“Abraham Lincoln said, “Reputation is the shadow. Character is the tree.” — Honoree Corder Copy Share Image
Mona Lisa is the only beauty who went through history and retained her reputation. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
If a man ordered a beer milkshake he'd better do it in a town where he wasn't known. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment. — Ernest Bramah Copy Share Image
Pakistan destroyed its own reputation. If anything, I have improved Pakistan's image. — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Someone who gossips well has a reputation for being good company or even a wit, never for being a gossip. — Louis Kronenberger Copy Share Image
As home secretary, I gained a reputation for being 'tough'; less concerned with liberty than with public protection. — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
You can never be known of your recent attitude until you have the power to suppress your pompousness, when your wealth comes. — Bakre Basit Babatunde Copy Share Image
I married someone 30 years older than me, a doctor, a playboy who had a terrible Don Juan reputation. — Arielle Dombasle Copy Share Image
How happy the lot of the mathematician. He is judged solely by his peers, and the standard is so high that no… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
'The Road' was a movie that has a good reputation, even though it wasn't released very well, but that's a movie I'm… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Creativity requires taking what Einstein called 'a leap into the unknown.' This can mean putting your beliefs, reputation and resources on the… — Frank X. Barron Copy Share Image
A community that is growing rich and seeks only to defend its goods and its reputation is dying. It has ceased to… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
In the early days of the crash it was widely believed that Jesse L. Livermore, a Bostonian with a large and unquestionably… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Character: The ability to carry out a worthy decision after the emotion of making that decision has passed. Character simply stated is… — Hyrum W. Smith Copy Share Image
I think I did have a reputation for being grumpy. I don't think I'm grumpy. I have opinions. I have an independent… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
Lord, make me less like Jonah and more like Jesus. Save me from being the kind of person who cares more about… — Colin S. Smith Copy Share Image
Christian guys had a reputation for being soft or not being tough enough to play the game. But every chapel we've had,… — Matt Cullen Copy Share Image
In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Nothing is more false and more indiscreet than always to want to choose what mortifies us in everything. By this rule a… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Free software is part of a broader phenomenon, which is a shift toward recognizing the value of shared work. Historically, shared stuff… — Mark Shuttleworth Copy Share Image
The First thing that strikes a traveler in the United States is the innumerable multitude of those who seek to emerge from… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“You and your husband have, I think, been very fortunate to know so little, by experience, in your own case or in… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
We've learned from experience that the truth will come out. Other experimenters will repeat your experiment and find out whether you were… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
“The Perfect Person's Rule of Life: The perfect person does not only try to avoid evil. Nor does he do good for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most people tell you they want to get out of kindergarten, but don't believe them. Don't believe them! All they want you… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
In most of the world, poetry has such a different reputation than it does in Western culture. Poetry is a popular genre… — Eliza Griswold Copy Share Image
I got the breaks. Starting from nowhere in the corn belt, I helped edit a country weekly, then was jack-of-all-departments on an… — George Ade Copy Share Image
