Forthright Quotations

I work on my body to stay fit, but that does not make me superior to anyone. I am a forthright and hardworking girl.

Power doesn't just exist. It is threaded through different mechanisms of control. I'm interested in those complexities. But I want to address that in very forthright language and sometimes with images.

One of the issues we're going to have to address is institutional culture, which makes it easier for such behavior. Institutions haven't really dealt with these issues in a forthright manner. They're closing their eyes to it, or only opening them slightly.

I don't 'handle' people. It's so much easier to manipulate actors than to really have an earnest discussion with them. It's very easy to say whatever's going to appease them and then turn around and do whatever you want to do. It's difficult to be forthright with people, because the job does not lend itself to that.

Shane was reminded of the need to get a balance between forthright discussion and going a step too far.

She's a very honest and forthright witness and an excellent witness for Merck, so I feel 100 percent comfortable with her taking the stand again.

She wasn't as forthright as she could have been, ... When something like this happens, someone has to be able to stand up and say, 'You know what? We didn't do the right thing here, and now we are going to make it better.'

We have similar backgrounds in many instances, ... We have never been reluctant to take on the Establishment, so to speak, and we've been forthright in our objections to the so-called 'Good Ole Boy' network.

When things go wrong, people just want action and this is action in the form of a deadline, ... It does remind people that not every corporate executive is not being less than forthright with their statements.

I am convinced that these responses show no inconsistencies or evidence that Mr. Olson misled or was less than truthful to the committee in any way. Rather, they show him to be forthright and honest,

I get the impression that Kato has been forthright and honest, and he's adding a lot of things that weren't addressed at the prosecution trial,

Cardinal Keeler is well respected among his fellow bishops, and the Archdiocese of Baltimore is the first American diocese, the seat of the church, ... The fact that he has chosen to be so public and forthright will hopefully resonate with bishops in other dioceses. The fact that Giuliani is a Republican, is popular, was involved with 9/11, doesn't change the fact that he is publicly opposed to fundamental Catholic teachings.

Bush's brand of forthright tough-guy populism can be appealing, and it has played well in Texas. Yet occasionally there are flashes of meanness visible beneath it.

We feel it's what any company would do, that it's part of their business. In the event that there's a sale in the future, the customer records go with the company, as part of the company. We're being forthright in disclosing it, and we're getting criticism for being candid.

He has accepted that he may well have been less forthright in his comments if he had been aware.

He seems to be more forthright in seeing a willingness to cut interest rates in the future than expected, ... It is uncharacteristically blunt.

He does not have a reservoir of good will, either in Congress or in the country. People in Congress are looking for ways to disagree with him. Democrats don't seem intimidated by him. And the public doesn't see him as honest, forthright or as much as a leader as they did a year ago. He's considerably weaker.

I resolve to move forward and to bring a different type of forthright leadership to Washington.

Judy is very clear and forthright about this. Judy believes that marriage is between a biological man and a biological woman. That is the law in Illinois.

I think if Secretary Bennett does not choose to address the issue with a forthright apology, at the bare minimum, I think Secretary Bennett's program should be removed from the air.

I think if you're forthright and answer a lot of questions, sometimes you'll get people who won't let you answer the questions, and that makes for a difficult answer.

We're dealing here with different cultures, and although we must continue to express our concerns in a very vigorous and a very forthright manner, we must understand that human rights is one of a whole constellation of issues in which our government engages the Chinese government and the Chinese people.

We're just trying to be responsive to their concerns and also be forthright about where we are in terms of being a few weeks late for quality.

When a country cannot deal with an issue in a straightforward, forthright way, when a country that has had success takes a step back because a narrow few have some ideological notion that everyone should be entitled to have any weapon they want-some of them even believe a bazooka or a tank is okay-then something is wrong.

We understand the manufacturing side is in a recession. The question is, Will the data bring forth a more forthright (aggressive) Fed?

Thank you for the quick and forthright response.

This is a much more forthright statement than we've seen previously from the G-7. The currencies that will be impacted the most are those that will benefit from an increase in domestic demand in China, including the yen.

At a time when our country needs forthright leaders, this administration gives us two men more concerned with partisan spin than with human suffering. Brown and Chertoff failed America, and they must be fired immediately,

The message I heard this morning, ... was a plea -- a very strong bipartisan plea that he take this issue to the American people and to the Congress in a straight up, forthright way for all of us to debate it and for our country to understand it.

They've taken so long and their initial forthright defense suggests it will be a whitewash. We would be very surprised if there was anything other than a slap on the wrist. If they were serious then they would have done more by now. It does not take two months to start a formal investigation.

The ground is shifting radically under the pressure of newly documented claims. While there may not be a single clear solution for every claim, institutions will need to be forthright in explaining future acquisitions.