Quotes About Reputation

It is a hugely embarrassing situation to find myself in, I'm a professional driver and to be caught speeding and to have my licence taken away for speeding, it would have an effect on my reputation.

It takes a career, a lifetime, to build up a reputation, and only one misstep for it all to crumble away.

I have a reputation for taking on governors a lot more powerful than me.

I have been maligned as taking advantage of others' hardship in order to make a buck. Nothing could be further from the truth.

There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no talent you won't get the part.

It's not how pretty you are or how talented you are. It's that if these five people on this day in this room like you, then you get a job.

If the girl is good looking and talented, and for some reason the film doesn't work, she gets a second chance. But if subsequent films don't work, she gets branded as an 'iron leg.' The whole thing gets negative.

I'm hoping that, over the years, people will come back to 'MADtv' and think it isn't that bad. We had some really talented people on there.

Obviously, as with any business, a celebrity can only add so much to a brand's image or vision. So the product must be in keeping with the celebrity's talents.

Appearing on TV as a plastic surgeon showcases your talents and that increases demand. We're very busy. The negative thing is that sometimes patients think you can work magic, which, of course, you cannot.

You should not quarrel with your neighbour, for he will remain where he is, but your high handedness will become the talk of the people.

The more records you put up, the longer they talk about you.

I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk show.

You can be up there, talked about, appreciated all over the world, with people singing a lot of songs about you. But if you don't measure up and you are not really connected with your people... it will explode in your face, no question about it.

People have talked about it off and on, and there have been people who have stood up for me and have said, 'Hey, we know her, and she is a good person.'

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

I've never talked to anyone writing a book on me. I've had so much written about me that is made up, usually something that seems silly enough or weird enough to get remarked upon, and it's pretty much all fiction.

I've been talked about by a lot better people than the general public.

The media had me convicted of doing something wrong before I had even done anything at all, before I had talked to anyone, before I get out of bed. I'm always the bad person.

Usually, I prefer not to clarify anything that is being talked about me, but when it goes out of limits, I reply.

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

One thing which I know about this world of glamour is that it is better to have people talking about you than not being talked about at all.

People will have their guesses and opinions on my character, but anyone that's actually sat down and talked to me knows that I don't have any character issues, any off-the-field issues.

Growing up, we talked about all you have is your last name. That's what people will remember you by and that's how people know you. You have to do everything you can to not blemish your last name.