William Hazlitt Quotes

Trousers and the reputation of not being a thief are similar in the following way: There is no particular honor in having them butonce they are lost, everyone thinks they have the right to insult us.

It's very difficult to change the perception people have of you.

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

I enjoyed having a reputation as being wild, but these days I try not to worry about what people think in the privacy of their own brain or what they write in the bizarre publicity of their own newspapers, because all of those things are meaningless.

I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man – public opinion.

Let's say for instance people say, "He's a really totalitarian, strict guy, he's hard to work with or whatever." I don't think it's true, but people's perception of me leads that direction, like I'm a fundamentalist person. I end up having to spend extra time saying, "I'm not a fundamentalist." I have other stuff to do.

The strange machinery by which a reputation precedes its source we all know is faulty. Yet how much faith we put in it!

It’s not what you are that counts, it’s what they think you are.

I suppose you think I'm very brazen. Or très fou. Or something.' Not at all.' She seemed disappointed. 'Yes, you do. Everybody does. I don't mind. It's useful.

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.

I don't care what people think of me now, so why would I care when I'm dead?

What happens is I speak to people outside of my circle of friends and they have already formed an opinion of me based on the things that people have written. That is the effect of journalism on my life, and sometimes it isn't very pleasant.

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.

A regard for reputation and the judgment of the world may sometimes be felt where conscience is dormant.

Men are satisfied commonly if they can so regulate their lives as to escape the censure of men, and the disgrace which follows wicked actions.

If something happens that reinforces your stereotype, it’s a big deal.

I absolutely do care what people think about me.

My mother's mantra was, 'How would it look to the neighbors?' And so you don't do anything because you're worried about how it would look to the neighbors.

You can't change what people think or say.

People were saying on social media, 'He's going out too much' - I got judged. That was demoralising.

People's perception changes so fast. You win, and people say, 'Well, he had all of those sanctions at USC, and that's why he lost.' You lose, and, 'OK, he's a bad head coach, and he's just a good play-caller wherever he has been.'

You know, as far as public perception goes, if you get seen with some people one time, everyone thinks you're in that group.

There's stigmas attached to anything that makes you, in the public's eye, seem weak. So of course, you know, you're in a business where your image, and the way people perceive you, you are taught, is important.

I think it's very hard to shake what people first think of you straightaway.

I think people can be quick to judge. The people that know me, they know what I am like.