Michael Bloomberg Quotes

Very few people want to hear the truth. Bogie was like that, my mother was like that, and I'm like that. I believe in the truth, and I believe in saying what you think. Why not? Do you have to go around whispering all the time or playing a game with people? I just don't believe in that. So I'm not the most adored person on the face of the earth.

Candor is the only way I know how to do it. I'm way too old to change. At the end of the day, I believe the truth is stronger than any lie that's out there.

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

To be honest, I've always been forthright.

There is no wisdom like frankness.

I say too much sometimes, but I'm honest, that's the important thing.

I'm very honest about where I'm coming from.

Not me. Give me honesty anytime.

You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted that you mean to do right.

I never say anything of a man that I have the smallest scruple of saying to him.

I'll answer anything... I'm brutally honest, actually, which gets me in trouble.

I'm actually a very honest person, and sometimes I end up like, 'Man, I said too much.' It's hard for me not to tell the truth when you ask me.

I have a reputation for speaking my mind. I like to think my candor and bluntness will give you the answers.

No one ever doubts that I mean what I say. The problem is I sometimes say all that I mean.

I will speak with a straight tongue.

I like to say it like it is.

I say what I think and I think what I say.

I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.

Normally I tell the truth whether it's nice or not.

I always said what I thought and I didn't hold anything back.

If somebody asks for my opinion, I tell them my opinion, whether it's what they want to hear or not.

I felt that it's best just to be as transparent as possible.

I'm being honest, I say what I think.

I have never made any secret of any of my thoughts or areas of interest. I've always been honest, open, and upfront.

In real life, I'm so brutally honest that it almost works against me sometimes.