Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it…

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pygmy in its proportions when it follows

— Charles M De Talleyrand

One gets wrapped up in reacting to ones own reputation, which can be a kind of trap.

— Rirkrit Tiravanija

You grow in reputation like bread in the hands of a child.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Reputation, like a face, is the symbol of its possessor and creator, and another can use it only as a mask.

— Learned Hand

A strong reputation is like a good bonfire. When you have one kindled it's easy to keep the flame burning, even if someone comes…

— Anonymous

Could you imagine if the U.N. had endorsed the war in Iraq, what our reputation would be like?

— Kofi Annan

Reputation is like fine china: Once broken it's very hard to repair.

— Abraham Lincoln

Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.

— Abraham Lincoln

Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like

— Chinese Proverbs

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

— Abraham Lincoln

The risk of developing carcinoma of the lung increases steadily as the amount smoked increases. If the risk among non-smokers is taken as unity…

— Richard Doll

To behave creatively in art means behavior with skill; and skill comes from discipline, not derangement. The artist who knows the rules -and proportion…

— Burne Hogarth

The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help…

— Henrik Ibsen

Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.

— William Blake