Quotes About Candor

I don't like to sugarcoat, it can cause an addiction to B.S.

I prefer for a boil to be out in the open where I can see it. When it's hiding down in a butt crack, it can be a real pain in the…you know.

How much I love every thing that is decided and open!

I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.

The candor of Ann's absolute nakedness, not caught in unselfconsciousness like a young nude in a romantic painting, but fully aware of her erotic power, roused in Evelyn an arrogance of body, a lust that burned through her nerves like the fire of the sun they both stood in. This was the freedom she wanted, an animal freedom exposed to the emptiness of sky and land and water.

If you think a competitor sucks, say so. When you do that, you'll find that others who agree with you will rally to your side.

So talk like you really talk. Reveal things that others are unwilling to discuss. Be upfront about your shortcomings. Show the latest version of what you're working on, even if you're not done yet. It's OK if it's not perfect. You might not seem as professional, but you will seem a lot more genuine.

It was the irrepressible Twi'lek who finally said what they were all thinking but didn't have the courage to bring up. "You know you both naked, right?

Captain Billings, he drawled finally, if you will pardon my candor, I might remark that you are something of an ass.

She had eloped in a trance, in haste, her docility a mask, a thousand hers revolting within herself and toward him. Yet coexisting with her flounder was the hope that one evening he would call her into his study and they would talk openly, talk of the things that had kept them apart and from their candor there would be born a real love, a lasting love that they had both envisaged.   The news of her pregnancy elated him.

I'm going to be frank, Max..." "Of course. All cards on the table." But he gave me a poker smile.

I can't stand people who look into the camera and look into the eyes of millions of people and wax political correctness.

Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place.

I would describe myself as a very plain but very honest person.

Im not rude, I'm just plain honest.

What I will say will not always please you, but what I say will always be honest and true and how I genuinely see it.

There's no point in saying anything but the truth.

I hate clever-cleverness, but I love good honest cleverness.

I'm not big on the closet.

Probably what my comment meant was that I don't care about the circumstances if I can tell the truth.

I say what I mean. I don't speak in code. That's why I am a star and ace communicator.

I don't want happy-face conclusions. I want the truth.

'A Talk to Teachers' is emblematic of Baldwin's proclivity for candor over political appeasement and, like much of his work, focusses on history and the American consciousness.

I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth.