Quotes About Reputation

I have established a reputation for being someone who, if you tell her to do one thing, will almost certainly do the other. I also have a temper.

The only thing that matters now is what you leave 'em with. If you drop this thing in the middle of the second act, they'll forget that they ever loved you. You've gotta earn it all over again now.

Be careful of your dignity, is what I am saying. It is not always your friend.

I am a whore, she said. And in addition to that, I am not a nice woman. But despite these facts, my word is gold.

Have you no care for your reputation?" She stepped toward him until she was so close he fancied he breathed the same air as she and when she tilted her face up to look at him he saw that she wasn't nearly as calm as he'd imagined. "No," she murmured, her voice a siren's song, "none at all." "Then I'll be damned if I will," he muttered and kissed her.

You do have to save my brother," she said, "because if you do not I will tell everyone in England that you are the Ghost of St. Giles.

What of all the men who made her what she is by associating with her?" she asked. "No one worries about the reputation of the men who patronize whores." "I can't believe you would speak of such things," he sputtered in outrage.

society will judge you rather harshly, my dear." She

Unable to be or do anything of themselves, the young of the present generation tried to achieve a reputation for cleverness by decrying all that was obviously great and obviously good and by praising everything, however obviously bad, that was different.

One who says unpleasant things about others, will himself quickly become a target of their scandal.

If someone's deeds lower his position, his pedigree cannot elevate it.

The mayor will be remembered because of his refusal to accept political favors and he kept his campaign promises.

Muitas pessoas se contentam em evitar o escândalo, pois seu orgulho sofreria com isso, sua reputação seria diminuída entre os homens.

Now don't go thinking nice things about me. You'll only be disappointed.

That's good; don't deny it. Denying the undeniable just makes you sound like a fool as well as a liar. In this profession, you can be one- sometimes the other. But never both.

Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now desperately avoid it all costs.

False speech does harm to readers, who are misled by it; it does harm to journalism, which is weakened by it; and it does harm to the subjects of the speech, whose reputations and careers are damaged by it.

I floated around in the department of biochemistry and learned some interesting things, and then I began to... I never wanted to work with a mentor because I always wanted to have my own reputation and be free to do what I wanted to do. So I worked with the weakest people in the department. Don't make that public.

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

Trump has more understanding and insight than his opponents realize. For a man such as Trump to risk acquiring so many powerful enemies and to risk his wealth and reputation, he had to have known that the people's dissatisfaction with the ruling establishment meant he could be elected president.

But I, Caesar, have not sought to amass wealth by the practice of my art, having been rather contented with a small fortune and reputation, than desirous of abundance accompanied by a want of reputation.

Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great.

The main threads running through the lives of W. A. Clark and his daughter Huguette include the costs of ambition, the burdens of inherited wealth, the fragility of reputation, the folly of judging someone's life from the outside, and the tension between engaging with the world, with all its risks, and keeping a safe distance from danger.

Cleveland has a very bad reputation, but there's a lot of stuff that's left over from when there were very wealthy people - the Art Museum and a world class symphony that's still world class.