With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right. If they've got a reputation for being difficult it's usually because they just don't suffer fools. ~By Glenn Close ~
It is better, however, for his own reputation that the story-teller should risk a few actions for libel on account of these unfortunate coincidences than that he should adopt the melancholy device of using blanks or asterisks. ~By James Payn ~
As the U.S. trade deficit, and the portion of that deficit attributed to China, continue to grow, our own economy is at risk of losing its reputation as a leader in world trade. ~By Jo Ann Emerson ~
It is certain that concentration camps had a bad reputation with us. ~By Albert Speer ~
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 remains intact. ~By Warren Buffett ~
You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself; this is to desire your Approbation to keep a public school. ~By Eli Whitney ~
Back in the day, a pair of tight jeans was enough to earn a girl a bad reputation. Now slutty has gone Main Street. ~By Linda Chavez ~
Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves. ~By Nathaniel Branden ~
If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me. ~By Dwight L. Moody ~
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance. ~By Petrarch ~
I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't. ~By Jules Renard ~
And the university's reputation will only continue to grow as stories like Elaine's are spread. Delaware State University's motto 'a past to honor, a future to insure,' couldn't be any more fitting for this transitional period you are going through. ~By Michael N. Castle ~
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company. ~By George Washington ~
That incident ruined my reputation for 10 years. Get one Beatle drunk and look what happens! ~By Harry Nilsson ~
HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned. ~By Richard Russo ~
Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business. ~By Warren Spahn ~
I don't think you need to run down someone's reputation in order to run for the office of president. ~By Jon Huntsman, Jr. ~
SDC has a great reputation for putting live music on stage. ~By Graeme Murphy ~
If you have this reputation you can sit back and endure it, or you can try to do things with it. ~By Rem Koolhaas ~
Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets. ~By Victor Kiam ~
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, specifically in the matter of revolution. ~By Hannah Arendt ~
First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it. ~By David Ogilvy ~
Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom. ~By Myrtle Reed ~
If you take the approach that you want to scrape every last nickel off the table, that'll work one or two times, but after awhile, your reputation will precede you. ~By Tom Hicks ~
I am better than my reputation. ~By Friedrich Schiller ~
A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity. ~By Baltasar Gracian ~
The elite media has been caught in so many lies because of false statements that its whole reputation has eroded, their circulation is down, and their profits are down. ~By Geraldo Rivera ~
Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes. ~By Marcus Tullius Cicero ~
No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it. ~By Thomas Jefferson ~
The only trouble here is they won't let us study enough. They are so afraid we shall break down and you know the reputation of the College is at stake, for the question is, can girls get a college degree without ruining their health? ~By Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards ~
Ballet-girls have a bad reputation, which is in most cases well deserved. ~By Henry Mayhew ~
Me, my literary reputation is mostly abroad, but I am anchored here in New York. I can't think of any other place I'd rather die than here. ~By Harold Brodkey ~
Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect. ~By Bryant H. McGill ~
We've got another nominee coming up, well qualified, Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owens has a tremendous reputation, tremendous record, but they are already marshalling their forces to try to stop that nomination. ~By Jay Alan Sekulow ~
It seems that the most important thing about Reagan was his anti-Communism and his reputation as a hawk who saw the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire.' ~By Mikhail Gorbachev ~
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue. ~By Saint Francis de Sales ~
The work I did in Vertigo meant nothing if no one cared about the movie. Luckily, Vertigo had a revival and people had begun to recognize there was something special and it gained in reputation. But it just as well could have ended up rotting in film cans somewhere. ~By Kim Novak ~
But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation. ~By Kate Bush ~
Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail. ~By Carroll O'Connor ~
Nothing escapes the vigilance of the New South Wales police; their reputation is known the world over. ~By Joshua Slocum ~
You 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. ~By W. Somerset Maugham ~
The typical journalist's typical lead for the typical Canadian story nowadays is along this line: that Canadians are hard at work trying to gain a reputation as a nation of rapid social change. ~By Stockwell Day ~
It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark. ~By Calamity Jane ~
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was. ~By Joseph Hall ~
Location is the key to most businesses, and the entrepreneurs typically build their reputation at a particular spot. ~By Phyllis Schlafly ~
Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men. ~By William Wycherley ~
My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do. ~By Stephanie Tubbs Jones ~
Until you have lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is. ~By Margaret Mitchell ~
