Quotes About No-nonsense

People say I'm tough and too blunt. I'm a product of my organization. MSF is a blunt, tough, no-nonsense organization.

Batley and Spen is a gathering of typically independent, no-nonsense and proud Yorkshire towns and villages.

I used to bodyguard for Muhammad Ali, Leon Spinks, Sugar Ray Leonard. I used to bodyguard a lot of diamond merchants; I would travel with a suitcase full of diamonds and take them from point A to point B. My reputation grew because I was a professional. I did my job, and I was courteous - a no-nonsense guy.

The people of Ankh-Morpork had a straightforward, no-nonsense approach to entertainment, and while they were looking forward to seeing a dragon slain, they'd be happy to settle instead for seeing someone being baked alive in his own armour. You didn't get the chance every day to see someone baked alive in their own armour. It would be something for the children to remember.

I'm not a romantic.

My life was very serious. I didn't have time for fantasy. I didn't watch movies or TV or anything else. It was always strict and business. I went to school. I did sports. I went to work. I joined the military.

Sir Julian Hove was, to use the most comprehensive term, a martinet. He was likewise a man utterly without humor.

When people have their own money at stake, it's a lot easier to find and settle on practical, no-nonsense solutions to engineering problems than is ever the case in the complex and endless deliberations of a government bureaucracy.

Justine pulled her Jag over to the side of the road and stared out at the landscape. I twirled the dial on her police band radio until the signal was clear. She opened her thermos, passed it over to me. I took a sip. The coffee was black, unsugared. That's the way Justine liked just about everything: straight up, no bullshit.

I just don't stand for any nonsense.

I would love to be part of dark comedies. I love them! They are no-nonsense, no spoonfeeding, and the norms and cliches are left behind.

I am not romantic, you know; I never was.

Work smart. Get things done. No nonsense. Move fast.

New Zealand is a pretty no-nonsense place to work, like Australia. I mean it doesn't falter to anyone.

I can see how people would just assume I am a no-nonsense kind of girl, you know? But the truth is, it's not who I am. But when I need to be, I can be tough.

Captain Sophia Coloma looked every inch of what she was, which was the sort of person who was not here to put up with your shit.