Andre Braugher Quotes

Once you lose your credibility, you can never restore it.

Like confidence, legitimacy can vanish in a hurry and once lost, is very difficult to regain.

One of the biggest things you have is your reputation and your reputation with knowing what's good and what's not good.

If my name had not been cleared, it would have been difficult, perhaps impossible, to continue as a journalist.

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

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

While the government can tell you that I am an innocent man, the government's letter cannot give me back my good name or my reputation.

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

I value my reputation. I work hard to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.

There should be no effort, consciously or otherwise, that will lead to the erosion of institutional credibility and authority.

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

It takes a career, a lifetime, to build up a reputation, and only one misstep for it all to crumble away.

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.

Few things detract more from your credibility and the respect of your colleagues and peers than being called on the carpet to deflect accusations and defend an untruth.

Nothing deflates so fast as a punctured reputation.

Credibility, like virginity, can only be lost once and never recovered.

Your reputation is still the most important thing that you've got.

If a public figure tells a whopping lie once in his life, it'll haunt him into his grave. If he lies morning, noon and night, it will become almost impossible to remember any one particular lie.

People have more freedom to bring more of their personal qualities into the role they play once they have established themselves and their competence is no longer in question. But this is always within limits.

I wasn't aware I was trading on my good name; I've never had a good name.

It's always a huge red flag for me when somebody's reticent or reluctant or a little slow in providing thoughtful references that are a testament to them as a person and their professional accomplishments.

It's frustrating when people question your integrity.

Talent needs credibility.

Pat Boone is an icon in this country. He's not a guy who's going to pull the wool over people's eyes. He's going to tell them the truth.