Quotes About Directness

I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't deal with it, too bad.

Tarly, when I was a lad half your age, my lady mother told me that if I stood about with my mouth open, a weasel was like to mistake it for his lair and run down my throat. If you have something to say, say it. Otherwise, beware of weasels.

Say what you mean and mean what you say.

Humor is what happens when we're told the truth quicker and more directly than we're used to.

Humor is what happens when we're told the truth quicker and more directly than we're used to.

As with the douchebags of the world, calling an asshole an asshole sometimes is exactly what needs to happen.

Half the unhappiness in life comes from people being afraid to go straight at things.

Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile-driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack!

It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.

When one has no design but to speak plain truth, he may say a great deal in a very narrow compass.

As for style of writing, if one has anything to say, it drops from him simply and directly, as a stone falls to the ground.

One thing I like about Twitter is that you can hear it from the horse's mouth.

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

There is no wisdom like frankness.

Hit the nail on the head.

I'm very proud that I'm smart enough to get to the point

Forgive me for being such a straight shooter. Nowadays they say it's being direct, but your mama called it being an asshole.

In Spain, they're never direct, and that frustrates me.

Music should resonate with people on an emotional level. That's one of the criterions I use for an idea. Does it speak simply and directly without obfuscation and without being unnecessarily complex or obscure?

I want to speak to people directly as much as possible.

Speak your mind; you don't have to be PC.

I'm one who will always speak my mind and say what I feel!

Everyone appreciates me for my honesty. Why shouldn't I speak my mind? I will not say I am blunt. I don't speak about others.