Quotes About Reputation

You should never boast of what your friends think of you. That is true testimony which comes from the lips of foes. On the contrary, if a friend speaks in your behalf he will be considered not as a witness but a judge or a partisan.

Being poor is a mere trifle. It is being known to be poor that is the sting.

We're sort of like the town whore that's finally become an institution. We're finally becoming respectable.

They say if your ears are burning then someone is talking about you. Is that true? Because I have a question about what it means if it's a different body part.

I've been in this biz so long, it's really my reputation that brings me work.

There are some people who are very powerful who I will never name, because I want to be able to work in this town.

I have a reputation in my professional work, negotiating contracts, where I've gone into deals where other people haven't closed the deal, and I've been able to get it done.

The people of Sydney who can speak of my work without a smile are very scarce.

Donald Trump would not lose a single voter over any report indicating that his tax plan might not work.

Everybody was inspired by the drawings and the wind tunnels and the race cars - but no one wanted to work with me because I had a reputation for being an aerodynamic dictator!

So much of Hollywood is about who the people you work with are.

Everyone seems to be running against a liar, but nobody seems to be one. Odd - I mean, the math doesn't work out.

I want to be known for good work first. A good story and good delivery is just that - period.

You want to be appreciated for all your work as opposed to one performance, but I'll always be 'that bloke from 'Lock, Stock'.' You've got to embrace it.

Having your work be the basis of fame, that's a far more stable feeling.

If my film does not do well, it really hurts me. But by God's grace, even if some of my films may not have done well, people have still liked my work in it.

Your work speaks for you.

I'm trying to work on my modelling career and remove myself from the whole FHM stigma.

Business really has to work its way back. It has to re-earn the trust of its broad sets of constituents.

Some actors - you work with them once and don't even think about working with them again.

All it takes is Harry Reid saying a friend told him [Mitt] Romney hadn't paid his taxes in ten years and it's over. But these kinds of things aren't gonna work on [Donald] Trump.

Microsoft is no longer thought of as the company where the smartest people want to work.

I don't think it's a secret that New York tastemakers don't love my work.

You know the hardest thing to do in Hollywood is burn bridges. There is usually some sucker who still likes me. There is usually some sucker who will still work with me.