Quotes About Reputation

The reputation of a woman may be compared to a mirror, shining and bright, but liable to be sullied by every breath that comes near it.

A woman can defend her virtue from men much more easily than she can protect her reputation from women.

What can an ex-President of the United States do except get drunk?" (There are other versions of the line that are quite similar.)

James Buchanan's collegiate record for "spirited" rambunctiousness arguably rivals that of George

None of this makes sense. At best, you've spent a lot of time failing to change someone's mind. At worst, you've made an enemy, damaged a relationship, and added to your reputation for being disagreeable.

It's not about you. It's about what other people think of you.

The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers.

they needed someone to explain, to spin, the parts of the tale that couldn't be suppressed. Someone reputable and educated. Someone brilliant yet absolutely committed to the faith. Someone like my father.

We are the Blisses,' Dearest said, patting her hand. 'Nothing we do surprises people anymore.

I think it's very important that whatever you're trying to make or sell, or teach has to be basically good. A bad product and you know what? You won't be here in ten years.

The true manipulator never has a reputation for manipulating.

I looked you up, Arkady. You have a checkered career." "I'm flattered. I was unaware of having any career at all.

among the Arabs a gifted poet was like a multitude of men, for his verses were repeated from mouth to mouth. If good, he was a power for good; if evil, a power for evil

some anonymous guy in a bar at a conference, then the newspapers start asking questions. Pretty soon I'll bet it's going to be on Twitter and then there'll be an Internet meme. It doesn't have to exist in reality as long as people give it a kind of reality by talking and writing and arguing about it.

old Irish adage, people only know what you tell them.

all you had at the end of the day was your name, and that made it the more important because it was something you either respected or you were ashamed of. Your name was all you had, the only thing that you couldn't ever deny.

People only knew what you told them, only saw what you wanted them to see. Her mother had hammered that into her head since she was a child,

I don't care what you say about me, as long as you say something about me, and as long as you spell my name right.

It's better for the whole world to know you, even as a sex star, than never to be known at all.

Not much more can happen to you after you lose your reputation and your wife

Be careful what you say if you wouldn't want it broadcast everywhere because you never know. My basic advice would be for trust is : Live the way you ought to live all the time as much as you can help it.

You are truly mature if you can listen lightly, as if to an echo, to criticism or to vile blasphemy, no matter how unbearable, without reacting. As long as you are not attached to fame, glory, reputation, or social status, there is no need to suffer. A person without attachments has neither lifelong enemies to overthrow nor any need to flatter people in power.

Yeah, Atatsuki, don't call him by that name. It's rude! Kuran-sama is handsome, well-behaved, and a perfect honor student. Calling him "gang leader" would ruin his image!! At least call him "SUPREME GANG LEADER!!

That's the way this business works: if your movies do well at the box office, you will be offered more movies. It doesn't matter if you're a nice guy or you're a prick. If your movies do well, there's a job waiting for you in Hollywood. It's not any more complicated than that.