Quotes About Reputation

Nekad neuztraucies par naudu. Dom? par slavu.

Actions define a man,words are just a fart in the wind.

In fact the whole of two-faced society paid only lip service to the ten commandments and committed adultery, stole, and cheated at cards, because, after all, it was only the eleventh commandment that mattered—Thou Shalt Not Get Found Out.

Gen. de Gaulle is only concerned about history, and no jury can dictate the judgment of history. Georges Pompidou

It is a sad fate for a people to be defined for posterity by their enemies.

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

A loud, egotistical, one-note asshole who's been cruising on the reputation of one obnoxious, over-testosteroned book for way too long and who should just shut the fuck up.

If a restaurant is known for steak, and doesn't seem to be doing much business, how long do you think those few orders of clams and mussels and lobster and fish have been sitting in the refrigerator, waiting for someone like you to order it? The key is rotation. If the restaurant is busy, and you see bouillabaisse flying out the kitchen doors every few minutes, then it's probably a good bet.

Speak up for me, sir, for I'm not so bad. I was led on by the treachery of others.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." —JOHN WOODEN

Marketing and graphic-design experts alike will tell you that corporate image is a huge filter through which consumers process buying information—they must know who you are, what you stand for, and when they're investing large sums of money, they usually want to buy from a company that exemplifies their product.

It's fascinating and quite sad that we live in a time where the media is salivating to take down anyone considered to be "best in class." Culture seems to lift them onto a pedestal of perfection only to hope they come crashing down. Whether it's an athlete, a CEO, or a money manager, any false move or seemingly slight crack in the armor is exploited to the fullest. Stone them in the town square of television and the internet.

There is the review intended to sell a book, — which comes out immediately after the appearance of the book, or sometimes before it; the review which gives reputation, but does not affect the sale, and which comes a little later; the review which snuffs a book out quietly; the review which is to raise or lower the author a single peg, or two pegs, as the case may be; the review which is suddenly to make an author, and the review which is to crush him.

It is not what one suffers that kills one, but what one knows that other people see that one suffers.

Just as authors are told not to read the criticisms; — but I never would believe any author who told me that he didn't read what was said about him. I wonder when the man found out that I was good-natured. He wouldn't find me good-natured if I could get hold of him.

Mr Moffat was a young man of very large fortune, in Parliament, inclined to business, and in every way recommendable. He was not a man of birth, to be sure; that was to be lamented;

If it had turned out to be anybody else," said the member of Parliament, "the results might have been most serious, — not to say discreditable.

Who excuses himself is his own accuser. ..As far as I can see a slander never lives long...I am almost inclined to say that a man should never defend himself.

Indeed, yes; — or you will be known to all posterity as the fainéant government." "Let me tell you, Lady Glencora, that a fainéant government is not the worst government that England can have. It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something.

And yet these leaders of the fashion know, Ã¢â'¬â€ at any rate they believe, Ã¢â'¬â€ that he is what he is because he has been a swindler greater than other swindlers.

We had to do something [in Bush v. Gore ], because countries were laughing at us. France was laughing at us.

Fame means being respected by everybody, or having some quality that is desired by all men, or by most, or by the good, or by the wise.

Honour and a good reputation are very pleasant, because the individual imagines himself a good man, and his estimation of his worth increases the more he can trust the people who are saying this about him —

The foundation of England's greatness is that Englishmen hate to look fools.