History Quotes / BrutalHonesty

-->--''Film/MalcolmX''. [[OldShame Years later, Malcolm would later regret how he treated her]].

->'''Ripley''': When they first heard about this thing, it was "crew expendable". The next time they sent in marines - they were expendable too. What makes you think they're gonna care about a bunch of lifers who found God at the ass-end of space? You really think they're gonna let you interfere with their plans for this thing? They think we're - we're crud. And they don't give a fuck about one friend of yours that's - that's died. Not one.

-->-- ''Raiko'' making an InternalMonologue about Kamen, ''VisualNovel/ShinraiBrokenBeyondDespair''

->''"Bringin' you the truth, no matter how bad it hurts."''
-->-- '''Three Dog''', ''VideoGame/Fallout3''

-->--''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron'', "Attack of the Twonkies"

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->''"Grumpy glum cunt {{Music/Morrissey}} is back for another episode of ''“Yes, Morrissey Hates Life More Than You Do.”'' Morrissey is flipping off the clouds and slapping the wind while touring the US and to promote his show in Colorado, the British ball of [[GrumpyBear vegan bitterness]] decided to give his thoughts on the current state of music... Of course, his thoughts on the current state of music are certified bitchy and I love it. Morrissey believes that the mainstream music industry is just a backed-up toilet that keeps spewing out more and more shit. Tell it, Morrissey!"''
-->-- '''Michael K.''', ''Dlisted'', [[http://dlisted.com/2015/07/13/who-is-morrissey-hating-on-now/ "Who's Morrissey Hating On Now?"]]

'''Nerd:''' Wow, you really suck at [roller-skating].\\

'''Nerd:''' Wow, you really suck at [roller-skating].

->'''Elan:''' Geez, Belkar, I can't believe you [[QuitYourWhining said all that]] to Roy. Don't you think it was a little harsh?\\
'''[[TokenEvilTeammate Belkar]]:''' Isn't that why you losers keep me around? Hurting people is the only thing I'm good at.
-->-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''

->''"Truth was the Deerslayer's polar star. He ever kept it in view, and it was nearly impossible for him to avoid uttering it, even when prudence demanded silence."''
-->-- '''Creator/JamesFenimoreCooper''', ''[[Literature/TheLeatherstockingTales The Deerslayer]]''

->Truth was the Deerslayer's polar star. He ever kept it in view, and it was nearly impossible for him to avoid uttering it, even when prudence demanded silence.

->A truth that's told with bad intent\\
Beats all the lies you can invent

'''Ms. Fowl:''' IT MIGHT SCARE SMALL CHILDREN!\\

->''A liar is worse to have around than a thief… yet I would rather cope with a liar than with a person who takes self-righteous pride in telling the truth, all of the truth and all of the time, let the chips fall where they may – meaning ‘No matter who is hurt by it, no matter what innocent life is ruined.’ Maureen, a person who takes smug pride in telling the blunt truth is a sadist not a saint.''
-->--''Literature/ToSailBeyondTheSunset''

->''"The truth is a lot like sunlight. People used to think it was good for you."''
-->-- '''Nancy Gribble''', ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''

->A truth that's told with bad intent\\
Beats all the lies you can invent
-->-- '''Creator/WilliamBlake''', ''Auguries of Innocence''

-> ''"Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit."''
-->-- '''Edward R. Murrow'''

->'''Board Member''': Ellis Boyd Redding, your files say you've served 40 years of a life sentence. Do you feel you've been rehabilitated?\\
'''Red''': Rehabilitated? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means.\\
'''Board Member''': Well, it means that you're ready to rejoin society—\\
'''Red''': I know what you think it means, sonny. To me, it's just a made-up word. A politician's word, so young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie, and have a job. What do you really want to know? Am I sorry for what I did?\\
'''Board Member''': Well, are you?\\
'''Red''': [[TheAtoner There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret.]] Not because I'm in here, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try to talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone, and this old man is all that's left. I got to live with that. Rehabilitated? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit.
-->-- ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption''[[note]]The parole board approve Red's parole after he gives this speech.[[/note]]

->''"Grumpy glum cunt {{Music/Morrissey}} is back for another episode of ''“Yes, Morrissey Hates Life More Than You Do.”'' Morrissey is flipping off the clouds and slapping the wind while touring the US and to promote his show in Colorado, the British ball of [[GrumpyBear vegan bitterness]] decided to give his thoughts on the current state of music... Of course, his thoughts on the current state of music are certified bitchy and I love it. Morrissey believes that the mainstream music industry is just a backed-up toilet that keeps spewing out more and more shit. Tell it, Morrissey!"''
-->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/07/13/who-is-morrissey-hating-on-now/ Michael K.]]''', "Who's Morrissey Hating On Now?"

