Earl Butz Quotes

I'm not an abrasive person. I do speak my mind, but my goal is never to offend. I don't intentionally want to strike a chord.

Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.

I am sweet and diplomatic in real life.

Being polite does not mean being mummified.

To be rude to someone is not my nature.

There is a difference between being straightforward and careless.

I'm polite.

I've always tried to walk a line between being incisive and acerbic, but not mean. Sometimes I'm going to tip over the line a little bit, but that's usually a line I try not to cross.

Johnny Depp was the most polite young actor I've ever worked with.

'Nice' means nothing. Is it someone who doesn't swear and shout? I swear and shout. 'Nice' sounds ineffectual.

I'm not a diva, and I'm not mean to people or have weird rules.

I'm too blunt, too matter-of-fact and not PC enough.

My mother was the nicest person in the world. I still have people coming to me to say how she was so warm, generous, and kind-hearted. She never washed her dirty linen in public. She always maintained her equations with people.

I believe you should always be polite when you ask a question. I totally believe that.

I try not to be a jerk. I really do. I try to be nice and cordial.

I'm opinionated, but I'm not a vindictive person and I never say anything unprovoked, either.

Nowadays I'd describe myself as earnest, terribly earnest. I'm the person who wants everybody in the room to feel important and happy.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

It's important to be thoughtful and mindful about the things you say to other people.

I think that a man should be caring.

I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others.

I'm not a jerk.

I would hope I was raised polite and charming.

My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous.

Nothing turns me off faster than a guy being unkind.