Top 1200 Plain Speaking Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

Individual heterosexual women came to the movement from relationships where men were cruel, unkind, violent, unfaithful. Many of these men were radical thinkers who participated in movements for social justice, speaking out on behalf of the workers, the poor, speaking out on behalf of racial justice. However when it came to the issue of gender they were as sexist as their conservative cohorts.

An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact.

There are only two kinds of women, the plain and the coloured.

I'm speaking of the character of human beings, not what they believe in. I'm speaking of those who won't accept a useless life just because they were born to it. I mean those who would be something better. They work, they sacrifice, they do things..." He was moved by this, and I was a little surprised that I'd said it. Yet I felt I'd had hurt him somehow. "There is blessedness in that." I said. "There's sanctity. And God or no God, there is goodness in it. I know this the way I know the mountains are out there, that the stars shine.

To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.

Failure is where success likes to hide in plain sight.

It is said that the fear of public speaking is a fear greater than death for most people. According to psychiatrists, the fear of public speaking is caused by the fear of ostracism, the fear of standing out, the fear of criticism, the fear of ridicule, the fear of being an outcast. THE FEAR OF BEING DIFFERENT PREVENTS MOST PEOPLE FROM SEEKING NEW WAYS TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS.

I don't like zombie movies, they're just plain silly.

A movie can be plain and simple, but if there's a lot of action, I enjoy them.

I like bootcut jeans in a plain style with a nice line.

When you hear somebody speaking in an accent, it's almost like they're invading your language while they're speaking to you because if you hear someone speak another language, you almost don't care. But when they speak your language with an accent, it feels like an invasion of something that belongs to you. And, immediately, we change.

To work with children anywhere is just plain fun.

Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.

The plain fact is: religion must die for mankind to live.

It is often my nature to be abstract, hidden in plain sight, or nowhere at all.

I am just a plain Jew; I mean have no training.

Only miracle is plain; it is in the ordinary that groans with the weight of glory.

Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one.

Take a microphone out of my hands, and I'm just plain folks.

Sometimes the best hiding place is the one that's in plain sight.

With support jobs moving to China and India, it's not surprising that English-speaking countries' top frustration revolves around the difficulty of understanding customer service representatives. However, even if the level of customer service is exceptional, the extent to which poorly-understood accents trump quality of service speaks to English-speaking customers' growing intolerance of non-native speech, more so than in other countries.

A man who moralizes is a hypocrite, and a woman who does so is invariably plain.

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work

Honesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain.

I was fed up with being just plain Jane.

If people don't like me, I become very plain.

I would tell him that shoot me but first listen to me. And I would tell him that education is my right and education is the right of your daughter and son a well. And I'm speaking up for them. I'm speaking up for peace.

keep a clean nose, watch the plain-clothes.

Common observation and a plain understanding is the source of all art.

Anchor your faith in the plain and simple truths of the gospel.

If you have love, even plain cold water is sweet.

Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain.

Certainly on the vast windy plain, there was plenty of nothing to be looked at.

I just want to be a better fighter, plain and simple.

Putting us in risk is just plain stupid.

In plain Truth, it is no Want, but rather Abundance that creates Avarice.

Extemporaneous speaking should be practised [sic] and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech. And yet there is not a more fatal error to young lawyers than relying too much on speech-making. If any one, upon his rare powers of speaking, shall claim an exemption from the drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance.

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple.

Using animals for entertainment is big business, plain and simple.

It's amazing what a coral-colored necklace can do to a plain brown cardigan.

I think if you're remarkable, amazing or just plain spectacular, you probably shouldn't have a resume at all.

We deal with emergencies on a regular basis out here in the Plain States.

It is no exaggeration to describe plain English as a fundamental tool of government.

The plain unwelcome fact is that sometimes life stymies you.

Facts are plain spoken; hopes and figures are its aversion.

Nature delights in the most plain and simple diet.

Speech devoted to truth should be straightforward and plain

Theft of a firearm should be punished as a felony, plain and simple.

Fortunately, for me, my main asset is speed. Plain and simple.

Books will speak plain when counselors blanch.

[It] is no longer a matter of taste or opinion...it is plain experimental evidence.

Remember always that the least plain sister is the family beauty.

When I'm speaking, I'm more focused on the words as meaning. When I'm singing, I'm more focused on the words as sound. The emotion is more targeted when I'm speaking, more flowing when I'm singing.

A plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a revolutionary, simple and plain.

In our plain defects we already know the brotherhood of man.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth.

Life is just a plain bloody mess, that's all. And people are fools.