Plain Speaking Quotes

I'm not a beat around the bush kind of guy.

I know the pros and cons of being absolutely blunt.

That's how I am - I don't like games, and I don't beat around the bush.

I analyse in my own way, in very simple, no-jargon language. If somebody is talking in very complicated way, I never like that.

When you look at my campaign, I don't go around sugarcoating things.

I'm too direct.

I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.

Speech devoted to truth should be straightforward and plain

Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

Laws can embody standards; governments can enforce laws—but the final task is not a task for government. It is a task for each and every one of us. Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flouted—when we tolerate what we know to be wrong—when we close our eyes and ears to the corrupt because we are too busy, or too frightened—when we fail to speak up and speak out—we strike a blow against freedom and decency and justice.

A guy who says what people who aren't thinking are thinking.

I've never been a fan of euphemism.

I have a reputation for being a straight-talker.

I have not wanted syllables where actions have spoken so plainly.

I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric.

It does not require many words to speak the truth.

I cut to the point. I don't mealy-mouth around about it.

Less is almost always better than more. Short words, short sentences, short speeches.

I write in quite a simple way because that's just the way I write. The vocab I use is quite wee. That's just the way I talk.

All we know about Jesus is what someone else wrote down... so really one should say, "Here is what someone wrote down that they said Jesus said..." this isn't uncertainty on purpose, just plain speaking.

Any sort of plain speaking is better than the nauseous sham good fellowship our democratic public men get up for shop use.

From a young age, I was always very transparent, and that's why the kids' mums didn't like me. I would tell you if I didn't like your beans on toast.

I am a simple man who comes from a village, and villagers like us speak our mind. Now, in the process, if unknowingly my words came across as disrespectful or insulting, then I am deeply sorry. I don't want to hurt anyone.

Why mince words? Beautiful Ruins is an absolute masterpiece.

I'm a Ford, not a Lincoln. My addresses will never be as eloquent as Mr. Lincoln's. But I will do my very best to equal his brevity and his plain speaking.