Quotes About Plain-speaking

The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.

I'm really straightforward. I'm going to tell you how it is. I'm going to speak my mind.

I'm saying to you that one of the great characteristics of the great American, the American people, is our historic ability to be straightforward, plainspoken, say what we mean, and mean what we say.

I looked the people of Louisiana in the eye and told them exactly what I thought in terms that normal people use.

With my people, what you see is what you get. We prefer blunt talk to diplomacy." My family was much the same way. Phaelan's idea of diplomacy involved firing cannon shot across your bow rather than through your waterline.

Bernie Mac don't sugarcoat.