Marianne Faithfull Quotes

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

I did not have a reputation to defend.

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

He that filches from me my good name robs me of that which enriches him and makes me poor indeed.

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.

Partly, I like a bad reputation. But I also want a reputation of being a good person.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.

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

I want to sustain the good name that I earned acting in 'Azhagiya Theeyae.' I am selecting my roles very carefully.

It takes ten times longer to get rid of your reputation than it does to make it.

Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.

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

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

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

I hope that I have gained the reputation of being someone that would do anything. I think that that's an admirable reputation to have if you're an actor.

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.

I don't want to be thought of as wholesome.

Until you have lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.

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

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

Don’t do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of the Washington Post.

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