Top 1200 Being Straightforward Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

I like trying to keep as honest and straightforward of a point of view in our kitchen as possible.

I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be - not to have a 'career', but to be that straightforward obvious unmistakable animal, a writer.

For actors in Hollywood, it's very straightforward. We're well-paid animals in a zoo.

The concept of luck is very straightforward. Some people notice opportunities and others don't.

The first set of questions to ask yourself when you're doing cost cutting is relatively straightforward, which is, you know, can you use the necessity of cost cutting as an opportunity to do pruning or trimming for projects that aren't being as successful? But, you know, frequently those are the easy ones. I mean, there's always some kind of social costs internal to the company, but that's the easy way of looking at the future.

The conclusion is straightforward : self-control requires attention and effort.

It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.

It's like night and day... to do business, in Europe, there is no bull, they are pretty straightforward.

You have to be savvy and sharp and also straightforward with your customer. I think that authenticity is really important.

Wherever I make a movie, no matter what size it is, it's always about a straightforward communication with the producer.

The Bible for me is holy writ. It's a very straightforward thing, although I am not a literalist.

I don't like straightforward drum sounds and hate snares; can't stand them.

The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff.

It is a distinguishing feature of natural therapies that they are straightforward and reliable enough to safely do on your own, at home.

What you're doing is acting with yourself. Well, I'm my favourite actor, so in a way it's quite straightforward for me.

Ben was a very simple straightforward man with a brilliant quick mind.

A father-son relationship is strong, like no other teammates. You could be straightforward with one another.

I'm pretty much an out-front, straightforward chick, and I get a bit confused by expectations.

In a very straightforward way, I am a terrible reporter. I'm not someone who can go into a story and not get involved.

Often times, if a character is pretty straightforward, he or she is not as interesting to portray.

Jazz Improvisation means that practice is not as straightforward as it would be when you simply have a score to play.

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and simple integrity in another.

Healing can be a long and winding road or a straightforward march to the finish line.

Jimmy Stewart was a very sincere, honest and straightforward man.

I call a spade a shovel, straightforward. If I disagree with someone, I tell them.

I love guys and the way they think; they're so straightforward - and women can learn from that.

I understand that in the industry, a lot of it isn't real. Which is a difficult thing. Where I come from a lot of people are straightforward and I've had to learn how to not say exactly what I feel. Sometimes it gets frustrating being a person who says what he feels and what his heart is telling him. Every once in a while I fall into letting the industry get the best of me and not just saying exactly what I feel.

I'm simple in my approach and straightforward. I connect with the average person that is interested in food.

Men are gentle, honest and straightforward. Women are convoluted, deceptive and dangerous.

I try to be straightforward and honest with my kids, and I believe nothing beats good old hard work.

That’s my idea of what a portrait ought to be, anonymous and documentary and a straightforward picture of mankind.

Most songs on the radio are so straightforward and it just doesn't open up people's minds.

The development agenda is not a straightforward one; it's a process with serious hurdles, but it's a path we've chosen to go down.

There's lots of different feminist groups. It's not as straightforward as just looking like a plumber.

I react to stress badly. I handle it better these days. But I'm a very straightforward person.

Life isn't a straightforward climb up the ladder. It can take a few slips to really gain perspective.

I write in a pretty straightforward way. I kind of sit down at page one and start writing.

The best business plans are straightforward documents that spell out the who, what, where, why, and how much.

Anyone who suggests that coming back from suicidal despair is a straightforward journey has never taken it.

God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.

In spite of myself, I gave a snort. "Just once, I'd like to hear a simple, straightforward prophecy.

The people of Ankh-Morpork had a straightforward, no-nonsense approach to entertainment, and while they were looking forward to seeing a dragon slain, they'd be happy to settle instead for seeing someone being baked alive in his own armour. You didn't get the chance every day to see someone baked alive in their own armour. It would be something for the children to remember.

I believe that pluralistic secularism, in the long run, is a more deadly poison than straightforward persecution.

I'm a straightforward person. I think sometimes it comes off the wrong way.

I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.

My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.

Ronda's a very basic and straightforward fighter. However, she's a masterful competitor.

I was trying to write a straightforward book of sociological analysis, or at least cultural criticism, and I failed.

I love a straightforward character. I am the guy who loves Cyclops on the 'X-Men', because he is square.

Making new petroleum should be as simple and straightforward as brewing beer.

Doo-wop is special music to me because it's so straightforward and melody-driven and captures emotions.

I think it is only when you marry and become a parent that you begin to understand that life isn't always straightforward.

Straightforward fiction functions only as more Bubble Wrap, nostalgia, retreat.

'Celebrity Apprentice' has more integrity and is the most straightforward show I've ever seen.

My playing is fairly straightforward, really, and everything's pretty much standard no frills or special effects.

But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story.

You have to be just as mistrustful of straightforward rationality in business as you do of a uniquely gut approach.

I can't stand people who are backward. I am honest, straightforward. I don't like to pretend. And I will not change either.

Unconditional love with someone you've never met is a straightforward feeling that is so overwhelming and fulfilling.

Ronnie Barker was a straightforward man who had this extraordinary ability to make the nation laugh