Quotes About Frankness

Pray do! I think that whenever one has anything unpleasant to say, one should always be quite candid.

One of the advantages a sister has when arguing with a brother is that she is under no obligation to be tactful. If she wishes to tell him that he is an idiot and ought to have his head examined, she can do so and, going further, can add that it is a thousand pities that no-one ever thought of smothering him with a pillow in his formative years.

Why has the car stopped? Ah! I said with manly frankness that became me well. There you have me. You see, I'm one of those birds who drive a lot but don't know the first thing about the works. The policy I pursue is to get aboard, prod the self-starter, and leave the rest to Nature. If anything goes wrong, I scream for an A.A. scout. It's a system that answers admirably as a rule, but on the present occasion it blew a fuse owing to the fact that there wasn't an A.A. scout within miles.

Quando estamos errados, podemos admiti-lo. E se lidarem connosco com gentileza e tato, podemos admiti-lo aos outros a até mesmo sentir orgulho pela nossa franqueza e abertura de espírito. Mas não, se for outra pessoa a tentar obrigar-nos a engolir à força um facto desagradável.

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.

While it was impossible to be formal and reserved in her company, it was more than impossible to take the faintest vestige of a liberty with her, even in thought. I felt this instinctively, even while I caught the infection of her own bright gaiety of spirits--even while I did my best to answer her in her own frank, lively way.

Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.

Poetry requires a manner of viewing things which is not that of the average man, but is individual to the poet; it requires, in a word, genius. One could hardly expect Milton to point this out; having genius himself he would assume that everyone else had genius; he would assume that we all had the power of looking at the world not only frankly but freshly because he would not understand any other way of looking at it.

Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness

You know I say just what I think, and nothing more and less. I cannot say one thing and mean another.

I not only understood her, but it was just that inner, spiritual force, that sincerity, that frankness of soul—that very soul of hers which seemed to be fettered by her body—it was that soul I loved in her.

The men of this party had both the quality and the defect of frankness in their opinions.

The most agreeable of all companions is a simple, frank man, without any high pretensions to an oppressive greatness; one who loves life, and understands the use of it; obliging alike at all hours; above all, of a golden temper and steadfast as an anchor. For such an one we gladly exchange the greatest genius, the most brilliant wit, the profoundest thinker.

All really frank people are amusing, and would remain so if they could remember that other people may sometimes want to be frank and amusing too.

I looked the people of Louisiana in the eye and told them exactly what I thought in terms that normal people use.

My strategy is being as honest as possible.

You want me to tell me the truth or do you want me to stroke you?

Honestly is always an option, even when you don't think it is.

I am honest; I speak the truth, and I sometimes probably go overboard and speak my mind.

When I considered that it was still illegal for a foreigner to talk at random with any Chinese citizen-the old rule was seldom enforced, but it was a well-known rule nonetheless-I was grateful for this frankness. The healthiest sign in China was this straight talk.

He makes a reference to candor and its value.

I generally find subtlety a waste of time.

Get to the bloody point!' She

He makes a gesture, designed to impersonate frankness.