It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincoln's single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his reputation. ~By John George Nicolay ~
You get trapped by stories. Though I've got this reputation for being out of control, it's not true, it just happens to be a more interesting story than the truth. ~By Terry Gilliam ~
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 around in line in front of windows, just waiting. ~By Robert Benchley ~
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. ~By Isaac Asimov ~
New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in. ~By Jane Pauley ~
I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown. ~By Elizabeth I ~
Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs. ~By Mason Cooley ~
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. ~By Henry Ford ~
An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc. ~By Henri Matisse ~
No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time. ~By Helen Rowland ~
I have a bad reputation for being temperamental. ~By Ted Kotcheff ~
I never had that reputation of being not accessible. ~By Lauren Holly ~
Not much more can happen to you after you lose your reputation and your wife. ~By John N. Mitchell ~
You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do. ~By Liz Smith ~
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. ~By John F. Kennedy ~
Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised. ~By Ben Jonson ~
Ever since I became a Muslim, I've had to deal with attempts to damage my reputation and countless insinuations seeking to cast doubt on my character and trying to connect me to causes which I do not subscribe to. ~By Cat Stevens ~
There is little doubt that the majority of Mr. Mill's supporters in 1865 did not know what his political opinions were, and that they voted for him simply on his reputation as a great thinker. ~By Millicent Fawcett ~
It is unfortunate that the poor judgment shown by a small group of young actors has tarnished the reputation of every child who has ever appeared before a camera. ~By Fred Savage ~
Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do. ~By Liz Smith ~
Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity. ~By Robert Green Ingersoll ~
It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave. ~By Sallust ~
It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money. ~By Josh Billings ~
That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood. ~By Sylvester Stallone ~
A good reputation is more valuable than money. ~By Publilius Syrus ~
Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. ~By Euripides ~
It's also much clearer how much damage the occupation of Iraq is doing to America's reputation and prestige around the world; and that's just starting now to hit home in the United States. ~By Peter Singer ~
Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable. ~By Voltaire ~
Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us. ~By Thomas Paine ~
I know for me like I have a reputation of being kind of tough, I have a reputation of also being the girl next door, kind of sweet but I have standards and my thing is, it's me on that screen and I don't have control over everything in this and I'm grateful and thankful. ~By Nia Long ~
Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great. ~By John Zimmerman ~
I will never work merely to make a reputation for myself, to be popular for appearances rather than for what I am. My task is to lead my country through service. ~By King Hussein I ~
With enough courage, you can do without a reputation. ~By Margaret Mitchell ~
I think when two people get together, their past is their past. Their reputations are reputations. You can only take someone the way you find them... on face value. I think that was how we were both, the way we were. ~By Shane Warne ~
It was delightful but, of course, it was pretty insulting to my professional reputation. ~By Anthony Holden ~
There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter. ~By Charles Caleb Colton ~
Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation. ~By Francois de La Rochefoucauld ~
We would all like a reputation for generosity and we'd all like to buy it cheap. ~By Mignon McLaughlin ~
I have built my reputation on honesty, I have sometimes been too honest. ~By David Blunkett ~
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 repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. ~By Charles A. Beard ~
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. ~By John Wooden ~
A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow. ~By J. B. Priestley ~
The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other. ~By Charles Caleb Colton ~
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. ~By Socrates ~
If my acceptance of the office of Governor would serve my country, though my administration would be attended with the loss of personal credit and reputation, I would cheerfully undertake it. ~By Christopher Gadsden ~
The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter. ~By F. Scott Fitzgerald ~
When I went to Philadelphia I was 26 years old and really sitting on top of the world. Family life, a professional career, plenty of friends and associates, and a good reputation, a wish list that could be the envy of many. ~By Julius Erving ~
At the time the Sendmail program had a very poor reputation with respect to security, with four root vulnerabilities per year for two successive years. ~By Wietse Venema ~
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation. ~By Oscar Wilde ~
It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it. ~By Pliny the Elder ~
But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot or a stain but what it can take out. ~By John Gay ~
Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest. ~By Epicurus ~
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