Home » Reputation Reputation 1 It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. Isaac Asimov Reputation, Obvious Add to Collection 2 It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently. Warren Buffett Reputation, Think, Years Add to Collection 3 A poet can survive everything but a misprint. Oscar Wilde Death, Good, Reputation Add to Collection 4 Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving. William Shakespeare Reputation, Lost, Idle Add to Collection 5 Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. Elbert Hubbard Character, Man, Reputation Add to Collection