#reputation

Rumour is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures And of so easy and so plain a stop That the blunt monster with uncounted heads, The still-discordant wavering multitude, Can play upon it. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#gossip #libel #public-opinion #reputation #rumor

Love grows and wanes, but honor, duty, and commitment, those things are constant and stable. They define who you are. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#duty #honor #ian #love #reputation

You're not Dostoevsky,' said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by Koroviev. Well, who knows, who knows,' he replied. 'Dostoevsky's dead,' said the citizeness, but somehow not very confidently. 'I protest!' Behemoth exclaimed hotly. 'Dostoevsky is immortal! ↗

— Mikhail Bulgakov

#fame #immortality #reputation #confidence

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 except so far as your life can be used tactically to promote a cause you believe in. ↗

— Saul Alinsky

#accept #believe #care #cause #death

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform. ↗

— Susan B. Anthony

#always #careful #casting #cautious #effect

I guess somehow I got a reputation of being able to dance. ↗

— Uma Thurman

#being #dance #got #guess #i

I'm stingy and I'm proud of the reputation. ↗

— Ingvar Kamprad

#proud #reputation #stingy

Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#most #reputations #ruined

There is no advertisement as powerful as a positive reputation traveling fast. ↗

— Brian Koslow

#advertisement #fast #powerful #reputation #traveling

I believe that sooner or later we're going to have to deal with Saddam Hussein, because of his general reputation, because of what I'm convinced he's done with regard to terrorism and the support thereof. But I'm not at all sure I believe that it has to be right now. ↗

— Lawrence Eagleburger

#believe #convinced #deal #done #general