->''"I have the results of the employee morale survey. The number one issue is 'not enough open and honest communication from management.' Well, okay, I'm willing to give that a try."'' ''(to Wally)'' ''Management is looting the company while hiding the fact that we're in a death spiral.'' ''(to Alice)'' ''Whenever you talk, I think about my fishing lures until the noise stops.'' ''(to all)'' ''When I see an employee suffer, it excites me in ways I don't understand.'' ''(to Wally)'' ''On nine separate occasions, I've fired bald guys because I thought they were you. '' ''(to all)'' ''If this doesn't work for you, let me know on the next employee morale survey.''
-->--'''The PointyHairedBoss''', '''[[http://dribibu.xs4all.nl/dilbert20030928.html Dilbert]]'''

->"All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness."
-->--'''Creator/TennesseeWilliams'''

-> I just try to be really, really honest with people when I think... that they suck!
-->-- '''Santana Lopez''', ''Series/{{Glee}}''

-> You look like [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] face-fucked a topographical map of Utah.
-->-- '''Weasel''', ''Film/Deadpool2016''

->'''Giles''': Cordelia, have you actually ever heard of tact?\\
'''Cordelia''': Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.
--> -- ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

->'''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.
-->-- ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

-> '''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.
--> -- ''Series/{{Frasier}}''

-> '''Avery:''' What was our deal when we first got together? Brutal truth. Remember?
-> '''Jerry:''' I think ''you'' added the "brutal."
--> -- ''Film/JerryMaguire''

-> ''Look, I'm just being honest. That excuses me from empathy or tact, right?''
-->-- ''WebComic/ASofterWorld''

-> ''I tell the truth. It's what I do. It doesn't make me a bad doctor. Everyone walks around this place lying. We tell a patient who's dying that there's hope when there is no hope. Maybe I'm a pig. Maybe I'm an ass. Maybe I'm a vermin like everybody says. But I tell the truth. It's the only thing I got going for me, and you don't get to take that away and call it a lesson. Sir.''
-->-- '''Alex''', to Dr. Burke, ''Series/GreysAnatomy''

-> ''Wow! This tastes awful!"
-->-- '''Teddie''', upon eating Chie's awful omelette, ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''

-> ''"I hate lies and flattery. There's no point in wasting praise on the selfish."''
-->-- '''Emi Nakasuka''', ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', ''"Little Army"''

-> '''Atta''': Flik, what do you have to say for yourself?\\
'''Flik''': Sorry. I'm sorry for the way I am. I didn't mean for things to go so wrong. I especially didn't wanna make you look bad, Princess.\\
'''Atta''': Well, Flik, ya did.
-->--''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife''

->'''Barney:''' What? It was terrible. Oh, come on, you guys agree, right? Hey, sorry, I'm just being honest, 'cause, you know, we're friends.
->'''Lily:''' Friends make each other feel good, they build each other up and support them. That's what being a good friend is about.
->'''Barney:''' Yeah, if you're a Smurf.
-->--''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', "Stuff"

->'''Kyouka''': Are we supposed to beat (Hayari), too?
->'''Kanna'''': Nah. You're just here to be my sparring partners.
->'''Kyouka''': [[LampshadeHanging Can't you at least try to show some tact]]?

->'''Finch:''' Sooner or later, both of us will probably wind up dead. [[FakingTheDead Actually dead this time.]] I said I'd tell you the truth. Didn't say you'd like it.
-->-- ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', "Pilot"

->'''Bullock:''' Let's get something straight form the git-go, I think you're a freak and a menace, and those are your good points. But the Commish says you serve a purpose, so I go along.
->'''Batman:''' I appreciate your honesty.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', "A Bullet For Bullock"

->'''Music/{{Eminem}}''': You know what? I think you fucked up.\\
'''George''': How's that?\\
'''Eminem''': I think you fucked up. I think... [''sighs''] I don't think you shoulda took that medicine.\\
'''George''': Why not?\\
'''Eminem''': I don't know, personally I think you shoulda just let yourself die. Honestly, man, what are you gonna do now? Make another bullshit movie? Fuck another chick who doesn't like you? Ya know, that was your way out, right there. Now you're fuckin' stuck.\\
[...]\\
'''Eminem''': So now that you've got this, um, "second chance", man, like... What do you want?\\
'''George''': I kinda don't want anything.\\
'''Eminem''': [[ArmorPiercingQuestion So then what are we celebrating?]]
-->--''Film/FunnyPeople''

->''Bringin' you the truth, no matter how bad it hurts.''
-->-- '''Three Dog''', ''{{VideoGame/Fallout 3}}''

