A Quote by George S. Patton

Say what you mean and mean what you say.

George S. Patton

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George S. Patton
American - Military man
November 11, 1885 - December 21, 1945

People who know me know that I'm not going to open my mouth and say something if I don't mean it. I'm very short and sweet. I'm old-school when it comes to it: I say what I mean and mean what I say, and then get off of it. It's simple as that.

Andre Ward

If you cannot say what you mean, your majesty, you will never mean what you say and a gentleman should always mean what he says.

Peter O'Toole

I have just learned a delicious French usage. On wedding invitations when they say the mass is at noon they mean one o'clock -when they say at noon precise they mean half after twelve - and when they say at very precisely noon they mean noon.

Alice B. Toklas

Our children are counting on us to provide two things: consistency and structure. Children need parents who say what they mean, mean what they say, and do what they say they are going to do.

Barbara Coloroso

I'll bet you half of my problems with liberals in the media is I live in Literalville. I say what I mean. That's politically incorrect. Most people don't say what they mean.

Rush Limbaugh

You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say...Doubt in your voice is an open door people will shove right through.

Deb Caletti

You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.

Jessica Jung

When I speak, the things that I'll say will mean something. And if it's not going to mean anything, I won't say it.

Nnamdi Asomugha

In politics, there's a kind of literal-mindedness. It's what you say, not what you mean, and you have to say only what you mean.

Michael Ignatieff

I try to choose my words carefully, and only say what I mean and mean what I say.

Cynthia Bailey

I am utterly opposed to all equivocation or obscure expressions in our public acts. We are bound to say plainly what we mean to say. If we mean negotiation and compromise, let us say it distinctly and plainly instead of sending to the President a resolution on which he may put whatever interpretation he pleases.

John C. Calhoun

You keep your rent low, which takes some of the pressure off. So when I say 'no,' I mean 'no.' I don't mean, 'Give me more money.' I mean 'no.'

Jonathan Majors

Be truthful, say what you mean and mean what you say, don't ignore the given circumstances.

Lauren Graham

No one ever doubts that I mean what I say. The problem is I sometimes say all that I mean.

Joe Biden

I do not mean to say that we should, or could, return to traditional nomadic economies. I do mean to say that there are systems of knowledge and grand poetical schemata derived from the mobile life that it would be foolish to disregard or underrate. And mad to destroy.