Quotes About Directness

Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities.

Ich würde von jedermann, ob hoch oder niedrig, verlangen, dass er mir einfach und geradezu mit dem kommt, was er mir erzählen will, oder aber seine Geschichte zusammenrollt und sich darauf setzt und Ruhe gibt. Übertretungen dieses Gesetzes müssten mit dem Tode bestraft werden.

On Theodore Roosevelt] I always enjoy his society, he is so hearty, so straightforward, outspoken and, for the moment, so absolutely sincere.

There is an appalling directness about your questions, Watson, said Holmes, shaking his pipe at me. They come at me like bullets.

I conclude you must be a natural horses's ass.

I was raised to be polite, but not to suffer bullshit.

Either come over, or sit your fucking ass back down. To former Gen. Michael Flynn at White House meeting, December 18, 2020.

No more twist!

Click here' is not a call to action, because I will only take action with a reason, and clicking is no reason. Remove the 'Click here' from any link, and it will be clearer and more direct. (The only time I ever use 'Click here' is when it is not at all obvious that the target is clickable, which should never really happen.)

There is no wisdom like frankness.

America's very refreshing when you go over there; they're all just open about what they want, and they want you to be open, too.

I like to shoot from the hip.

I shoot straight from the hip and do not play games.

I don't do divas. I don't do entourages. I don't do the Hollywood crap.

My problem is being brutally honest. People don't like that.

I'm past my wooing days now. See, I am an honest person. If I like a girl, I will go and tell her.

If someone asks me a question, it is very difficult not to answer honestly.

I think entrepreneurs really appreciate directness and honesty, coupled with empathy.

I'd like to think people know what I stand for, which is straight-talking honesty and telling you not just what you want to hear but where it is at.

Honesty is seldom ingratiating and often discomfiting.

Honesty is always hip.

I will speak with a straight tongue.

I speak my mind, so I don't hold my tongue for nobody.

I don't talk for the sake of talking and I don't talk with a forked tongue.