That's my opportunity to hide behind that old lady and say what I want to say.
In the past people used to tell me to shut up a bit. But what I believe is to put out your opinion and let everyone else react. If I'm wrong I'm wrong. People are afraid to put out their opinions and get push back.
I'm opinionated, and I'm comfortable with confrontation. I'm very happy to say if I believe the opposite of what you think.
As I've gotten older, I've started to find my voice.
It is by no means necessary to understand things to speak confidently about them.
If something sucks, I've always been completely vocal about it, and I've been punished many, many times because of that. But I don't think I'd be in the spot I'm in right now if I wasn't me. I've always just been me.
Speak your mind; you don't have to be PC.
I learned early on - I can go to a shoot, and they will put anything they want to put on me, and I'll look like an idiot because I didn't say I don't like it. It's OK to have an opinion.
I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk.
It is very important to be vocal about what you feel about a certain issue.
I vocalize a lot of my feelings.
I'm not the kind of person to hold my tongue.
Every now and then, I deserve to say what I feel.
If I see something I do not like, I will say it.
I am very straight-forward and direct. If I disagree with something, I say something about it.
I think it's an okay thing to express yourself.
I would describe myself as outspoken. Not political. Outspoken about what I want to say. There are things that need to be said... and I think it's my obligation to say them.
Where's the upside in opening your mouth?
Everyone has a right to an opinion. I can arrive in England and express my opinion. If criticism were ferocious and without intellectual objectivity they should show me the way to their airport. It is important to have an opinion and not be afraid to express it, knowing there will be criticism.
There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
Everything is offensive, so I'm enjoying the fact that I'm anti-kind. You've got to go out and just speak your mind. It needs to be heard.
Our family dinner table was my first platform - every dinner was all about sharing stories and jokes and points of view.
I never would've imagined in the first part of my life that I could've stood up and said anything. The war in Vietnam changed me. I was so angry. Some of my speeches probably weren't well considered.
You shouldn't have to be a chair at a think tank to speak your mind.
Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.
