Mickey Rourke Quotes

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

It is my belief that it is not the fact that he traveled as much as he did during the past few months as much as what he said and how he said it that hurt him.

Being attractive and being credible can and do go together.

Listen, anybody that knows me knows I'm not disrespectful.

Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word.

You can perform all kind of characters but you cannot change what people feel for you.

It's better to not have a reputation than a bad one.

Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one.

Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.

You get a reputation for stability if you are stable for years.

Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.

It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Reputation is a timely subject, now that nobody has one.

I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated.

You can never take your reputation back. There really is nothing as powerful as a good reputation.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.

A man had rather a hundred lies told of him than one truth which he does not wish to be told.

Those whose deeds have once incurred our hatred, can never become entitled to our regard; nor can those who have once merited our affection ever after absolutely cancel their claim.

It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper

Don't believe anything they write about you, good or bad.

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!.

Many are asking what my credentials are and what I can do for the Philippines. They are telling me that they heard I am a womanizer. That is true. That is very true.

I wasn't aware I was trading on my good name; I've never had a good name.

The reality is if you tell people something long enough, good or bad, they're going to believe it. And for a while the picture painted was that I wasn't exactly a favorable character.