Quotes About Candor

Leadership can be defined in one word - honesty. You must be honest with the players and honest with yourself.

Sooner or later you'll have to tell the truth to someone.

Whom then to love? Whom to have faith in? Who can there be who won't betray? Who'll judge a deed or disputation Obligingly by what we say? Who'll not bestrew our path with slander? Who'll cosset us with care and candour? Oh, ineffectual phantom seeker You waste your energy in vain: Love your own self, be your own man, My worthy, venerable reader! A worthwhile object: surely who Could be more lovable than you?

Are you always this honest?" "Almost never

I'm actually a very honest person, and sometimes I end up like, 'Man, I said too much.' It's hard for me not to tell the truth when you ask me.

It's always better to be real.

I never, ever in my life tried to be outrageous. I've only ever tried to say what was truly on my mind and not pull punches about it.

If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.

I don't think that you should be per­fectly candid and frank about the intimate details of your personal life with the public at large. Subsequently, it creates consider­able personal problems.

It doesn't bother me to talk about my private life, it doesn't bother me to talk about anything. My life is like a glass of water, transparent.

I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach.

You don't mince words." "Just garlic.

I'm trying to put things in the best light, but a turd's a turd, whatever light it's in!

If you wanted to see my cock that badly, you could just have asked.' 'No doubt a thing o' haunting beauty but i came for something else.

But what would they have said to their Liaison? It's like this, Meg. We didn't like that Asia Crane, so we ate her. When dealing with humans, honesty isn't always the best policy , Vlad thought

Who shot you?" For a moment he looked annoyed. "I fail to see what that's got to do with anything. Reading assures me that anyone who's ever met me would have reason to shoot me, so I must admit with all candor that I have no idea. Was it you?" "If I'd shot you I wouldn't have missed," she said. "Was that wishful thinking or are you in fact a practiced shot?" "Desire would have made up for lack of expertise.

I'm not ashamed to admit that prohibition is 'impractical.'

I know the pros and cons of being absolutely blunt.

I know the pros and cons of not being diplomatic.

Ch 3: How ungenerously in later life we disclaim the virtuous moods of our youth, living in retrospect long summer days of unreflecting dissipation. There is no candor in the story of early manhood which leaves out of account the homesickness for nursery morality. The regrets and resolutions of amendments, the black hours which, like zero on the roulette table, turn up with roughly calculable regularity.

sou um dos poucos homens honestos que jamais conheci.

I've always felt an almost physical repugnance for secret things — intrigues, diplomacy, secret societies, occultism

So to me, fat just seems to be right to the point and the most descriptive way to say it.

It's really how you deal with people. Do people respect you? Are you honest with people even if it's something they don't want to hear? Anyone in Hollywood will tell you I'm extremely up front and honest almost to a fault.