Quotes About Candor

Simpler, Peter, simpler, more direct, as honest as you can make of a dishonest thing.

We're up against the conventional thinking that says your ability to lead as president comes from longevity in Washington or proximity to the White House. But we know that real leadership is about candor and judgment and the ability to rally Americans from all walks of life around a common purpose, a higher purpose.

The girl was compulsively honest. In earlier years, Willa's every attempt to teach her the artful evasion known as "tact" would get shot down with "Mom, that's lying!" And Tig remained the child who announced when opening gifts at birthday parties, "Thanks, Grandma, I have one of these already and I don't really like it.

Never tell a lie when you can tell the truth. The truth isn't always the safest course, but mostly it is.

Human beings aren't the most candid animals on the planet. We'll often say one thing and do another—or, more precisely, we'll say what we think other people want to hear and then, in private, do what we want.

Love me or hate me, I always speak the truth.

To quote the Almanac: "People who live in glass houses should shut the fuck up.

The more there is about the individual that deviates in an undesirable direction from what might have been expected to be true of him, the more he is obliged to volunteer information about himself, even though the cost to him of candor may have increased proportionally.

An honest answer is like a warm hug.

One must be frank to be relevant.

I speak my mind on everything. I'm not reluctant.

I am a very frank person and that's how I hope to remain. What you see is what you get.

It's really hard for me to beat around the bush or lie, so sometimes the truth hurts.

The truth hurts, and not everyone can deal with it. Every player is different, but they are all entitled to the truth. It is up to them if they can handle it or not.

In my world, a friend is someone who tells you the truth even when it hurts and keeps it 100% real with you at all times.

The truth hurts but it has to be heard.

The thing that shocks people... is that I mean what I say. I don't use hyperbole.

To be without guile is to be free of deceit, cunning, hypocrisy, and dishonesty in thought or action.

In my own writing, I tend to be very honest, and my goal is to identify something people think but are afraid to say. That's not the general cultural expectation of women.

You know how it's almost impossible for kids to not say what they think? That's me. I have to make the conscious effort to be situationally appropriate.

I think Americans appreciate that my dad's a genuine guy. He's not gonna manicure every little word, and he's not massaging it. He's not running computer analytics to tell you what you want to hear and then do whatever the special interests tell him what they want him to do in the end.

I just have an inability to lie.

I'm incapable of hiding my feelings when I'm around someone I don't like.

Public servants are obliged to level with everybody, whether or not they'll like what he has to say.