Honest Talk Quotes

Honest talk about the deficit is risky. Voters are more enthusiastic about the abstract notion of deficit reduction than about the painful details of accomplishing it.

I don't think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it.

A willingness to vocalize feelings. How important it is to be willing to voice one's thoughts and feelings. Yes, how important it is to be able to converse on the level of each family member. Too often we are inclined to let family members assume how we feel toward them. Often wrong conclusions are reached. Very often we could have performed better had we known how family members felt about us and what they expected.

If we're going to have debates, let's have real debates.

Our words should aim not to please, but to help.

I've always engaged in open, honest communication. There's no topic that can't be discussed.

I would love to see no more ghettos, but the things is, there's no diplomacy in the ghetto. They want to tell you something, they tell you straight! An upper class, more educated person - they find a diplomatic way to tell you the thing. I love it when you just come heart to heart. That's the way I knew it coming up, so that's the way I like it.

It's safe to talk openly and honestly with people because they're not really listening.

Speak, my fair, and fairly, I pray thee.

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.

I normally talk to my players about everyday situations, and there are not really any secrets.

It's only words... unless they're true.

On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

If a coach wants me to stay, then I think it's good that he doesn't just butter things up, but actually tells the truth.

Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.

We need men and women to sit down and talk to each other about sex honestly and openly. That would help us fight Aids so immediately. But our lack of communication is hugely problematic.