Reputation Quotes

I don't think you need to run down someone's reputation in order to run for the office of president.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

In the end, you make your reputation and you have your success based upon credibility and being able to provide people who are really hungry for information what they want.

You have to face the fact that I have no reputation as a composer; I have my reputation as a songwriter and a performer-and that opportunity came this summer, when I was invited to perform at the Lincoln Centre festival in New York... three nights.

I never lose that terror of 'this is my last job, I'll never work again.' You can never relax and rely on whatever reputation you've built.

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

We've got another nominee coming up, well qualified, Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owens has a tremendous reputation, tremendous record, but they are already marshalling their forces to try to stop that nomination.

The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs, specifically in the matter of revolution.

For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a brother whose literary reputation is much greater than my own.

One way to evaluate your own reputation is to think about what would be said of you at your eulogy.

Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.

Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail.

It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you.

Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.'

Me, I'd prefer to have a good reputation rather than getting press for being scandalous, getting drunk in public, staying out late and so on.

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.

Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.

It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincoln's single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his reputation.

You can never take your reputation back. There really is nothing as powerful as a good reputation.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.

Me, my literary reputation is mostly abroad, but I am anchored here in New York. I can't think of any other place I'd rather die than here.

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

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

You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do.

How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes.

Your political reputation affects how likely allies are to trust you, and what kind of deals they'll offer at the negotiating table. There's also some emotional response in there, so factions do bear grudges. Just like the real thing.