Reputational Risk Quotes & Sayings

One hundred and twenty Marines were detailed to officer a force of twenty-six hundred Haitians. — Smedley Butler

If you don't have women working for you, you really don't know what the people who are buying from you really want. — Renee James

In business, I believe that if you focus only on the journey, you'll miss the whole point of the enterprise. There has to be a goal, an end game of some kind; otherwise, you're just spinning your wheels. Yes, the journey is important, but the destination is important, too. — Ivanka Trump

If chanting is not possible during a certain task, then pray before starting it: 'Lord, give Your blessing so that I may do this work in a manner that pleases You!' At the end, pray again to the Lord for forgiving any mistakes we may have committed during the task consciously or otherwise. — Mata Amritanandamayi

I don't believe that humans can be reduced to homo economicus, but as a group, government officials are remarkably sensitive to financial, political, and reputational costs. Thus, when new technologies appear to reduce the costs of using lethal force, their threshold for deciding to use lethal force correspondingly drops.
If killing a suspected terrorist in Yemen or Somalia or Libya will endanger expensive manned aircraft, the lives of U.S. troops, and/or the lives of many innocent civilians, officials will reserve such killings for situations of extreme urgency and gravity (stopping another 9/11, getting Osama bin Laden). But if all that appears to be at risk is a an easily replaceable drone, officials will be tempted to use lethal force more and more casually. — Rosa Brooks

It's a hard thing to accept that someone wants you dead. It forces you to decide if you have anything worth living for. — Scott Overton

When we emerge into the beauty of a dancing peacock, our spirit dances with joy. — Debasish Mridha

So many large movies come to you with a huge marketing campaign and it's like you have to see this movie this weekend, otherwise you'll be culturally bankrupt and can't converse with your friends. — Joe Cornish

Every time I kill someone, he can't plant an I.E.D. You don't think twice about it. — Chris Kyle

I just remembered that I'm absent minded ... wait, I mean I lost my mind, I can't find it. — Eminem