Reputation Quotes

An alibi is a reason with a bad reputation.

At times when I didn't have records out, the press has really kept me out there. My bad reputation has done wonderful things for me!

What good is a reputation not put to good use.

Fame is but an inscription on a grave, and glory the melancholy blazon on a coffin lid.

The New York Times had not become The New York Times overnight. It had to earn its reputation day-by-day.

I think you earn your reputation for honesty and integrity literally hour-by-hour, and taste for that matter.

"I think my reputation will look after itself," Holmes said. "If they hang me, Watson, I shall leave it to you to persuade your readers that the whole thing was a misunderstanding."

Never risk your reputation on a single shot, for if you miss the loss is irreparable.

Develop a reputation as a person who, rather than talking a good game, actually plays a good game.

We depend on you to do the right thing; right for both you and the company. It is no exaggeration to say that IBM's reputation is in your hands.

I don't think I had a reputation as a hard worker, but inside I was always being eaten up by the pressures.

Small mistakes tend to lead to large ones. Ours is a lifetime appoinment, and all you have is your reputation. Once it's gone, it doesn't comeback.

I never lose that terror of 'this is my last job, I'll never work again.' You can never relax and rely on whatever reputation you've built.

Image is something you construct, while reputation starts at home. If you are able to pass on solid values to your children, then they can become citizens of the world.

By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.

One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.

The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by his own interest or reputation.

Above any commercial success one might enjoy, one's reputation for honesty is the most important thing

"Abroad," that large home of ruined reputations.

New Zealand has a great reputation in America for golf.

I've never come into anything successful before. I've always been hired by horrible radio stations with horrendous reputations and nothing to lose.

I have got a reputation to protect.

I have the reputation for having read all of Henry James. Which would argue a misspent youth and middle age.

My website, my email magazine, my blog, my books, my corporate seminars, and my public seminars all create the ability for social media to work and all build reputation and ranking.

Dad has, and had, a deservedly glowing reputation. However, this belief in 'reputation first' seems to have given rise to his fears of what might be rumored after his death.

I'm not running like Colonel [Bernie] Sanders. All reputations matter.

I've had a best-practices reputation in this industry for a long time. I don't know anything about those other apps, because in the bar space, there really are none.

I do have this reputation for being a serious person.

Reputation ... is as often gained without merit as lost without a crime.

The entire social order ... is arrayed against a woman who wants to rise to a man's reputation.

The thing that must be preserved in all situations whatever is the reputation of one's character.

After almost two hours of creeping around the forest, one of the jacks discovered Belen. He had fallen asleep, and the young man had literally tripped over him. So much for his reputation.

I want my reputation to be judged on how I tackle the problem of ice if I'm elected as the member for Canning.

Give a man a reputation as an early riser and he can sleep 'til noon.

Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.

It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you.

If we would be angry and not sin, we must be angry at nothing but sin; and we should be more jealous for the glory of God than for any interest or reputation of our own.

A wise beautiful lake never desires to be famous, because fame dirty it! To remain pure, distance yourself from the reputation!

Lincoln described character is a tree and reputation as its shadow. The tree will always be what it is but the shadow we see depends on where we stand and the angle of the light.

Even back in its colonial days, America developed a reputation as a safe harbor for people with unusual or radical religious beliefs.

It's easy to get a reputation for wisdom. It's only necessary to live long, speak little and do less.

The man abandoned by his friends, one after another, without just cause, will acquire, the reputation of being hard to please, changeable, ungrateful, unsociable.

The one sure way I can dishonor myself is by worrying about my reputation.

Never does sin so reign in the Church or State, as when it has gained reputation,or, at least, is no disgrace to the sinner,nor is a matter od offence to we who behold it.

One gets wrapped up in reacting to ones own reputation, which can be a kind of trap.

I have a reputation for being an improvisational actor, which is true, but I also know what I'm doing so that if the improvisational strand doesn't work I can go back to what I know's already there.

The strange machinery by which a reputation precedes its source we all know is faulty. Yet how much faith we put in it!

The French have the reputation of being arrogant. I don't think it's arrogance but a certain authenticity.

I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.

People are almost always better than their neighbors think they are.