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Quotes About Favoritism

When it comes to football, God is prejudiced - toward big, fast kids.
~ Chuck Mills
Death's favorites don't die.
~ Holly Black
Death's favorite's don't die.
~ Holly Black
Why should death discriminate between age and youth, you mean?" he asked calmly. "Death has his favorites, like anyone. Those who are beloved of Death will not die.
~ Holly Black
Death did not play favorites—He loved all equally. What you cannot escape, you must fight; what you cannot fight, you must endure . The god's voice—not quite words, just a thread of meaning laid in my receptive mind—
~ Lilith Saintcrow
Over the years, the tax code has become a vehicle for political favoritism and social engineering.
~ Bill Bradley
For decades, scholars have studied the ways in which implicit biases affect how we perceive other people in this multiethnic society of ours. The data consistently shows that about 90 percent of us possess some implicit prejudices - and, unsurprisingly, people typically favor their own group.
~ J. D. Vance
Beauty is a delightful prejudice.
~ Theocritus
Structuring jobs to fit personality is almost certain to lead to favoritism and conformity. And no organization can afford either. It needs equity and impersonal fairness in its personnel decisions. Or else it will either lose its good people or destroy their incentive. And it needs diversity. Or else it will lack the ability to change and the ability for dissent which (as Chapter 7 will discuss) the right decision demands.
~ Peter F. Drucker
31. Meanwhile the One horse on top of the Four horse is paying $82 and the Two horse on top of the Four horse is paying $157, and it is going like this in most of the other combinations involving horse One and horse Two. Then, clearly, horse One is favored over horse Two in the exacta pool. But if horse Two is going off at lower odds in the win pool than horse One, something is out of kilter. You have found a discrepancy and may have a good exacta bet on horse Two (or a good win bet
~ David Sklansky
I do believe Allen Iverson knew this, and I believe all the players know this: that certain referees treat them much better than others.
~ Tim Donaghy
My reality is feeling anxious before fan events or signings because I always feel like I'm the least favoured.
~ Leigh-Anne Pinnock
Chantal and I are on opposite teams, so we have to cover each other. The guys have this weird way with us. For example, if we travel or double-dribble they won't call us on it, or, if we get knocked down by a good block they'll yell, "Foul!" and one of us gets to take a shot. But this favouritism also has a downside because they're always telling us what to do, like we don't know the rules of basketball or something.
~ Ibi Kaslik
Great managers play favorites and spend most of their time with their most productive people. Not because they discriminate, but because they deserve the attention and have so much to teach you.
~ Unknown
Thank god for being pretty...You get away with alot!
~ Unknown
Heaven gives its favourites-early death.
~ Lord Byron
It seems that God arranged the most humiliating circumstances possible for His entrance, as if to avoid any charge of favoritism.
~ Philip Yancey
Passé un certain point, plus d'énergie signifie moins d'équité. Au rythme du plus rapide moyen de transport, on voit gonfler le traitement de faveur réservé à quelques-uns aux frais des autres.
~ Ivan Illich
Nepotism is the lowest and least imaginative form of corruption.
~ Daniel Alarcon
Young men, God does not show favoritism or respects the honors bestowed by men. He rewards no man's heritage, or wealth, or rank, or position. He does not see with man's eyes. The poorest saint that ever died in a ghetto is nobler in His sight than the richest sinner that ever died in a palace.
~ J.C. Ryle
The beautiful have so much easier a time of it than the ugly, don't you think? They get smiled at the whole time. Strangers offer them things. People notice the beautiful; the beautiful are constantly acknowledged.
~ Jackie Kay
I was the third son, and the family tradition was my dad always favored the oldest child.
~ Fred Korematsu
A fav'rite has no friend!
~ Thomas Gray
He who don't like me greasy shan't have me nice.
~ Marjorie Bowen