Paul LePage Quotes

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

I have the necessary lack of tact.

If I don't like you, I will tell you, that's it.

I am blunt when I want to be.

I guess I'm too outspoken.

I say what's on my mind. I go after what I want.

I refuse to put anything into suave diplomatic language.

Look, I'm outspoken.

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

I have always liked to speak to people very directly.

Lots of people tell me I am straightforward.

I'm too direct.

My mom has this thing where she doesn't sugarcoat stuff.

I'm a plain speaker.

I'm very bold and say what I feel. That doesn't mean I ruffle feathers. It means I'm being honest.

It is my drawback that I am not manipulative and this trait doesn't work in the industry. People in the industry are very manipulative. For me, I will say it if I don't like, and I don't know how to butter people. Even Salman Khan is like that, he is very straightforward and not manipulative at all.

I'm a quick wit, straight to the point, no nonsense.

I'm a straightforward person. I think sometimes it comes off the wrong way.

I'm not a beat around the bush kind of guy.

I have a tough time beating around the bush and just saying something you want to hear. I kind of say it how it is, even if I don't realize that's maybe not what I should say at the moment.

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

If I don't like someone, I'll let that person know. I'm not very diplomatic. I understand that.

I am very direct, to the point that I think I might make people uncomfortable! I do not know how not to be direct. I don't think there's time to waste.

I'm too direct and too unsparingly impatient.

Diplomacy is the lowest form of politeness because it misquotes the greatest number of people. A nation, like an individual, if it has anything to say, should simply say it.