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You could say that the Hell's Angels have a bad reputation, then you talk to a biker, and he's trying to join it. It just depends upon who you're talking to about reputation.
Anton NewcombeEverybody in the military has a reputation, and usually it doesn't come out to the public.
Wesley ClarkWe cannot allow the reputation of football and FIFA to be dragged through the mud any longer.
Sepp BlatterNo one can do without some semblance of immortality, and even less will they deny themselves the right to seek it out in the form of this or that reputation, starting with the literary... Since death has come to be accepted by all as the absolute end, everyone writes.
Emile M. CioranI'm perfectly happy to have the reputation as a comedian. I love comedies, I would love to be doing more comedies. But I also feel like I hit the limit on playing the girlfriend type in a lot of rom-coms that aren't actually rom-coms, but guy movies that happen to have girls in them.
Elizabeth Banks....nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one's own power.
Niccolo MachiavelliYou know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism.
W. Somerset MaughamDespite that sort of reputation that Canada has of being a boring place, we really have produced really interesting politicians.
Terry MosherIn the end, you make your reputation and you have your success based upon credibility and being able to provide people who are really hungry for information what they want.
Brit HumeSuccess produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.
Ben JonsonI really like Barack Obama. I think that he's working very hard. He's trying to rebuild our reputation throughout the world. The previous administration was a total disaster, a total catastrophe. He was handed a pretty bad deck of cards. And I'm not saying I agree with everything he's doing. He's a champion. I mean, he won against all odds. When he first announced, people were giving him virtually no chance. And he's just done something that's amazing.
Donald TrumpTo scatter praise or blame without regard to justice is to destroy the distinction of good and evil. Many have no other test of actions than general opinion; and all are so far influenced by a sense of reputation that they are often restrained by fear of reproach, and excited by hope of honour, when other principles have lost their power.
Samuel JohnsonReputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.
George William CurtisI would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown.
Elizabeth IHonesty is not necessarily the best policy. The best policy would be to acquire a reputation for honesty and then to cheat at the psychological moment.
William Lyon PhelpsTrousers and the reputation of not being a thief are similar in the following way: There is no particular honor in having them butonce they are lost, everyone thinks they have the right to insult us.
Franz GrillparzerWhat is new about Barthes's posthumous reputation is the view of him as a writer whose books of criticism and personal musings must be admired as serious and beautiful works of the imagination.
Edmund WhiteNow and then I become conscious of having the reputation of being one of the great drinkers, if not one of the great drunks, of our time.
Kingsley AmisI've been hounded by a reputation of being difficult when really what I'm being is truthful and honest. And I think that's been a thorn in my side.
Gabrielle AnwarWhen I moved to New York, the reputation just followed me, and I am regularly invited to play in home games, by writers in particular, though finance folk also invite me on occasion.
Katy LedererUnfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.
Bryant H. McGillExcellence means representing the reputation of Christ well. It means doing all things as best as you can...
Stephen KendrickChristians ought to have a reputation for being the most dependable people at work. They are always aware of who their true boss is.
Rick WarrenHe had also the reputation of being a bit of a lady killer. But that probably accrued to him from his possession of a laughing, velvety voice which no girl could hear without a heartbeat, and a dangerous way of listening as if she were saying something that he had longed all his life to hear.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryThe key to getting a reputation for being brilliant is actually being brilliant, not just acting like you are.
Seth GodinA lot of people would say "well that's not a bad reputation. you sound like a pussy" and I would say yea. but I am passionate about music and being taken seriously about my music, so if you're going to mess with that, we have a problem.
Joan JettWe depend on you to do the right thing; right for both you and the company. It is no exaggeration to say that IBM's reputation is in your hands.
Buck RodgersI was always the underdog that everyone identified with, and I still think I'm that way. But if you're on the other side of the fence on a certain issue, your opinion is going to change. And that was the part I was scared of, because I built my reputation on being this guy who's all about football - and I am, and I'm still the same guy, that doesn't change.
Andrew HawkinsVirtue is despotic; life, reputation, every earthly good, must be surrendered at her voice. The law may seem hard, but it is the guardian of what it commands; and is the only sure defence of happiness.
Jane PorterI am 54 years old and happily single. In addition to my nuclear family, I have a close circle of friends. Most of my friends are men. But my reputation is such that their female partners would never consider me a threat.
Geraldine Lee Wei LingA man can build a staunch reputation for honesty by admitting he was in error, especially when he gets caught at it.
Robert RuarkIf you get a reputation for being honest, you have 95 percent of the competition already beat.
John Kenneth GalbraithIt is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you.
Matthew HaleIn my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar players.
Ritchie Blackmore[On journalists:] ... however lyingly libellous they may be: nobody can seriously hurt the reputation of a Great person. If he is hurt: he is not Great. They can but scratch at his skin with their mice nails.
Caitlin ThomasAs the malicious disposition of mankind is too well known, and the cruel pleasure which they take in destroying the reputation of others, the use we are to make of this knowledge is, to afford no handle for reproach; for bad as the world is, it seldom falls on anyone who hath not given some slight cause for censure.
Henry FieldingPromptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.
Charles SimmonsEurope would be well advised to pay more attention to Latin America. The emerging economies are the engines of the global economy. Colombia has done too little to improve its reputation in Europe.
Juan Manuel SantosI think you earn your reputation for honesty and integrity literally hour-by-hour, and taste for that matter.
Andrew Sullivan