Candor Quotes

98 quotes by 76 authors

I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's… — Richard Greenberg
What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation. — Glenn Close
Take lack of candor. ... I'm not talking about boldface lying, but a tendency to withhold information. That behavior is far more common, and it… — Jack Welch
Clyde Phillip Wachsberger's delightful memoir about tending beds of flowers as compensation for a lonely middle age only to find unexpected romance along the way… — Unknown Author
Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities. — Madame de Stael
Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack of common sense. Interest in your work can be called… — Abraham Maslow
There should be a readiness, on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, and to submit, without… — Simon Greenleaf
Candor is the only way I know how to do it. I'm way too old to change. At the end of the day, I believe… — Ray Nagin
THE LONG WALK is a raw, wrenching, blood-soaked chronicle of the human cost of war. Brian Castner, the leader of a military bomb disposal team,… — Jon Krakauer
The mentally ill frighten and embarrass us. And so we marginalize the people who most need our acceptance. What mental health needs is more sunlight,… — Glenn Close
Human nature is rarely so amusing as when trying to get a house off its hands. Women at this task can be untruthful enough, but… — E. V. Lucas
There is no diplomacy like candor. — E. V. Lucas
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin. — Tacitus
... the basic principles of the military services are unchangeable. Courage and candor, obedience and comradeship, love of fatherland and loyalty to the State: these… — Erich Raeder
I think we are all disgusted by the way George W. Bush's administration has allowed honesty and candor to seep into the genteel world of… — David Brooks
Candor is the brightest gem of criticism. — Benjamin Disraeli
To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view… — George Eliot
It is the weak and confused who worship the pseudosimplicities of brutal directness. — Marshall McLuhan
A little candor never leaves me. It is what protects me. — Antonio Porchia
If you write something that gets a bad response, or someone commits candor or is off message, there are often consequences almost immediately when it… — Ron Suskind

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