Quotes About Favoritism

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

He had fathered a great brood of us without providing for a proper succession, he had been less than kind to all of our mothers and he then expected our devotion and support. He played favorites and, in fact, it even seemed he played us off against one another. He then got suckered into something he could not handle and left the kingdom in a mess.

Much of life, however, is characterized by what the sociologist Robert Merton called the Matthew Effect, named after a sentence from the book of Matthew in the Bible, which laments "For to all those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away.

Ke Cheng-li doesn't like working-class kids. He only likes rich kids. He made Jiang Ji-li the teacher's assistant for math class and gave her higher grades, and he also let her win all the math contests and awarded her a lot of notebooks. We have to ask the question, What is the relationship between them after all?

We all have personal favorites, whether we choose a god or a friend.

Choosing between the 50 m and 100 m is like choosing between your children. I have favourites on different days.

When a parent has two children, it is difficult to pick one favourite.

Your mother was a good mate for Fitz. She gave him what he needed. But this is the woman I would have chosen for us.

Mostly, though, I prefer to believe that God has no grace to give. Because the alternative is that He gives grace capriciously or, even worse, that He plays favorites. Some desolate valleys become places of springs, and others wither until they are sere beyond hope, and if God is the one who chooses which is which then I would rather live in a universe lucky enough to have escaped His notice.

God has all favorites. He's not like us in that way. He doesn't have to pick and choose, because He has unlimited love. He doesn't just show love, He doesn't just express

Destiny knows no favorites.

Historically, Vince McMahon's company has always been where the Hulk Hogans get the push and the Paul Orndorffs and Jake Roberts does the pushing.

Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.

Some people... SOME PEOPLE like cupcakes better (but) I for one, could care LESS for them!

It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further success. It's the rich who get the biggest tax breaks. It's the best students who get the best teaching and most attention. And it's the biggest nine-and ten-year-olds who get the most coaching and practice. Success is the result of what sociologists like to call "accumulative advantage.

Etre aimé n'est rien, c'est être préféré que je désire.

Pour moi, être aimé n'est rien, c'est être préféré que je désire.

Mimi … Oh, you just take Janine's side because she's smarter than I am. Mom and Dad love her more because she's smarter, and I bet you do, too!

But the best-treated, most favored and intelligent part of any society is often the most ungrateful. Ingratitude, however, is its social function.

But fathers are soft on daughters. Look how Dad favors Angela. He gave her ten times more. Because she reminded him of Mae West. He was always smiling at her boobs. He wasn't aware of it. Mother and I saw it.

I am a great foe of favoritism in public life, in private life, and even in the delicate relationship of an author to his works.

Most of the praising especially at the topmost level are like scratching each other's back only.

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.

Ray Leonard was more of a favorite than Thomas Hearns that night.