Blunt Quotes

218 quotes by 172 authors

I'm still very blunt: If you want to be a writer, get a day job. The fact that I have actually been able to make… — Dorothy Allison
The clock, for all its precision in measurement, is a blunt instrument for the psyche and for society. Schedules can replace sensitivity to the mood… — Jay Griffiths
Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments. — Erica Jong
What did you have in mind? A short, blunt human pyramid? — Tom Stoppard
Some people say I'm too blunt and I'm too direct, too straightforward. I think we could use some of that in Washington, D.C. — Lindsey Graham
Curiosity might be pictured as being made up of chains of small questions extending outwards, sometimes over huge distances, from a central hub composed of… — Alain de Botton
The blunt large questions become connected to smaller, apparently esoteric ones. — Alain de Botton
A blunt statement can be as false as any other. — Mason Cooley
Fame was initially this kind of blunt tool that was thrust into my hands very young. — Josh Hartnett
The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but because… — Nathan Myhrvold
Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency that… — Unknown Author
If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many different subjects, the confidentiality of the office of the president… — Richard M. Nixon
A boycott is, inherently, a blunt instrument. It is an imperfect weapon, a carpet bomb, when all involved would prefer a surgical strike. — Conor Oberst
Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately. — Blaise Pascal
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects. — Lester B. Pearson
'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do. — Alexander Pope
A rat race is for rats. We're not rats. We're human beings. Reject the insidious pressures in society that would blunt your critical faculties to… — Jimmy Reid
Chekhov - shall I be blunt? - is the greatest short story writer who ever lived. — George Saunders
The way I paint is similar to rock in that you don't stand around and say, 'Gee, what are they talking about?' Rock is simple,… — Grace Slick
Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a… — James Thurber

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