Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, lead to ruin — Publius Cornelius Tacitus Copy Share Image
A world of vested interests is not a world which welcomes the disruptive force of candor. — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Beware the fictionist writing his own life. Even candor becomes a strategy. — Wilfrid Sheed Copy Share Image
We expect candor and transparency from the president, from the administration. — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
The painter saw what was, an alternate Candor and secrecy inside the skin. — Thom Gunn Copy Share Image
Let us have the candor to acknowledge that what we call "the economy" or "the free market" is less and less distinguishable… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I have a reputation for speaking my mind. I like to think my candor and bluntness will give you the answers. — John O. Brennan Copy Share Image
Good sense and good-nature are never separated, though the ignorant world has thought otherwise. Good-nature, by which I mean beneficence and candor,… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
My bosses cautioned me about my candor. Now my GE career is over, and I'm telling you that it was my candor… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Like simplicity and candor, and other much-commented qualities, enthusiasm is charming until we meet it face to face, and cannot escape from… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
“It is true that there is not enough beauty in the world. It is also true that I am not competent to… — Louise Glück Copy Share Image
In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
“When you try to take someone's pain away from them, you don't make it better. You just tell them it's not OK… — Megan Devine Copy Share Image
I loved my friend for his gentleness, his candor, his good repute, his freedom even from my own livelier manner, his calm… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Truth is a risky proposition. It's the nature of mediocre human beings to believe that lies are necessary, that they serve a… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
The current memoir craze has fostered the belief that confession is therapeutic, that therapy is redemptive and that redemption equals art, and… — Michiko Kakutani Copy Share Image
All leaders, male or female, innately possess feminine qualities like empathy, candor and vulnerability - the difference lies in which leaders choose… — John Gerzema Copy Share Image
Diaries tell their little tales with a directness, a candor, conscious or unconscious, a closeness of outlook, which gratifies our sense of… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Candor compels me to admit that I have no conclusive research to support my view that jingles are less persuasive than the… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
Yet if strict criticism should till frown on our method, let candor and good humor forgive what is done to the best… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk. — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
“Straightforwardness intimidates people. They prefer the veneer, despite what they claim.” — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
“Candor must be a constant if you are truly committed to producing great profitability through the creation of tremendous products and services.” — Clay Clark Copy Share Image
I have to admit that Christina is good—though I don’t like giving credit to Candor smart-mouths—and so is Peter—though I don’t like… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I struggle to keep my hard, expressionless mask in place. The doctor's most powerful weapon has always been his particular brand of… — Cristin Terrill Copy Share Image
The mentally ill frighten and embarrass us. And so we marginalize the people who most need our acceptance. What mental health needs… — Glenn Close Copy Share Image
“Every loss is valid. And every loss is not the same. You can't flatten the landscape of grief and say that everything… — Megan Devine Copy Share Image
In matters of honesty, there are no shortcuts; no little white lies, or big black lies, only the simple, honest truth spoken… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
The president's need for complete candor and objectivity from advisers calls for great deference from the courts. — Warren E. Burger Copy Share Image
“True comfort in grief is in acknowledging the pain, not in trying to make it go away. Companionship, not correction, is the… — Megan Devine Copy Share Image
Judicial excellence requires candor before confirmation. We are being asked to give the nominee enormous power. — Herb Kohl Copy Share Image
“I grin at the fierce burn in my legs, in my chest.Using pain to relieve pain. It doesn't make much sense.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“In a few minutes nobody will know what I did. Everything will be perfect again. Except for my life. [Oscar Banks]” — Pam Bachorz Copy Share Image
“Can I be trusted? Can you? I can be trusted with some things, but not all things, just like you.” — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
There is a glorious candor in an honest quart of wine, A certain inspitation which I cannot well define. — Eugene Field Copy Share Image