Speak Plainly Quotes

#1. When we speak freely, let us speak plainly, for plain speech is wholesome; especially, plain speech about public affairs and public men.

Albert J. Nock

#2. Leaders of the world, my message to you is simple: to achieve universal peace and understanding on this planet you have only to speak plainly, even though you may look foolish. This is a thousand times better than looking good and talking nonsense.

David Small

#3. The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

Anonymous

#4. We must speak plainly. Only honesty provides truth. Only truth delivers triumph.

R. Scott Bakker

#5. It takes power for the man of God in the pulpit to speak plainly about particular sins before the faces of those who are living in them; and still more power to do it with the rare tactfulness and tenderness of the Galilean preacher.

S.D. Gordon

#6. Speak plainly, sir.'
'*Sir*? I say, Lyd. Are you always so formal with men you've made love with?'
The whip of her head caused the bird [on her hat] to saw wildly, like a famished woodpecker in range of a tree.

Meredith Duran

#7. What did we know about those closest to us, really? No one ever dared to speak plainly about desire; no one said the word out loud.

Alice Hoffman

#8. They spoke politely and with deference to the adults, whereas it went against my nature not to speak plainly. To many people speaking plainly is the same as speaking rudely. Whereas to me, if one was direct, it saved time and misunderstanding.

Theresa Breslin

#9. I try to speak plainly and be sympathetic to the idea of religions where people gather in community. They get a sense of people looking out for each other. My claim is that we have a tendency to look out for each other whether or not there is a religion involved.

Bill Nye

#10. But a myth, to speak plainly, to me is like a menu in a fancy French restaurant: glamorous, complicated camouflage for a fact you wouldn't otherwise swallow, like maybe lima beans.

William Peter Blatty

#11. Maximum difficulty isn't the same as optimal difficulty.

Alfie Kohn

#12. You know, we spend so much of our lives not saying the things we want to say. The things we should say. We speak in code, we send little messages. Origami. So now, plainly, simply. I want to say that I love you both.

Michael Scofield

#13. White man racist nominee would be forced to withdraw. Latina woman racist should also withdraw.

Newt Gingrich

#14. It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can.

Sargent Shriver

#15. I moved here to California when I was 13 to pursue my acting career.

Christina Milian

#16. If we avoid junk foods that are high in sugar or fats and nothing else, about the only way we can fail to get enough protein is if we are on a diet that is insufficient in calories.36 Protein

Peter Singer

#17. My style is understated because everything I wear, I want it to have an effortless feel to it. I always want to be comfortable in my clothes and feel like myself, but I like to usually throw in some edge in there somewhere, even just with a leather jacket. But overall, always gotta keep it classy!

Tori Kelly

#18. Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

William Penn

#19. We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speak to Him frankly and plainly, and implore His assistance in our affairs.

Brother Lawrence

#20. Half the misery in the world comes of want of courage to speak and to hear the truth plainly and in a spirit of love.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

#21. I gave the wretched beast a look that said plainly I'll deal with you later.
He flicked his tail at me, cat-speak for Do I look like I'm bothered?

J.L. Merrow