This is one of the worst speeches I've ever seen. No one will listen except the Mobil P.R. man. List what we want to say M arrange... items in order of priority M then say them plainly and bluntly.... Hit hard and early. Don't apologize or evade tough issues.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secr...et agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For me a work of fiction exists only insofar as it affords me what I shall bluntly call aesthetic bliss, that is a sense of being ...somehow, somewhere connected with other states of being (curiosity, tenderness, kindness, ecstacy) is the norm.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The wind, Tempestuous clarion, with heavy cry,... Came bluntly thundering, more terrible Than the revenge of music on bassoons.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »