Quotes About Reputation

Quite frankly Ted, the very mention of the word 'Republican' seems to have negative connotations for the Americans in our studio.

In his preparations for the battle of Waterloo Napoleon contrived to produce a grand slam of mistakes. It is surprising that his great name as a captain has survived the lengthy checklist of errors he committed that day, or that Wellington should have gained such a great reputation for taking advantage of opportunities that were virtually handed him on a plate.

At the time, BT wasn't yet known as the bank where—according to one infamous derivatives salesman—they "lure people into that calm and then just totally fuck 'em." To most of the world, this was still a secret. I had assumed that BT was in business to make as much money as it could. Had I known BT's approach to clients was to "totally fuck 'em," my favorable view of the bank might have changed. Perhaps it would have improved.

while the firm sailed along cautiously, more aggressive banks—especially Salomon Brothers and Goldman, Sachs—began making more money. This was a serious problem for Morgan Stanley. In investment banking, cash conquers all. A bank's goal was to make money, not to preserve its chastity. If Morgan Stanley could outearn rivals by capitalizing on its stellar reputation, fine. But if less-reputed banks were generating more cash, Morgan Stanley was doing something wrong.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

I might be a wicked girl who'd think nothing of eating a baby for breakfast, but I'd never allow myself to get expelled. It's far too public.

Power is all around us, continuously confirmed and contested, and perceived with great accuracy. But social scientists, politicians, and even laypeople treat it like a hot potato. We prefer to cover up underlying motives. Anyone who, like Machiavelli, breaks the spell by calling it like it is, risks his reputation. No one wants to be called "Machiavellian," even though most of us are.

In the past, the accepted maxim was that every unhappy customer told ten friends. Now an unhappy customer can tell ten thousand "friends" through the Internet.

A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful.

The reputation of a man is like his shadow: it sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, it is sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size

Dogs consistently win the part of square-jawed hero and sympathetic ear, while cats compete vigorously with British character actors for the role of effete villain, whining sidekick, and insufferable snob. Is this grossly unfair? I think not. By deed and association, cats have won a most unenviable reputation due to their predilection for uncivil disobedience and conditional affection.

just because you have achieved something many times doesn't mean you won't have to prove yourself again.

Let your actions defend you, not your words.

No army, no matter how clean its reputation, walked away from war untainted. And no leader, no matter how noble, could help but sink into the crem when he stepped into the game of conquest.

Sometimes it is very useful to have a reputation for being a reclusive, amoral jerk.

Kaladin stared outward at the blue sky. "I have to know," he whispered. "Know?" "You asked why I protect Dalinar. I have to know if he really is what he seems, Syl. I have to know if one of them lives up to his reputation. That will tell me-" "Tell you? Tell you what?" "If honor is dead, Kaladin whispered. "He is," Syl said. "But he lives on in men. And in me.

Besides, it was beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one could lie at crucial moments.

Honor' is a word applied to the actions of men from the past who have had their lives scrubbed clean by historians.

Good men don't become legends.

It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one can lie at crucial moments.

How remarkable," [Wit] said. "If you spend your life knocking people down, you eventually find they won't stand up for you. There's poetry in that, don't you think, you storming personification of a cancerous anal discharge?

It was useful to have a reputation, so long as it didn't crush you.

You can't control everything. But if you can control how people regard you, then you can find a place in this mess.