Sinead O'Connor Quotes

People think you're being dishonest because you're just too blunt.

I think in general I personally have a tendency to protect other people's feelings, and I've noticed that becomes a major hindrance to communication. It's better to just be honest, even if it's painful.

There are some things that, if you say them out loud, will hurt the other person's feelings. I tend to say them anyway. It's better to be honest.

My tongue speak what my heart thinks.

Few men have depth enough to hear or tell the truth.

Women want honesty but sometimes get upset if you are honest, so you need to know when to be honest.

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?

It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.

I'm probably the most honest person you'll ever meet - to a fault, like, I-will-hurt-your-feelings honest. I'm sure if I lied about anything, it would have been silly, but I haven't retained that information.

An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.

People think I'm rude. I'm not rude; I'm just not networking. It's just honesty.

I am honest; I speak the truth, and I sometimes probably go overboard and speak my mind.

Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean.

Being honest doesn't mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.

You have to really care about what you say. And if you don't, it will never come out quite right, unless you go into acting, in which case you have to act fast before you realize it is something which you do not believe in.

My radar, after all these years of sanity, is still off when it comes to what people do or don't mean.

You should always say exactly what you think directly to people all the time.

I tell myself that I know you, and then when I think about it, I realize that I don't.

You have to think not about what you mean but about what people hear.

I have written letters that are failures, but I have written few, I think, that are lies. Trying to reach a person means asking the same question over and over again: Is this the truth, or not? I begin this letter to you, then, in the western tradition. If I understand it, the western tradition is: Put your cards on the table.

What is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means?

To be understood is to prostitute oneself

I believe in treating other people with respect. My style is to speak to people, be available to them and willing to answer their questions. This also means being straightforward and honest with them.

It amused me to think that one can tell the truth when one is drunk and nobody will believe it.