Quotes About Reputation

Once a man gets a reputation as a liar, he might as well be struck dumb, for people do not listen to the wind.

Un hombre puede adquirir una brillante reputación como conversador dejando, simplemente, que su interlocutor lleve el peso de la conversación

a man can get a reputation as a sparkling conversationalist simply by letting the other man do all the talking.

You can be smart and not know much," I said. He nodded and drank some Coke. "Smartest broad I ever fucked," he said. And that in itself must be some kind of fame.

Truly said, "We've talked to people, Mr. Cole. You've an outstanding reputation for diligence, and your integrity is above reproach.

With the Athenians, as with Darius, one is astonished by how the obsession with honor and reputation can lead a great power toward a bad fate. The image of Darius's army marching into nowhere on an inhospitable steppe, in search of an enemy that never quite appears, is so powerful that it goes beyond mere symbolism.

If you only make it up, you never have to live it down.

Learn to destroy your enemies by opening holes in their own reputations. Then stand aside and let public opinion hang them.

Your prowess in the bedchamber, my lord." His eyes widened. "How would they know what I'm doing in bed?

company's image and improve client confidence.

The reputation of a girl ... is a delicate thing. Like a mynah bird in your hands. slacken your grip and away it flies.

He's a boy, you see, and, as such, what does he care about reputation? But you? The reputation of a girl, especially one as pretty as you, is a delicate thing, Laila. Like a mynah bird in your hands. Slacken your grip and away it flies. Fariba to her daughter Laila

Luka bisa disembuhkan. Reputasi tidak bisa dipulihkan.

In a few hours, I'm going to be banished to the surface, my belongings raffled off as novelty items and my living space given to someone else—my reputation destroyed. I'd rather have your head than your soul at this point in my illustrious career." - Al

My eyes narrowed. He wanted me to lie for him? Minias leaned so close to the barrier of ever-after that it buzzed a harsh warning. "If you don't, I'll give the public what they expect." His eyes went to the people clustered at the window. "Proof that you deal in demons ought to do wonders for your…sterling reputation." Mmmm. There is that. 

So now I'm popular?" Freya says. "They hate me, and I hit someone, and now they like me?

The captain pointed to the south, and Maya saw a line of icebergs fly into the air as if propelled by explosives, arcing in various directions and falling back onto the ice, breaking into thousands of pieces. "Maybe we'd better back off a little," the captain said. "It would be better for my reputation if we did not get shot out of the sky by an iceberg.

Shakespeare It is fair, through hardly very important, that to say or imply that the man of this name is not our greatest writer marks a second-rate person at best.

having a bad reputation or none at all is a serious handicap for a state seeking to remain competitive in the international arena. The unbranded state has a difficult time attracting economic and political attention.

It's not if you castrate an entire Roman legion, it's if they believe you did. Perception is everything.

knew the rumors about him were true!

Who knows what the citizens of Darden may be saying ten years from now about the girl who rode to town in her nightgown." "They'd say nothing if you'd drop it," Karigan said. Then the terrible thought occurred to her that this accursed incident might be the one thing in her entire life that anyone remembered her for. Her life's legacy.

I did not have a homosexual relationship with a man in Denver.

I think I sort of have a love/hate relationship with a reputation I have for being the designer who works with grids.