Reputation Quotes

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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,… — Hannah Arendt
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. — Isaac Asimov
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about… — Charles A. Beard
For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing… — Robert Benchley
A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well. — Jeff Bezos
It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money. — Josh Billings
In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar players. — Ritchie Blackmore
Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves. — Nathaniel Branden
I have a reputation for speaking my mind. I like to think my candor and bluntness will give you the answers. — John O. Brennan
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… — Warren Buffett
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently. — Warren Buffett
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. — Sophia Bush
The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation. — Samuel Butler
Once you accept your own death, all of a sudden you're free to live. You no longer care about your reputation. You no longer care… — Saul Alinsky
I had a reputation of being somewhat moderate, partly, I think, because I wasn't a 'bomb thrower' like some of my conservative colleagues, and partly… — Dick Cheney
Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I read with some amusement my reputation as a ladies' man. My friends are amused by that, too, because they know my life. — Leonard Cohen
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform. — Susan B. Anthony
Mathematics has the completely false reputation of yielding infallible conclusions. Its infallibility is nothing but identity. Two times two is not four, but it is… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you… — Benjamin Haydon

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