Quotes of Directness - somelinesforyou

“ He has not observed on the nature of vanity who does not know that it is omnivorous — that it has no choice in its food — that it is fond to talk even of its own faults and vices, as what will excite surprise and draw attention, and what will pass at worst for openness and candor. ”

- Edmund Burke

“ We are franker towards others than towards ourselves. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence. ”

- Andre Maurois

“ If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness. ”

- Alexander Smith

“ I say to you in all frankness, this is the only way forward for Northern Ireland,... I ask all of you, the people of Northern Ireland, that you give it a chance to work. ”

- Tony Blair

“ One must be frank to be relevant. ”

- Corazon Aquino

“ Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Confidence… is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life. ”

- John Dewey

“ The great consolation in life is to say what one thinks. ”

- Voltaire

“ The great consolation in life is to say what one thinks. ”

- Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire

“ People who talk much say nothing. ”

- Unknown

“ People who talk much say nothing. ”

- Unknown

“ The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness. ”

- Niels Bohr

“ Candor is the brightest gem of criticism. ”

- Benjamin Disraeli

“ It is the weak and confused who worship the pseudosimplicities of brutal directness. ”

- Marshall McLuhan
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