Nia Long Quotes

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.

I was in control of what people thought of me, but I had no control over what they thought of my mother. When I asked my mother, 'How do I tell people about you?' her answer was, 'Tell the truth'. But of course, the truth is never simple.

If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them than it is on me.

I'm sure a lot of people don't take me seriously.

Appearances do matter.

No diss to any of my homies, but I pay very close attention to what people say about me.

When I was very young, my brother and I, we used to go into charity shops to buy suits. The thing about clothes is that people judge you by what you wear, unfortunately. So when we wore suits, people gave us respect - we were very young, and it made them think we were older.

Your image in sports will always matter.

If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say, he obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned.

Be it true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence upon their lives, and especially upon their destinies, as what they do.

It’s not what you are that counts; it’s what people think you are.

To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.

People see us as no better than we are.

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

If people view somebody as great, then he is.

I absolutely do care what people think about me.

I don't know that any of us can control our own image. We are what other people see.

I think people look at me different when they see I'm dressed well. They pay attention. They know I'm about something.

I started to understand how important it was for me to make my own name pretty early on after years of noticing people treating me a certain way because of who my dad was. Some people wanted to be friends, others wanted to test me because I was Chris Eubank's son - inside schools, outside of school, on the streets.

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

I have a positive outlook, but when you're out in the public eye, you wonder how people see you.

The way you carry your name is the vibe people get off it.

I just want people to know that I'm a good person, and I'm not a thug like everybody thinks I am.

Sometimes people think that I'm maybe pretentious or just weird, a fraud, or fake, because I have a formal education and speak properly and give people respect.

We are tired of having our integrity impugned. We are tired of having our sincerity questioned. We are tired of having our intelligence insulted.