The French have the reputation of being arrogant. I don’t think it’s arrogance but a certain authenticity. – Simon Baker
I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I’ve played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters. – Val Kilmer
If Anglo feels it hasn’t done enough damage to me already by taking my money, my company, my reputation, if they want to finish it off by putting me in prison, then so be it – I’ll accept that. – Sean Quinn
Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian’s mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis. – Samuel E. Morison
If bearing a reputation as a weirdo is all it takes to be a genius, I’m a shoo-in. Come to think of it, half the people I know are geniuses – the other half, peculiarly enough, idiots. – Todd Rundgren
The English reputation for humour is a way by which people avoid revealing themselves and have superficial relationships, so that you can engage in banter without making yourself vulnerable. – Theodore Zeldin
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
I, therefore, O Caesar, do not publish this work, merely prefixing my name to a treatise which of right belongs to others, nor think of acquiring reputation by finding fault with the works of any one. – Vitruvius
I take a certain pride in having maintained a reputation for fast copy throughout my newspaper career. Fast-breaking stories left my typewriter in a hurry. Not great literature, perhaps, but fast, and usually accurate. – Walter Cronkite
Modernism has a reputation for being a forbidding phenomenon: its visual arts disconcertingly non-representational, its literary efforts devoid of the consolations of plot and character – even its films, it’s argued, fall well short of that true desideratum: entertainment. – Will Self
And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor. – Vincent D’Onofrio
If you are worried about the risk to your reputation, you don’t launch a telecoms firm in an aggressive way. – Xavier Niel
I was never one to run away from trouble – I intend to continue to fight my corner and try to redeem our reputation in some way. It’s very difficult when you see the PR campaign that Anglo have built up against us. A lot of the media would be very anti-Quinn and have fallen hook, line and sinker for the Anglo story where they are the good guys. – Sean Quinn
I know I have a reputation that is not so flattering, but I guess I owe it to just being a private person. I don’t mean anyone harm, and I’m not being mean. I just don’t socialise much; I don’t party too much. I don’t know what to say to the media if I’m not talking about a film that I am doing, so yeah, maybe I am perceived as a snob. – Shahid Kapoor
I tend to admire dead people more than the living. All too often, human reality diminishes the glowing reputation. – William Boyd
Since most corporate competitors have the same problems with sustainability and social reputation, it’s worth trying to solve them together. – Simon Mainwaring
As long as the house of The Holy Spirit remains a haven for criminals the reputation of the church will remain in ruins. – Sinead O’Connor
M.I.T. has a reputation for turning out Dilberts. They may be brilliant in what they do, but no one can understand what they say. – Steven Pinker
No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it. – Thomas Jefferson
The Huntington Theatre has a really fine reputation. I was keenly aware of how well thought of they are and that they develop and support new plays. – Winnie Holzman
Why is it surprising that scientists might have long hair and wear cowboy boots? In fields like neuroscience, where the events you are recording are so minute, I suspect scientists cultivate a boring, reliable image. A scientist with a reputation for flamboyance might be suspect. – Steven Pinker
Washington has, with some justification, gained a reputation for being hopelessly mired in partisan gridlock. – Ted Cruz
President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security. – Samantha Power
‘The Road’ was a movie that has a good reputation, even though it wasn’t released very well, but that’s a movie I’m very proud of. – Viggo Mortensen
I think politicians nationwide have earned a reputation sometimes that is very unfavorable because they will say things and then do something else when they get into office. – Susana Martinez