Pastoral Resources

The work I did in Vertigo meant nothing if no one cared about the movie. Luckily, Vertigo had a revival and people had begun to recognize there was something special and it gained in reputation. But it just as well could have ended up rotting in film cans somewhere.

I decided that the University of Sussex in Brighton was a good place for this work because it had a strong tradition in bacterial molecular genetics and an excellent reputation in biology.

Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail.

First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it.

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

New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in.

It is better, however, for his own reputation that the story-teller should risk a few actions for libel on account of these unfortunate coincidences than that he should adopt the melancholy device of using blanks or asterisks.

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.

How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

I did not have a reputation to defend.

But I, Caesar, have not sought to amass wealth by the practice of my art, having been rather contented with a small fortune and reputation, than desirous of abundance accompanied by a want of reputation.

I, therefore, O Caesar, do not publish this work, merely prefixing my name to a treatise which of right belongs to others, nor think of acquiring reputation by finding fault with the works of any one.

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

I used to flirt with girls just to get the guys circling around us. I'm getting out of it now. I have to look after my reputation.

A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow.

Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.

I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.

The only trouble here is they won't let us study enough. They are so afraid we shall break down and you know the reputation of the College is at stake, for the question is, can girls get a college degree without ruining their health?

The elite media has been caught in so many lies because of false statements that its whole reputation has eroded, their circulation is down, and their profits are down.

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.