Brutal Honesty/Quotes

A truth that's told with bad intent

Beats all the lies you can invent

—William Blake, Auguries of Innocence

I just try to be really, really honest with people when I think...that they suck!

—Santana Lopez, Glee

Giles: "Cordelia, have you actually ever heard of tact?"

Cordelia: "Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass."

—Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Anya: Everybody's so nice. Nobody says what's on their minds.

Spike: You do. That's why you're the only one of them I wouldn't bite if I had the chance.

—Buffy

Niles: The minute you develop feelings for someone, you get scared and find a way to sabotage things.

Frasier: I'd like to strike you, of course, but you speak the truth.

—Frasier

Avery: Our deal was brutal honesty.

Jerry: I think you added the "brutal" part.

—Jerry Maguire

Look, I'm just being honest. That excuses me from empathy or tact, right?

—A Softer World