Colonialism has a bad reputation in the modern context, but Colonial Africa was a far better place for both black and white… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Makin' mistakes ain't a crime, you know. What's the use of having a reputation if you can't ruin it every now and… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
The lasting and ultimately most important reputation of a film is not based on reviews, but on what, if anything, people say… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
You know, sometimes a person's reputation can be far more colossal than the influence of the person. I don't pay any attention… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
“Reputation is not a treatise you write on your own behavior. Other people write it, and other people keep it.” — Calvin Miller Copy Share Image
Attain and maintain a reputation, for it is the usufruct of fame. A stiff climb, for it is the issue of excellence,… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
At times when I didn't have records out, the press has really kept me out there. My bad reputation has done wonderful… — Tanya Tucker Copy Share Image
“I have discovered fallen trees across my path and have possessed neither the strength to move them nor the patience or tenacity… — Chris Murray Copy Share Image
Many rich and powerful men would pay dearly to see the Lord or His Most Pure Mother, but God does not appear… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
Gossip can also kill, because it kills the reputation of the person! It is so terrible to gossip! At first it may… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
When I first met the Rev. Al Sharpton in 1993 as a cub editorial writer at the New York Daily News, he… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
No one can do without some semblance of immortality, and even less will they deny themselves the right to seek it out… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
Some liberal interest groups have come out in full force and have attempted to paint Judge [Samuel] Alito to be an extremist… — Chuck Grassley Copy Share Image
So-called professional mathematicians have, in their reliance on the relative incapacity of the rest of mankind, acquired for themselves a reputation for… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
We've got another nominee coming up, well qualified, Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owens has a tremendous reputation, tremendous record, but they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume. — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so. — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
To entrust to an editor a story over which you have labored and to which your name and reputation are attached can… — Edna Buchanan Copy Share Image
I have been at my book; and am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
It's a very lovely reputation to have - being a kind person. I try to live up to the fact that people… — Josh Gondelman Copy Share Image
It is said that a rogue does not look you in the face, neither does an honest man look at you as… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Israel now has a reputation around the world of being not just a place to develop products and technology but to develop… — Naftali Bennett Copy Share Image
Especially being a woman of color, sometimes it's hard for to put our foot down. You work with a lot of men,… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
The French have the reputation of being arrogant. I don't think it's arrogance but a certain authenticity. — Simon Baker Copy Share Image
Louisiana's spicy, colorful politics have saddled our state with a reputation for tolerating lax ethical standards in government. — John Kennedy Copy Share Image
Excellence means representing the reputation of Christ well. It means doing all things as best as you can... — Stephen Kendrick Copy Share Image
The passions are the humors of the mind, and the least excess sickens our judgment. If the disease spreads to the mouth,… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
The strange machinery by which a reputation precedes its source we all know is faulty. Yet how much faith we put in… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Sometimes you can have a reputation for not being relatable and nice because you had a bad day once. — James Corden Copy Share Image
Being an electronic genius was a reputation I had, maybe being even into math and science almost exclusively and not wanting to… — Steve Wozniak Copy Share Image
My working style is democratic and I want people to be honest with me. Reputation makes everyone agree with your point, which… — Sriram Raghavan Copy Share Image
I shaped my reputation in this business and this outlook in this business being singularly focused on the task at hand. — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
Whatever may be the success of my stories, I shall be resolute in preserving my incognito, having observed that a nom de… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I have heard that everything is fair in love and war but I never follow it because I know how you can… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
Highland werewolves had a reputation for doing atrocious and highly unwarranted *things*, like wearing smoking jackets to the dinner table. — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The court's reputation is affected by what people say only if it seems to have a ring of fairness and authenticity. — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
The best painters, as they progress in reputation and towards perfection, are found to dispense more and more with the technique of… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image