Quotes About Plainness

That was the problem with the whole goddamn world; nobody had balls enough to call a spade a spade. Dead was dead; it was a hell of a lot more permanent than a milquetoast "not being here.

I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.

Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady.

They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.