Nana Patekar Quotes

Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.

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.

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

Ford was warm and friendly. He wouldn't embarrass a Cabinet member.

Australian women tend to tell it like it is - even if it's the brutal, honest truth. I think American women usually break it to you a little easier. There's a softer side to them.

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

I'm quite tactful, actually. I worry about whether people are all right. With my friends, obviously, conversations are quite free and uncensored, but I would never enjoy making someone feel uncomfortable at all.

I don't aim to offend.

I tell it like it is, but I don't voice my opinion unless it's asked for.

To be rude to someone is not my nature.

Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

I don't want to go about offending people; that's not my plan.

It's important to be thoughtful and mindful about the things you say to other people.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.

I don't want to offend people.

I have no intention of offending somebody who writes a weekly column.

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

Nothing is too controversial, but you have to think about how to do it with sensitivity. I don't try to be insensitive. I think really, really carefully about exactly what things mean and how they will affect people.

We don't like offending anyone.

I learned that you have to be careful about how you say things but not what you say.

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

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

People don't like when people are straight forward. They like things to be sugar coated. They like to beat around the bush. I'm not that type of person.

I'm polite.