Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter.

When I am giving the relation of a thing, remember to abstain from altering either in the matter or manner of speaking, so much, as that, if every one, afterwards, should alter as much, it would at last come to be properly false.

Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.

Our family, from day one, has only sought the simple truth in this matter.

I say what I mean. I don't speak in code. That's why I am a star and ace communicator.

Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.

When you use words loosely, without care and consideration, you erode trust in yourself and in what you're saying. When you squander words, you diminish your power.

I was telling the truth. I feel like we got that point across.

If you are writing the clearest, truest words you can find and doing the best you can to understand and communicate, this will shine on paper like its own little lighthouse. Lighthouses dont go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

I'm not the guy who will sit in a room with somebody who's using a bunch of big words and just act like I know what they're talking about, or sit on set with somebody and they'll be trying to explain something and not using layman's terms and I'll just say, "Hey, excuse me, what do you mean by that? Explain to me so I just understand."

I write as straight as I can, just as I walk as straight as I can, because that is the best way to get there.

The difficulty is not to write, but to write what you mean.

Those who don't say what they mean will live and die by their own sword.

Say what you mean. Say what you see. Make a photograph, if you can, for the reader.

For myself I never plan the way I deliver a message. I do prepare the content, and then I open my mouth and give it. And so the expression, the gestures, the emphasis on words, all of that just comes.

If you cannot say what you mean, your majesty, you will never mean what you say and a gentleman should always mean what he says.

All I want is the truth, just give me some truth

Say it clear, and it will be beautiful.

Simple is the language of truth.

Be truthful, say what you mean and mean what you say, don't ignore the given circumstances.

the language of truth is too simple for inexperienced ears.

If you want to be a leader, it doesn't mean that you have to have an opinion on everything. But if you do have an opinion and it is clear and you feel strongly about it, then you should say it.

The language of truth is simple.

You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say...Doubt in your voice is an open door people will shove right through.