Sam Heughan Quotes

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

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.

Once a man gets a reputation as a liar, he might as well be struck dumb, for people do not listen to the wind.

Let me tell you what the truth is... I have learned one thing in life: there is no such thing as bad press. There is not. That's a fundamental truth. The more bad things said about you, the more power they give to you.

Don't confuse visibility with credibility.

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

The truth will only be told over a career.

Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.

You get trapped by stories. Though I've got this reputation for being out of control, it's not true, it just happens to be a more interesting story than the truth.

Somebody said I am the most popular person in Arizona because I am speaking the truth.

Most of the stuff I've read about me has been true.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

Everybody is watching you every minute anyways. If they think the message you're sending out is phony, they're going to say, 'Who does he think he is?' It's again good business. But it is also an obligation.

It is vital that there is a narrator figure whom people believe. That's why I never do commercials. If I started saying that margarine was the same as motherhood, people would think I was a liar.

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

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

I have learned that it is just as well to avoid even the appearance of something which you prefer not to have published as a fact! So many things are published as facts in any case which have no foundation in them whatsoever, that I don't suppose it really matters! For fair minded people usually wait until they verify a statement before they believe it, and those who believe it without verification are the ones who want to believe it!

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.

It matters if people believe you or not.

Sonnen, to me, he's a great athlete, but he created that image so much for himself that people don't think he's that good. They just think he talks. So I think it's a risk you run when you do that.

My basic philosophy is never do anything with the word 'celebrity' attached to it. Without being overly pompous, if you have worked hard to have an audience trust you a bit, why blow it? That is my currency.

My pride is the length of time I have worked in the industry without any major controversy.

You definitely have to think of the perception of things before you actually do certain things. It may not seem like it's a big deal to you yourself, but there's a bigger picture.

I've always been interested in image and reputation management. Because really, when you think about it, it is an old phrase, but all we have is our word and our good name.

High reputation beats high similarity.