History Quotes / Nepotism

-->-- ''Film/MuderOnTheOrientExpress2017''

-> ''"After all, the whole Barrayaran Vor system runs on nepotism. It's not a vice for us it's a lifestyle."''
-->--'''Lord Auditor Vorkosigan''', ''Komarr''

->''Will the son of a colonel be able to become a general?''

-->-- ''Website/TheOnion'': "Nepotism passed off as synergy."

--> '''Dark Helmet''': Careful you idiot! I said across her nose, not up it!\\

->''The hilarious thing about Hank's getting "fired" from {{Creator/ESPN}} for comparing [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama President Obama]] to Hitler is... Exactly what the fuck did he get "fired" from? His "job" consisted of wearing sunglasses indoors and spending a few days each year recutting that god-awful [[Creator/NationalFootballLeague Monday Night Football]] song he wrote twenty-seven years ago (a song that [[CoveredUp wasn't even originally written for that program).]] Welfare recipients have fifty times the annual workload of this man.''

->"Nepotism belongs in the arts, ''not'' in plumbing."

->"While a visionary will lead us to some amazing accomplishments, some yutz who was put in charge only because he's somebody's brother-in-law will lead to an event that'll make ''[[Series/{{Jackass}} Jackass 3D]]'' look like ''Film/SchindlersList''."
-->-- '''Nash''', ''[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/nash/wtfiwwy/28176-its-stupid-at-the-top It's Stupid At The Top]]''

-->-- '''Website/TheOnion''': "Nepotism passed off as synergy."

-->-- '''{{Magazine/Mad}}''', nursery rhyme parody about a congressman.

-> "After all, the whole Barrayaran Vor system runs on nepotism. It's not a vice for us it's a lifestyle."

->"Sales Tactics" is accidentally the most revealing extra here, as it looks at the trouble Richie Minervini has in delivering his lines for one small scene. For those who don't know, Minervini's acting career consists almost entirely of films by [Kevin] James, as the two are friends from James' stand-up days. That he cannot get a simple line out yet has been in six James films...draw your own conclusions as to the quality of the productions.

->No wonder half the fanbase is [[http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--CXYPKiQM--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_320/1352114018593701156.png missing all their teeth.]] That’s your head of analytics, gang. I wonder how the son of the owner got THAT job! Join us a month from now when the entire Jaguars team dies of measles. I can picture Khan running into the team war room with a [[StringTheory scribbled chart]] and screaming, “I JUST FOUND OUT THAT FORWARD PASSES CAUSE TUMORS!” Real team of the future shit. I assume the pool at Everbank has been treated with non-fluoridated water, to preserve all the [[Film/DrStrangelove precious bodily fluids]] contained therein.

-->--'''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-oprah-winfrey-changed-world-for-worse/ "4 Ways Oprah Screwed the World (That Nobody Ever Calls Her On)"]]

-->--'''''Jezebel''''', [[http://jezebel.com/5902905/generation-y-collectively-squirms-at-the-truths-in-lena-dunhams-girls "Generation Y Collectively Squirms at the Truths in Lena Dunham’s Girls"]]

->Ooh, they've got the best ethics laws. Nepotism is strictly disallowed. (Except for family members. And sexy turtles.)
-->--'''''Auto-Tune the News #10: Turtles.''''', [[https://youtu.be/qizNQKzatXA?t=161 Auto-Tune the News #10: Turtles. - YouTube]]

->"While a visionary will lead us to some amazing accomplishments, some yutz who was put in charge only because he's somebody's brother-in-law will lead to an event that'll make ''Jackass 3D'' look like ''Film/SchindlersList''."

->-- '''{{Magazine/Mad}}''', nursery rhyme parody about a congressman.

->-- ''{{Manga/Saki}} Achiga-hen'', regarding efforts to ''avoid'' accusations of this trope.