Explicitness Quotes

Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and assessment. That which one would insinuate, thereof one must speak.

But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean?

I expect to be more specific about how specific we will be in the future.

Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.

Sometimes if biography is too head-on, it can feel too obvious.

Make subtlety obvious.

What is known can't jerk us around unwittingly. Before anything can be resolved, the implicit must be made into the explicit.

I'm willing to show good taste, if I can, in somebody else's living room, but our reading life is too short for a writer to be in any way polite. Since his words enter into another's brain in silence and intimacy, he should be as honest and explicit as we are with ourselves.

If you sexy and you know it and you ain't afraid to show it. Put a candle on my motherfu*king back baby blow it.

Sex is difficult to write about because it's just not sexy enough. The only way to write about it is not to write much. Let the reader bring his own sexuality into the text. A writer I usually admire has written about sex in the most off-putting way. There is just too much information.

To be understood a writer has to explain almost everything.

Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.

It takes courage and skill to be unambiguous and clear.

Why do you say vague things if you don't want to be asked about them?

There was a time when ministers spoke forthrightly and named things. We don't name anything anymore. Finney had a sermon on How to Preach so as to Convert Nobody. He said 'Preach on sin but never mention any of the sins of your congregation - that will do it.'

In the future there cannot be room for ambiguity. They have to make their position absolutely clear before they can expect anyone to respond to it.

Screw ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don't trust ambiguity. John Wayne

I'll tell you anything about myself. I will show you my bare butthole.

Ariana is anything but subtle.

One of the difficulties of photography is that it is much better at being explicit than at being reticent.

Are we going to discuss whatever it is you are here to discuss instead of dancing around it?” he asks. “I was never a particularly good dancer.

There has to be certainty and there has to be clarity. There can't be ambiguity, .. This has to be certain, clear in all respects from all the parties so nobody is in any doubt about what the future holds.

Instead of of being so metaphorical with the rhyme, I was encouraged to go straight at it and hit it dead on and not waste time trying to cover things.

I want to be transparent, so I don't leave room for too much thinking.

Never be so brief as to become obscure.