Reputation Quotes

1049 Reputation quotes by 771 unique authors

Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never… — Bob Woodward
Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing. — Laurence J. Peter
I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it. — Mae West
Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk. — Robert Bloch
I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that… — Edgar Allan Poe
Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself. — Lois McMaster Bujold
Her reputation for reading a great deal hung about her like the cloudy envelope of a goddess in an epic. — Henry James
Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing;… — William Shakespeare
if i was a woman these days, i'd be killing motherfuckers. my handgun would never cool and my hands would be covered in testicular blood.… — Henry Rollins
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily cracked, and never well mended. — Benjamin Franklin
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest… — Susan B. Anthony
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. — Alexander Pope
And of the Witch? In the life of a Witch, there is no "after", in the "ever after" of a Witch there is no "happily";… — Gregory Maguire
Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your… — Wayne Dyer
How happy is the lot of the mathematician! He is judged solely by his peers, and the standard is so high that no colleague or… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are — John Wooden
I know [Umbridge] by reputation and I'm sure she's no Death Eater-" "She's foul enough to be one..." "Yes, but the world isn't split into… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
kar.a.bek.i.an (n.); (from Rabo Karabekian, U.S. 20th Cent. painter). Fiasco in which a person causes total destruction of own work and reputation through stupidity, carelessness… — Kurt Vonnegut
The incident with Dawn hadn't been one of my finer moments. I honestly hadn't expected to break any bones when I shoved her into a… — Richelle Mead
A man should always have these two rules in readiness. First, to do only what the reason of your ruling and legislating faculties suggest for… — Marcus Aurelius
There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They… — Mark Twain
Be still: There is no longer any need of comment. It was a lucky wind That blew away his halo with his cares, A lucky… — Thomas Merton
Love comes with a knife, not some shy question, and not with fears for its reputation! — Unknown Author
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion. — Mark Twain
Small mistakes tend to lead to large ones. Ours is a lifetime appoinment, and all you have is your reputation. Once it's gone, it doesn't… — David Baldacci

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