Quotes About Directness

I have never been able to understand why perfectly sensible people waste time being wittily obscure instead of just saying what they want and going on about their business.

Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything.

To impress me, a guy has to be completely unaffected by my presence. If he wants to talk to me, talk to me; if he doesn't, don't.

Better to be honest and direct, even if it does piss off a few people. Jaffe, Stuart. Southern Bound - A Paranormal-Mystery (Max Porter Mysteries Book 1) (p. 48). Stuart Jaffe. Kindle Edition.

She is just straight all the way up and down, including her nose and mouth and hair.

Some sarcasm is best told simply.

Somehow, you can achieve a directness in the novel that you can't get anywhere else.

Face the facts squarely. Ask yourself definite questions and demand direct replies.

I often marveled that the interior peace of the woman was reflected so faithfully in her surroundings. Even the selection and arrangements of her possessions gave an aura of uncluttered calm. In addition, there was a directness in her approach to all of life--including housekeeping--that never failed to fascinate me. Miss Alice was a person to whom color, symmetry of line and contrast of texture were important.

Why don't they just take him out? I asked. I'm not politically minded, as I guess you can tell. Mr. Cataliades was smiling at me. So direct, so classic, he said. So American.

I said the first thing that came into my head unfortunately. Save the drama for your mama I told her just like an eleven-year-old.

Simple answers don't hurt.

I've simplified much more in my writing. I say what I've got to say, not in metaphor.

I'm not a guy who plays political games, and I believe absolutely in one method, which is directness.

I am not a person who will mince words.

Do not say 'Thanks.'" A fractional turn of his head was enough to dash his annoyance like a glass thrown into the fireplace. "I say what I mean," Starling said. "Would you like it better if I said 'I'm glad you find me so.' That would be a little fancier, and equally true." She raised her glass beneath her level prairie gaze, taking back nothing.

Mas a verdade é que chega-se sempre longe demais quando não se quer Ir Direto Aos Fatos

I much prefer it when things are straightforward. They don't have to be simple or easy, but they do have to be fair.

Go right straight down the road, to do what is best, and to do it frankly and without evasion.

He waved his hand, trying to find the right words. "Lord Arland, sometimes it helps to speak plainly." "Sword," he said.

Calling people out" was her preferred method of dealing with issues.

I have zero filters.

There is something healthy and invigorating about direct action.

It is the weak and confused who worship the pseudo-simplicities of brutal directness.