Quotes About Bluntness

Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness

Mi talento consistía en saber decir a los hombres verdades útiles, pero duras, con bastante valor y energía;

Children are capable of such open rudeness.

I was just being honest and descriptive." "No, you were being an asshole." "It's not my fault they have to always be the same thing.

I generally find subtlety a waste of time.

Get to the bloody point!' She

Aggressive female icons have been chronically demeaned... It's fine for male artists to be angry - they're encouraged to outwardly express their aggression - but women? I've been painted as an aggressive Feminazi because I'm blunt, stubborn, independent, forthright.

You're not beautiful!" blurted Harriet. "And you're not tactful, Princess," said Whiskerella dryly. "I can maybe do something with my hair, but I think you're stuck.

Most politicians use language to conceal what they think. Or to conceal the fact that they don't think. Many are trained as lawyers and use language to win support rather than to define the truth. Being blunt hasn't hurt me so far.

Candor is key—being willing to say what no one else is willing to say.

If I were going to molest you," he pointed out, "I would have done so by now." Her flush deepened at his bluntness. "So you say. But for all I know, you could be a very slow molester.

I simply described him in accurate terms. If he finds himself insulted by the truth, it's hardly my concern." A

So don't be getting sensitive when you think I'm being mean.

I'm not being mean, I'm telling the truth!

He who speaks the truth often has no ruth.

I've never been a fan of euphemism.

Once again, you show all the sensitivity of a blunt axe.

Certainly we all have our deal-breakers. But when patients repeatedly engage in this kind of analysis, sometimes I'll say, "If the queen had balls, she'd be the king." If you go through life picking and choosing, if you don't recognize that "the perfect is the enemy of the good," you may deprive yourself of joy. At first patients are taken aback by my bluntness, but ultimately it saves them months of treatment.

I would far prefer to be told simply to go and die. It's straightforward. But people almost never say, "Die!" Paltry, prudent hypocrites!

If I don't like a thing, I will say it out loud then and there.

Bernie Mac don't sugarcoat.

Don't be so polite. If there's one thing I can't abide, it's politeness.

Ich sag's ihnen in's gesicht.

I apologize if you felt that I was being mean with my answer. I wasnt. Its just that I am a straight forward person.