern state that humans begin to organize themselves and learn to cooperate in a manner that transcends friends and family. When such institutions break down, we revert to patronage and nepotism as a default form of sociability.
~ Francis Fukuyama
it's the most familial-based societies where the sense of obligation is strongest, that breed the worst nepotism and cronyism.
~ Franklin Foer
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.
~ Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Joe was being called a liar and a traitor; I'm being accused of nepotism, of being a glorified secretary. The stresses that that places on an individual and, of course, a marriage were tremendous. It was - there were some dark days.
~ Valerie Plame
Típicos funcionarios chapuceros, elegidos a dedo por gente desinteresada, que hacen malabares con la pelota hasta que pueden pasársela a otro bufón.
~ Terry Brooks
Nobody has a problem if you promote your child, even they are incompetent or have no merit. It's fine, it's your child, your money. But the problem comes when you destroy my career to protect your child's or your friend's career.
~ Vivek Agnihotri
I think because there is the constant looming threat of nepotism and judgment, I really tried to separate what I was doing at MTV, my auditions, anything I was doing creatively, from my family.
~ Dan Levy
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
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,' he argued. It's pure biology.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
El hombre, como buen simio, es animal social y en él priva el amiguismo, el nepotismo, el chanchullo y el comadreo como pauta intrínseca de conducta ética —argumentaba—. Es pura biología.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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,'" he argued. "It's pure biology.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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 behaviour. It's pure biology.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
man is a social animal, characterized by cronyism, nepotism, corruption, and gossip. That's the intrinsic blueprint for our 'ethical behavior,'" he argued. "It's pure biology.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Like the good ape he is, man is a social animal, characterized by cronyism, nepotism, corruption and gossip.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I've never really turned to my dad for anything, I think out of fear of the label of nepotism.
~ Dan Levy
The Syrian army is tired of corruption. It is tired of party nepotism. It is becoming very angry with those it blames for the war.
~ Robert Fisk
Anglo-Saxon kings often used to favour their sister's son to their own - for at least you could guarantee there was your own blood in your sister's son!
~ Kate Williams
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
Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises. Our political system promotes nepotism and wasting money. This has undermined our legal system and confidence in the functioning of the state. One of the consequences is that many citizens don't pay their taxes.
~ Georgios A. Papandreou
A lot of nepotism that exists, actually, exists outside this industry because in this industry, behind the camera a director's son becomes a director and a producer's son becomes a producer and that is still understandable that they are carrying their legacy but for actors, it is very very different.
~ Rajesh Khattar