Randy Quaid Quotes

Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards.

Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can't get involved in things that will damage your character.

I don't care what you say about me. Just spell the name right.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

This is a smear on the image that Thurmond has as a person of high integrity.

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

I did not have a reputation to defend.

I'm more interested in being good than being famous.

Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct.

I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.

I'd like to be known for my character.

I try to keep my integrity. I don't want to be in 'Hello!' or on 'Celebrity Big Brother.'

It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

I wasn't scandalous - I didn't want to be.

I will never stoop low to do certain things on camera.

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.

I feel like I've earned respect with how I go about my business, how I carry myself.

When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all that constitutes a man, then we find that there is something in a man's life greater than his occupation or his achievements; grander than acquisition or wealth; higher than genius; more enduring than fame.

I still had some honor... I still have some now.

I suspect that with men like General Petraeus, where honor means something - losing your life is secondary to losing your honor.

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.