Everyone appreciates me for my honesty. Why shouldn't I speak my mind? I will not say I am blunt. I don't speak about others.
I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that.
Wit sometimes enables us to act rudely with impunity.
Hitler is no worse, nay better, in my opinion, than the other lugs. He makes the German mistake of being tactless, that's all.
'Honesty' in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a difference between being candid in what you're talking about, and people voicing their insulting opinions under the name of honesty.
Sometimes I'm overly blunt. I don't like to mince words. I like to get things done. That's the only difference between Chris Christie and I - he's a little shy.
How easy it is to say the wrong thing! How easy it is not to recognize one has said the wrong thing!
You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.
Too much truth is uncouth.
One man's frankness is another man's vulgarity.
It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then merely at dinner parties.
I'm named after Jane Austen's Emma, and I've always been able to relate to her. She's strong, confident but quite tactless.
What I should do is go over to the surgical suites and get my foot extricated from my mouth.
I haven't done years of diversity training, so sometimes I say things which are probably tactless, and I don't mean to, to be honest, I don't mean to do that.
Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.
If someone asks a stupid question, you can only give a stupid answer or appear arrogant.
If something can be said to make an awkward moment even worse, I'm going to say it.
I was never the diplomatic diplomat.
you got two feet, Sethe, not four." he said, and right then a forest sprang up between them; tactless and quiet.
I put my foot in my mouth sometimes. I'll be the first to admit it.
I'm too blunt, too matter-of-fact and not PC enough.
I still find it tough to be around girls because I always say the wrong thing. If a friend asks me if I look fat in something, I'll be honest and say 'Yeah' when she does.
Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
I'm a straightforward person. I think sometimes it comes off the wrong way.
I'm the person who says every single thing she thinks, sometimes to others' amusement, and almost always to my detriment.
