Quotes About Directness

You ain't gonna like what I have to tell you, but I'm gonna tell you anyway.

Maybe almost 20 years ago, I was like, 'God, I need to be more direct.' And I found times that I could practice it when it was maybe not my family or friends or co-workers. It's a quality that's rarely disliked.

When I got somethin' to say, I'll say it.

One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication.

Do not try to give a serious apology via electronic media. Taking the time to speak directly with someone better conveys your sincerity.

Twat is twat and that is that.

I cannot tell a lie, and I'm very straightforward. Sometimes this hurts people. I've wondered if I should change, but I feel more comfortable about myself this way.

Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don't implement promises, but keep them.

When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.

Maybe I was just born in the wrong era, man. I'm a bit of a throwback to the days of black and white movies. Those guys back then, they had a certain kind of directness about them. A lot of the screenplays, the plots were very simplistic - they gave rise to a type of anti-hero that maybe I suit better.

I'm not good at throwing around rhetoric.

I'm pragmatic. I like efficiency. I want to read what's in front of me and not have my hands tied.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant [excessive thought]. You may talk as other people do: you may say to a man, "Sir, I am your most humble servant." You are not his most humble servant. You may say, "These are bad times; it is a melancholy thing to be reserved to such times." You don't mind the times ... You may talk in this manner; it is a mode of talking in Society; but don't think foolishly.

As Mahathir suggested, Asians generally pursue their goals with others in ways which are subtle, indirect, modulated, devious, nonjudgmental, nonmoralistic, and non-confrontational. Australians, in contrast, are the most direct, blunt, outspoken, some would say insensitive, people in the English-speaking world.

I'm a "what you see is what you get" kind of guy. I don't have any time to be showing anybody any bag of tricks.

I'll just tell you the way it is. You ask me what time it is and I'm gonna tell you how to build a clock.

I don't have time to beat around the bush. The health-care plan as proposed by Mrs. Clinton is socialism. There's no soft way to peddle it. There is not other way to describe it.

I'm not wasting my time with any more non-straight-talking candidates.

Instead of of being so metaphorical with the rhyme, I was encouraged to go straight at it and hit it dead on and not waste time trying to cover things.

Because he was an asshole. I'm not sayin' nothin' I wouldn't say to his face. He embraced his assholeness.

Since Mrs Pargeter had always favoured pulling bushes up by the roots rather than beating about them, she again asked directly what his problem was or who was making his life difficult

My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face.

To speak much is one thing; to speak to the point another!

Sounds Machiavellian to me. I like to see what I'm aiming at, and go straight for it.' 'Most people don't, even though they'd protest that they do. They prefer to be coaxed or wheedled, or even driven. That way they never make a mistake: