Quotes About Directness

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

Human subtelty will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does Nature, because in her inventions, nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous.

He did not dissociate his thought from himself; he thought integrally, with the whole of his body; and each logical deduction forthwith became real to him—as happens only with very healthy or direct persons who have not yet turned thought into a pastime.

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

The device of speaking directly to the listener is as old as Shakespeare's asides and probably much older than that. Still, we try to balance those moments with many more moments of utter sincerity and I believe the same is true in 'Annette.'

Better to say something simply instead of giving people a bunch of vague metaphors to mull over.

I came up in hip-hop, where people value the ability to tell it straight.

The best plans are always the simplest.

I am tough, and sometimes I tell it like it is. Tough love can work wonders.

If there's something bothering me in the business end of things with people I work with, I just say it right out.

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

Jonathan and I are outspoken. If there's something that's bothering us we just say it, deal with it, and move on.

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

to be real--to become fluent, natural, to cut out the detour that sweeps us around what's fundamental to events, preventing us from touching their core: the detour that makes us all second-hand and second-rate.

right to voice one's opinions and voice one's needs directly (without fear) is assured; and healthy conflict and confrontation are encouraged as part of the family communication system.

Children are capable of such open rudeness.

As I have said, the social contract is not the same in Catalonia as it is in France; superficially it is rougher in some ways, but beneath the surface it is often far more friendly, direct, and indeed more sensitive.

Lord Nelson's maxim 'Never mind manoeuvres: always go straight at 'em.

Remember: (1) you are there to work and produce, not to find your best friend or to endear yourself to the whole workplace; and (2) the 360-degree Jesus didn't share too much personal information and rarely answered a question directly.

Don't say maybe if you want to say no.

You should look straight at a film; that's the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.

In India people can't stomach this attitude of mine, and when I say, 'Hurry up, let's get to the point,' they feel hurt.

Quindi passeremo direttamente al massacro. - Che modo abile di esprimersi, Narasan.

Plain and not honest is too harsh a style.