logo

Quotes About Candor

Mas, vulgo, pues sé quién eres, a la larga o a la corta diga yo lo que me importa y di tú lo que quisieres.
~ Francisco de Quevedo
Tell the truth and shame the devil.
~ Francois Rabelais
A friend should always be quite clear what your attitude was on any subject, there should be no prevarication, and if people offended you or merited your disapproval, you should be utterly frank with them.
~ Frank McLynn
Politically I am absolutely honest, which is to say, as honest as possible; which is to say, honest more or less; which is to say, far more honest than the general.
~ Franklin Foer
Too much truth is uncouth.
~ Franklin P. Adams
We are franker towards others than towards ourselves.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
The only time you seem honest is when you're insulting someone!" "The only honest things I can say to you are insults.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Clubs spoke so bluntly . . . so callously. But that was Clubs. He wasn't even really a pessimist; he just said the things that he didn't think others wanted to acknowledge.
~ Brandon Sanderson
A man who speaks his mind is a man with mind to speak of.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Now see, why must people be like this? If you have something to say, why not simply say it?
~ Brandon Sanderson
Are you all right?" Nessa asked in some concern. "Perfectly," he said as soon as he could safely do so. "I simply find your candor refreshing." She looked rather confused. "I hope not to choke you with it. Is this our box?
~ Brenda Hiatt
Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
~ Henry David Thoreau
And much addicted to speaking the truth. In her younger years she was a good deal of a romp, and, though it is an awkward confession to make about one's heroine, I must add that she was something of a glutton.
~ Henry James
Limpezimea excesiv? a candorii ei era aproape provocatoare, ?i, pentru moment, am avut senza?ia c? a? fi ob?inut rezultate mai satisf?c?toare dac? ar fi fost mai pu?in naiv?.
~ Henry James
The one thing I have insisted on with all of my friends, regardless of class or station in life, is to be able to speak truthfully. If I cannot be open and frank with a friend, or he with me, I drop him.
~ Henry Miller
I'm a New Yorker, I say what's on my mind, because not being that way, what's the point of that? People may think this is hype, but you look back before at my other fights and you see that I don't talk trash.
~ Matt Serra
From a young age, I was always very transparent, and that's why the kids' mums didn't like me. I would tell you if I didn't like your beans on toast.
~ Yungblud
I can't keep my trap shut in interviews - I'm not very good at dissembling.
~ Sheila Hancock
I'm really white trash.
~ George Clooney
I talk the truth. I don't trash talk, I just talk the truth.
~ Rafael dos Anjos
I treat people who write me the way my friends and I all treat each other when we go to each other for advice, which is sometimes with supreme cruelty.
~ Dan Savage
Telling the truth can be a dirty job.
~ Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa
When you love someone, they deserve to know the truth
~ Lorna Seilstad, Making Waves
Sometimes the truth feels good.
~ Carson Kressley