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Quotes About No-nonsense

Bertha Cool barged on into the room like a fortified tank moving in on an enemy front line of entrenchments. "I'm Bertha Cool," she said. "I'm a detective. Cut out the lollygagging and get the hell down to business.
~ A.A. Fair
Once you get to know me, you would know in a second that I am an East Coast girl. You can tell because I'm not flaky, and I will tell you how it is. I also walk faster than they walk in L.A.
~ Tara Reid
Barton is a pretty brass tacks kind of guy. Kinda get the job done so I can go home. So I don't think it's very difficult for him to decide.
~ Jeremy Renner
Mayors, I think, tend to be more no-nonsense, and you look for economic opportunities for your communities.
~ Lois Frankel
There was kind of a no-nonsense parenting style that my parents had that was true of the time. Everything now... there are books, and there are websites, and there are blogs, and you're reading, and there's research. We're such an interconnected world now, and half the stuff they did was pretty terrible, but we somehow turned out fine.
~ Adam F. Goldberg
I am not romantic, you know; I never was.
~ Jane Austen
Welcome back, Avery." Max's mother fixed me with a no-nonsense look. "I need you to lie back and breathe.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
matter-of-fact
~ Enid Blyton
I'm a very practical person.
~ Ridley Scott
My mum wouldn't have had any time for fantasy stuff; she's more practical.
~ Kate Thompson
I am a very pragmatic person.
~ Gloria Swanson
I'm very pragmatic.
~ Andrea Riseborough
I define myself by efficiency and straightforwardness.
~ Thomas Muller
didn't have time for small talk.
~ Ann Cleeves
I'm a 'just the facts, ma'am' kind of guy.
~ James Carville
She thinks in a straight line," said Tsanko. "There are no detours in this woman.
~ Dorothy Gilman
A close friend of mine described me as a radical pragmatist. I embrace this no-nonsense distinction wholeheartedly. It is a character trait that matches the sense of myself I've had from as far back as I can remember. I am not one who goes in much for magical thinking. I don't believe in destiny, fate, or things like divine guidance, either.
~ Kerry James Marshall
We are four worthy orphans with a no-nonsense nanny. Like Mary Poppins? suggested the man, with a pleased look of recognition. Not one bit like that fly-by-night woman, Nanny said with a sniff. It almost gives me diabetes just to think of her: all those disgusting spoonfuls of sugar!
~ Lois Lowry
I'm a quick wit, straight to the point, no nonsense.
~ Wendy Williams
I'm not a beat around the bush kind of guy.
~ Mike Leach
I'm very direct, I don't believe in wasting time, in wasting words.
~ Deborah Meaden
Mariota is special in a lot of ways. He's a dynamic dual threat on the field, and he is humble - no-nonsense, full of character - off the field.
~ Jon Gruden
The thing that's cool about the recording booth is that it's so perfunctory, so cut-to-the-chase.
~ Ron Perlman
I won't hold back from sharing my opinions. But I'll also be fair, taking on the topics of the day with a positive, no-nonsense attitude - and a great sense of fun.
~ Susanna Reid