African american Quote by Jodi Kantor

You make real progress when somebody is honest enough to say something that's really uncomfortable.

— Jodi Kantor

Ideally, you don't speak until you have something honest to say.

— T. J. Jagodowski

It's very disconcerting to start out and to say, "I'm going to tell the truth," and then to realize it's that much trouble.

— Elaine Stritch

I come out and say what needs to be said but in a manner that makes people feel comfortable.

— Josh Blue

To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.

— Rabindranath Tagore

I am a very outspoken person, and if something makes me uncomfortable, you will know that it makes me uncomfortable, but that's as far…

— Lea Michele

It's impossible to always get across what I'm trying to say, but, if I just stay honest, then I'm not going to look back…

— Kristen Stewart

I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think…

— Jimmy Carter

In terms of, like, interviews, I used to struggle a lot with interviews; I never knew what to say.

— Nathan Chen

You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.

— John Lewis

In my experience—and I admit I didn't anticipate this—most blacks are delighted to have a 100-percent honest conversation with a white man about race.

— Jared Taylor

I saw an interview that I did with someone, and I was horrified by it. And I said to my wife, 'This is unbearable…

— Mandy Patinkin