Julie Andrews Quotes

If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.

Before I speak, I have something important to say.

Some girls like to say one thing and mean another. And me being who I am, I'm very straightforward. Everything is very black and white for me. I don't really like playing mind games.

Sometimes I think it's possible to mistake desire for clarity and talking in a no-nonsense way for aggression.

An elusive, enigmatic aura will make people want to know more, drawing them into your circle. Create such a power by hinting at something contradictory within you.

When I got somethin' to say, I'll say it.

Don't be mysterious; there isn't the time.

The real secret about diplomats is that we're trained to say something, when there is nothing to say, and to say nothing when there is something to say.

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.

Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, But love unexplained is clearer.

Anything I tell you is an alibi for something else." Then let's be quiet together.

We take comfort, however, that mystery is not a synonym for contradiction.

You can't say you want things to be simple and then in the next breath ask me to be honest.

If you can't be direct, why be?

Listen to me, don't listen to me. Talk to me, don't talk to me.

More advice. Don't go near the Old One. Do go near the Old One. Don't stay past twelve. Trust the Will. Don't trust the Will. I wish someone would tell me something straightforward for once.

Some people don't realize that a straight 'No' can be the kindest answer in the world.

Yet high over the city our line of yellow windows must have contributed their share of human secrecy to the casual watcher in the darkening streets, and I was him too, looking up and wondering. I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.

It takes courage and skill to be unambiguous and clear.

But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean?

In the future there cannot be room for ambiguity. They have to make their position absolutely clear before they can expect anyone to respond to it.

Behind us: the unknown. Before us: the secret.

At the end of the day, men like Donald Trump need to be given that which they themselves dispense: clear messages. I would confront him as clearly and explicitly as possible. It is not only the right, but also the duty, of the leader of a German government to do that.

When we try to make everything clear, we make everything confused. If, however, we admit one mysterious thing in the universe, then everything else becomes clear in the light of that. The sun is so bright, so mysterious, that one cannot look at it, and yet in the light of the sun everything else is seen.

If you want to be clear, act.