Quotes About Candor

When I came into the industry, and as I continue to be in it, part of my authenticity is the fact that I speak my mind.

I've never been an embarrassed, 'never talk about their feelings' sort of person.

I've never been a fan of euphemism.

Paul spoke of his failures and successes with an openness few of us are prepared to copy.

Aim for Candor; Avoid Brutal Honesty: Giving honest feedback is tricky, because it can easily result in people feeling hurt or demoralized. One useful distinction, made most clearly at Pixar, is to aim for candor and avoid brutal honesty. By aiming for candor—feedback that is smaller, more targeted, less personal, less judgmental, and equally impactful—it's easier to maintain a sense of safety and belonging in the group.

As an interviewer, I don't think you can dance around the subject. Certainly the interview subject knows if you are dancing, and the viewer knows that you are dancing. If it's a hard question, you just have to ask it.

I'm not going to tell the American president how to run America, but I think it is important that when friends are speaking to each other that they are able to be very frank in the views that are exchanged, and I certainly will be doing that.

Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.

I've lived publicly and never hidden behind closed doors. Therefore, if I have gone over the top sometimes, it has been visible.

She only knew that they intimidated her, with their savage candor and their awful neediness, which invariably left her feeling inadequate and helpless.

You might tell yourself that candor is the foundation of a relationship, but even that would be untrue. You are far more likely to lie to yourself, or your loved one, if you think it will keep the pain at bay.

Good leaders want the truth—even if it hurts.

Care without candor creates dysfunctional relationships. Candor without care creates distant relationships.

Damoclean, but these were people without pretense or affectation

Even now, I am anxious about the naked thoughts that I have shared. The observations are blisteringly honest and of course they have to be.

I refuse to lie about how I feel. If you ask, I assume you want to know.

Admit when you don't know the answer. Don't try to fake your level of knowledge or skill by making up an answer when you don't know one. Admit if you don't know something.

Being your friend is not about agreeing with you on everything. It's about telling you the truth when no one else will, even if you don't want to hear it.

Give me nothing if not honesty. I don't want it and won't have it any other way!

An open rebuke is better than hidden love! Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

The truth will not fetch you many friends, but it will fetch you honest friends.

Real friends stab you in the front.

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.