Direct Speech Quotes

Whatever else people knew about Donald Trump going into 2016, it was obvious he was strong. He said what he thought, no matter who it offended.

Whatever is worth saying, can be stated in fifty words or less.

I don't talk in ifs.

I want people who will stand up to me. People who are not afraid to say exactly what's on their minds, even though that's probably not what I want to hear. That's what I want.

In the tough and dangerous world in which we live a President must always say what he means and mean what he says.

Whatever the hell happens, say, 'This is what I need.'

It's all right when you are calling on a girl or talking with friends after dinner to run a conversation like a Sunday-school excursion, with stops to pick flowers; but in the office your sentences should be the shortest distance possible between periods.

Language is in decline. Not only has eloquence departed but simple, direct speech as well, though pomposity and banality have not.

Ragamuffins are simple, direct and honest. Their speech is unaffected. They are slow to claim, "God told me..." As they make their way through the world, they bear wordless, prophetic witness.

Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. She was tough as nails and did not suffer fools at all. And the truth was she could not afford to. She spoke the truth, bluntly, directly, and without much varnish. I am her son.

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.

I don't talk soft, that's that other guy.

If your news must be bad, tell it soberly and promptly.

Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.

I am that guy who will say things that people seem to think is a little edgy, a little racy.

When you speak directly at things and don't say you're going to try to do something or that you hope to do something, the universe will work with you. Think about it this way - a boomerang goes out and comes back to you if you throw it. If you throw it out at the universe, it will come back down to you on Earth.

I don't say I was 'proceeding down a thoroughfare;' I say I 'walked down the road'. I don't say I 'passed a hallowed institute of learning;' I say I 'passed a school'.

Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life.

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