quotes about Frankness

last updated: November 28, 2023

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.
-- Alexander Smith

Source : Alexander Smith (2012). “Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.39, tredition

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Frankness is usually a euphemism for rudeness.
-- Muriel Spark

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“I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.”
“No tax in any amount, large or small, can be levied to support any religious activities or institutions, whatever they may be called, or whatever form they may adopt to teach or practice religion.”
“Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment”
“How you know where I'm at when you haven't been where I've been? Understand where I'm coming from?”
“Just like the Perimeter! It never rains but it pours," declared the Major.”
“I sing as an actress. Whatever I'm singing about, I just become the story.”
“One I built when I was a kid, and it was a real miniature of Disneyland. I fell in love with the park when I went there with my parents on my 12th birthday.”
“In the 1920s dramatists attacked their subjects as if the inequities could be resolved. Some of the traditional optimism of America lurked behind most of the early plays. But not now. There is no conviction now that the problem will be solved.”
“Customers don't care how much time something takes to build. They care only if it serves their needs.”
“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”