Quotes About Directness

It was Daphne Wood who had taught him the value of getting in there with one swift, mean blow rather than prancing around with a duelist's finesse.

Itchie-pitchie-poo, Hank," said Patty LeMarque. "Say what you mean and mean what you say.

Josie just says what she thinks. Doesn't care if she says the wrong thing. That gets irritating sometimes but I love her for it.

made no bones

I like slang words, straight to the point. I like words of wisdom, straight to the heart.

We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks- if we agree with him.

He was wont to speak plain and to the purpose.

Take note, take note, O world!To be direct and honest is not safe.

An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told.

The other often much prefers a clear answer, even if it is No, than continued indecision and waffling.

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.

I'm going to tell it like it is. I hope you can take it like it is.

want to cut to the absolute bone.

I'm not a nice guy. But I am on your side. Don't confuse the two. You hate me because I'm blunt and have no patience for wasted time or wasted words. Because I'm not nice. Well, a lot of nice people are nice because they've figured out it's a great way to get things from other people. Some of the slimiest snakes I've run across have been nice. So let me tell you now, if you ever see me resort to being nice, run.

Simplicity is efficient.

Honesty: what a refreshing slap in the face it is.

Instead of these mild, oblique approaches, we must learn, in such cases, to be irenically direct.

Don't let politeness interfere with truth

Parla come magni,' It means, 'Speak the way you eat,' or in my personal translation: 'Say it like you eat it.' It's a reminder - when you're making a big deal out of explaining something, when you're searching for the right words - to keep your language as simple and direct as Roman rood. Don't make a big production out of it. Just lay it on the table.

I suppose the fact that we're all a lot more accustomed to blatancy these days means that blatancy itself has to get even more blatant, her mother says.

Shes direct enough

Bluntness is a virtue.

I don't sugarcoat things, but I'm very polite in delivering them.

It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.