Bob Greene Quotes

I did not have a reputation to defend.

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

Be careful with how you make the world perceive you, because they'll perceive you like that for the rest of your life.

I'm very cautious of how I'm presented and my type of reputation.

Take care of your reputation. It's your most valuable asset.

If you want to be watched 24 hours a day in everything you do, you can't turn that around. You can't wake up three years later and say, 'Stop bothering me, I'm a serious actor,' if all you've done is wear certain clothes and show up half-loaded at clubs.

People are really concerned with what other people are saying about them.

No one's reputation is quite what he himself perceives it ought to be.

My public image is none of my business.

You have to have an overall vision of how you want people to see you.

Your goal as a candidate - define others before they can define you.

People have a good image of me. It's not these tramps who are going to tarnish my image. They should stop lying to the French people. It annoys me that people talk about 'your image'. My image is great in France. When I'm abroad, I don't even talk about it. But in France it's just these people, these parasites.

We are more solicitous that men speak of us, than how they speak.

The image you project, in many circumstances, is far more valuable than your skills or your record of past accomplishments.

Some men's reputation seems like seed-wheat, which thrives best when brought from a distance.

The sort of man you will make of yourself, how you will be regarded by the world, whether people will admire and respect or despise you, whether you win the approval or the condemnation of your Maker - all this is in your own hands.

Our names are an integral part of the faces we show to the world. If we're judged first on outward appearances, we're assessed next on our names.

When you lose your reputation at 19, you lose everything.

I have met many people, and everyone's impression of me is based on my career.

I think with most all of us, we want control of our image - it's part of the work that we do.

Image is the most important thing about someone's career and longevity.

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

I think I stumbled upon a voice people associate with me with 'The Deal.'

When you have the chance to present yourself vocally, you realize a kind of brand develops around that vocal, and you start to see the public consciousness of you is only about one half of your brain.

How we present ourselves matters a lot, and that's every American, not just at the senior levels.