Quotes About Frankness

Winter walks up and down the town swinging his censer, but no smoke or sweetness comes from it, only the sour, metallic frankness of salt and snow.

An open and capacious forehead gave indications of a good understanding, joined to great frankness of disposition.

Be brutally honest and straightforward. I

I am not talking about a negative, pessimistic, insulting, or overly sexual version of brutally honest. If

Stevie had often wondered how these conversations worked, when people talked about feelings and touching and all of the stuff she thought was meant to be kept carefully bottled inside her own personal apothecary. Now someone wanted in, to take the lids off the vials, to peer at the contents. Stevie was unaware that people were even allowed to talk about emotions this frankly. This was not how things happened at home.

Así que presta atención a tu postura. Deja de arquearte, enderézate. Di lo que piensas. Deja claro lo que quieres, como si tuvieras derecho a conseguirlo (al menos el mismo que los demás). Anda con la cabeza bien alta y mira al frente con franqueza. Atrévete a ser un peligro. Haz que la serotonina fluya a raudales a través de las vías neuronales que arden a la espera de su efecto tranquilizante. La

One must be frank to be relevant.

I speak my mind on everything. I'm not reluctant.

The truth hurts but it has to be heard.

You know how it's almost impossible for kids to not say what they think? That's me. I have to make the conscious effort to be situationally appropriate.

If my style is too direct for some, maybe they should toughen up a bit.

Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.'

Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth

Only three types of people tell the truth: Kids, the drunk, and the angry.

Too much truth Is uncouth.

Say the truth and shame the devil.

Tell truth, and shame the devil.

In her opinion, hard asses were people who said mean things simply to be mean. They seemed to get a kick out of breaking people down and, if they felt like it after, building them back up. Kiki, however, just told people the honest truth if they asked.

No one else spoke to him as she did, with as much frankness and . . . could he call it affection? Yes, he decided, exasperated affection, but affection all the same. "Will you ever stop suspecting me of ulterior motives?" "Yes, when you stop harboring as many of them as a Medici pope." "Then whom will you suspect for fun?" he answered cheerfully. He usually enjoyed himself around people. Her company, however, he adored.

I wish we could stop the little lies. I don't mean that one has to be brutally frank. I don't believe that we should be brutal about anything, however, it is wonderfully liberating to be honest.

Just shooting you straight, Josie.

I have a reputation for being a straight-talker.

I say what is required to be said.