Richard Armitage Quotes

We don't have to be rude with each other; we have to be diplomatic.

Diplomat: A person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.

I am very moohphat and can never be diplomatic or politically correct.

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

I don't think I'm a loud mouth.

I am sweet and diplomatic in real life.

Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.

It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.

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.

A man is known by the silence he keeps.

I have to chose my words carefully.

Not everything I say is elegant.

I don't sugarcoat things, but I'm very polite in delivering them.

What's so useful about the British culture of politeness is the level of passive aggression is really fun to write.

I don't know where, or by whom, Judge Wapner was raised, but my parents taught me, when you don't have something nice to say about someone, say nothing.

I am definitely not as polite as Beatrice, I have to say. I tell it as it is. I am shyer at first.

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

There is a difference between being straightforward and careless.

Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'

I'm pretty much an out-front, straightforward chick, and I get a bit confused by expectations.

I do not want to insult anyone with my act and am very careful about it.

You can't just be crass without being witty. Angry crass is horrible.

Like it or not, we are all liars. Thank goodness. Imagine going through life where everyone is completely honest: 'Those shoes... look like something out of an early Cyndi Lauper video.' 'Your daughter... looks like the spawn of Honey Boo Boo and Elmer Fudd.'

I'm polite.