Straightforwardness Quotes

“Hypocrites get offended by the truth.”
― Jess C. Scott, Bad Romance: Seven Deadly Sins Anthology

“If you are a warrior, decency means that you are not cheating anybody at all. You are not even about to cheat anybody. There is a sense of straightforwardness and simplicity. With setting-sun vision, or vision based on cowardice, straightforwardness is always a problem. If people have some story or news to tell somebody else, first of all they are either excited or disappointed. Then they begin to figure out how to tell their news. They develop a plan, which leads them completely away from simply telling it. By the time a person hears the news, it is not news at all, but opinion. It becomes a message of some kind, rather than fresh, straightforward news. Decency is the absence of strategy. It is of utmost importance to realize that the warrior’s approach should be simple-minded sometimes, very simple and straightforward. That makes it very beautiful: you having nothing up your sleeve; therefore a sense of genuineness comes through. That is decency.”
― Chögyam Trungpa

“Straightforwardness intimidates people. They prefer the veneer, despite what they claim.”
― Donna Lynn Hope

“Being the soothsayer of the tribe is a dirty job, but someone has to do it.”
― Anthon St. Maarten

“A straightforward answer to a straightforward question will move you that much more forward in this world, that much faster.”
― Loren Weisman

“I know nothing of being a wife, but I have learned much about the running and maintenance of an estate. It may be that you will find my manner too straightforward for your tastes, but, my lord, it is just that - my manner. Would that I die before I give up that part of me.”
― Denise Domning, Winter's Heat

“The easiest explanations are often the right ones.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“Ah—that’s the beauty of higher education, sergeant. Never use two simple words when one really complicated one will do.”
― Caroline Graham, Written In Blood

“You might be a person of high integrity if you showed it when nobody was around.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes

“The JahWad is truth and light. It’s straightforward. It is the people who complicate it to suit their interests.”
― DON SANTO

“What a vibe! Do you wanna walk with me? I’m headed this way.”
“No,” said Andrei. “But thank you.”
David shifted his arms and laughed. He did not expect rejection. David considered himself friendly and a young man of great energy and there could be no possible reason why anybody should deny his invitation.
“Oh, why not?”
“David...” Andrei started on an effortless admission. The comet knew exactly how he felt and did not measure his blow. It was fair this way, so he locked his eyes kindly on David and shared: “I do not want to walk with you. There’s nothing wrong with that. We don’t need to be friends. And this is okay.”
“Oh. Did I...say something bad earlier?”
“Mate, it’s just who you are. And who I am. I don’t want to pretend that it’s pleasant to be with you.”
“Dude, that really hurts me that you said that, Andrei.”
“What can we do, honestly, David? Lie instead? That’s how it is. It can’t be changed. It’s nothing on you—just the both of us combined Not every person we meet is right for us. If we treat everyone like friends, nothing is earned, you know what I mean?”
“Alright, dude. Whatever. That’s totally your choice, so all good. But that literally makes no sense, so.”
Andrei looked down the road, which he owed, and not David, and so withdrew.
“Then let me make no sense. Cheers. Good luck with everything.”
― Karl Kristian Flores, A Happy Ghost

“What a vibe! Do you wanna walk with me? I’m headed this way.”
“No,” said Andrei. “But thank you.”
David shifted his arms and laughed. He did not expect rejection. David considered himself friendly and a young man of great energy and there could be no possible reason why anybody should deny his invitation.
“Oh, why not?”
“David...” Andrei started on an effortless admission. The comet knew exactly how he felt and did not measure his blow. It was fair this way, so he locked his eyes kindly on David and shared: “I do not want to walk with you. There’s nothing wrong with that. We don’t need to be friends. And this is okay.”
“Oh. Did I...say something bad earlier?”
“Mate, it’s just who you are. And who I am. I don’t want to pretend that it’s pleasant to be with you.”
“Dude, that really hurts me that you said that, Andrei.”
“What can we do, honestly, David? Lie instead? That’s how it is. It can’t be changed. It’s nothing on you—just the both of us combined. Not every person we meet is right for us. If we treat everyone like friends, nothing is earned, you know what I mean?”
“Alright, dude. Whatever. That’s totally your choice, so all good. But that literally makes no sense, so.”
Andrei looked down the road, which he owed, and not David, and so withdrew.
“Then let me make no sense. Cheers. Good luck with everything.”
― Karl Kristian Flores, A Happy Ghost