Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. Euripides
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week. George Bernard Shaw
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. Isaac Asimov
We would all like a reputation for generosity and we'd all like to buy it cheap. Mignon McLaughlin
You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism. W. Somerset Maugham
My father said: You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won't have many deals. J. Paul Getty