Directness Quotes

A lot of critics think I'm stupid because my sentences are so simple and my method is so direct: they think these are defects. No. The point is to write as much as you know as quickly as possible.

I'm not a little, shifty guy who likes to make moves. I like to be a straight-line guy, run over somebody if I can.

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.

I am very direct, to the point that I think I might make people uncomfortable! I do not know how not to be direct. I don't think there's time to waste.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

I'm not a beat around the bush kind of guy.

I am just forthcoming - completely blunt and honest.

Whereas, according to the declaration of that true man of the world Talleyrand, the use of language is to conceal the thoughts; this is to declare in the present instance, when I say I am not able to bear much talking, it means really, and without any mistake, or equivocation, or oblique meaning, or implication, or subterfuge, or omission, that I am not able; being at present rather weak in the head, and able to work no more.

I like telling people the truth.

I'm an enemy of exposition. I feel there's no need to overstate.

Everyone appreciates me for my honesty. Why shouldn't I speak my mind? I will not say I am blunt. I don't speak about others.

I am the guy that, if you catch me saying something, I don't do the, 'Don't tell anybody I said it.' If I said it, I said it. I'm gonna stand right here and say it again to whoever - the end. What's the trouble? Where's the problem?

I say what's on my mind. I go after what I want.

I have always liked to speak to people very directly.

Tell the children the truth.

Diplomacy is the lowest form of politeness because it misquotes the greatest number of people. A nation, like an individual, if it has anything to say, should simply say it.

I don't mind saying what's on my mind.

There's a directness and a feistiness to being from Jersey.

I mean, there's no arguing. There is no anything. There is no beating around the bush. 'You're fired' is a very strong term.

I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

How can I not be straightforward? I’m not a nobody. A somebody like me needs to handle things in a straight forward manner.

I know the pros and cons of being absolutely blunt.

I'm not a Trump fan, to put it mildly, but I think there's a power to simplicity. When Trump was running, people knew exactly what he stood for and what he was going to do as President.

Say only what you mean.