Quotes About Candor

What could be more convincing, moreover, than the gesture of laying one's cards face up on the table?

I wish that sometimes there is a little more honesty and that you can discuss things openly. There should not be taboo subjects.

I have the necessary lack of tact.

I just think you ought to talk straight with your people.

I am a straight talker. I am not politically correct or diplomatic.

I don't go out of my way to be a smack talker, you can ask me about anyone and I'll give you my honest opinion.

I don't like to sugarcoat. I don't like to say things without feeling it. I like to get to the point and say exactly what I'm talking about.

I'm just so comfortable talking about my private life: I just think because I'm not that clever.

I don't think you'll find one person that says I shoot from the hip. What they say is, 'This guy talks eyeball to eyeball. This guy talks shoulder to shoulder. If you ask this guy a question, you'll get an answer.'

The man who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more.

Remember what Anatole France said about the dog masturbating on your leg--'Sure, it's honest, but who needs it?

Not me. Give me honesty anytime.

The Bible tells us to speak the truth in love because we can't have community without candor. Solomon said, An honest answer is a sign of true friendship. Sometimes this means caring enough to lovingly confront one who is sinning or is being tempted to sin.

You need to be able to hear the truth, he thought. You can't hear the truth, you got nowhere to start.

This being-nice crap was for the birds.

When it comes to risky, controversial, and emotional conversations, skilled people find a way to get all relevant information (from themselves and others) out into the open. That's it. At the core of every successful conversation lies the free flow of relevant information. People openly and honestly express their opinions, share their feelings, and articulate their theories. They willingly and capably share their views, even when their ideas are controversial or unpopular.

there was no truth that couldn't be told.

Mamà believed in loyalty above all, even at the cost of self-denial. She also believed it was always best to tell the truth, to tell it plainly, without fanfare, and the more disagreeable the truth, the sooner you had to tell it.

To this day, I find it hard to gaze directly at people like Hassan, people who mean every word they say.

You look like utter hell," Circe told me. "I wish you'd stop sugar-coating things, Water Witch.

Tommy [ Lee Jones] doesn't suffer fools easily. I think everybody knows that, but I have great respect for someone that's very direct and very honest. I don't have thin skin so I'm okay with that.

I don't think truth ever tastes good to anyone's palate.

This time, Fusako was able to express herself with fluency and candor. The bold letters she had been writing week after week had granted her an unexpected new freedom.

Only friendship which can stand occasional plain speaking is worth having.