->''Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic.''
-->-- '''Karen Walker''', ''Series/WillAndGrace''

->''The person who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more.''
-->-- '''Richard Needham'''

->''You have told a truth that cuts deep''
-->-- '''Wounding Truth description''', ''Videogame/SunlessSea''

->''I cannot understand how being honest can be considered improper. Maybe this is why I don't have any friends.''
-->-- '''Max Jerry Horowitz''', ''WesternAnimation/MaryAndMax''

-->-- '''Franchise/{{Superman}}''' Volume 1 #176

'''Girl 2:''' (sobbing) How could you say such cruel things, Supergirl? We've never been so humiliated!\\

-->-- '''Franchise/{{Superman}}''' Volume 1 #176

->'''Elan:''' Geez, Belkar, I can't believe you [[QuitYourWhining said all that]] to Roy. Don't you think it was a little harsh?\\
'''[[TokenEvilTeammate Belkar]]:''' Isn't that why you losers keep me around? Hurting people is the only thing I'm good at.
-->-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''

->''I'm not here to blow smoke up your ass.''
-->-- '''Creator/GordonRamsay'''

-> "I never gave anybody hell. I just told the truth and they think it's hell".
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/HarryTruman'''

->'''Anansi''': You want help? Fine. Let me tell you a story. "Once upon a time, a man got fucked." Now, how is that for a story? 'Cause that's the story of black people in America! ''[laughs]'' Shit, you all don't know you're black yet. You think you just people. Let me be the first to tell you that you are all black. The moment these Dutch motherfuckers set foot here and decided they white, and you get to be black, and that's the nice name they call you. Let me paint a picture of what's waiting for you on the shore. You arrive in America, land of opportunity, milk and honey and guess what? You all get to be slaves. Split up, sold off, and worked to death. The lucky ones get Sunday off to sleep and fuck and make more slaves and all for what? For cotton? Indigo? For a fuckin' purple shirt? The only good news is the tobacco your grandkids are gonna farm for free is gonna give a shitload of these white motherfuckers cancer. And I ain't even started yet. A hundred years later. You're fucked. A hundred years after that. Fucked. A hundred years after you get free, you're still getting fucked out a job and shot at by police. You see what I'm saying?\\
''[a slave shakes in rage]''\\
'''Anansi''': This guy gets it. I like him. He's getting angry. Angry is good. Angry... gets... shit... ''done''. You shed tears for Compé Anansi, and here he is telling you, you are staring down the barrel of three hundred years of subjugation, racist bullshit, and heart disease. He is telling you there isn't one goddamn reason you shouldn't go up there right now and slit the throats of every last one of these Dutch motherfuckers and set fire to this ship!\\
'''Slave''': ''[in Ghanaian]'' But the ship will burn. All of us will die.\\
'''Anansi''': ''[chuckles]'' You already dead, asshole. At least die a sacrifice for something worthwhile. ''Let the motherfucker burn! LET IT ALL BURN!''
-->-- ''Series/AmericanGods2017''

->''"Cynicism is just an unpleasant way of telling the truth."''
-->-- '''''Lady Ev,''' Series/EmeraldCity''

->''Oh, you've redecorated! I don't like it.''
-->--'''The Tenth Doctor''', regarding the Eleventh's TARDIS, ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Day of the Doctor"

->'''Bill:''' What if you're wrong?!\\
'''The Twelfth Doctor:''' Well, we'll be ''horribly murdered.''
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Oxygen"

-> '''Emily:''' You know Vince, Lana called us earlier. She sounded bad. Sounded like she wanted us to come get her like someone was being a creep.\\
'''Vince:''' [[BlatantLies I probably wasn't here for that.]] Must have been when I had to go make a business run.\\
'''Emily:''' And what business is that, Vince?\\
'''Vince:''' [''[[GigglingVillain Gets the giggles.]]''] I'm a fucking drug dealer.\\
'''Crystal:''' Well, he's honest, I'll give him that.
-->-- ''Film/DISCO2017''

->'''Ton:''' You know what accounting's all about? Calculating how much is coming in and how much is getting spent. Every last yen. People who half-ass their numbers never do it once. The mistakes pile up and it hurts the company. Hurts people too. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion How long are you going to keep half-assing your own numbers, huh?]] If you keep giving out more than you're getting back in return, eventually there ain't going to be anything left. You get what I'm sayin'?\\
'''Retsuko:''' ...I think I do. You know, you're really a good person.\\
'''Ton:''' Hmph. You tell yourself that. [[SelfDeprecation I'm just a bastard who's willing to give it to ya straight.]]
-->--''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}''

->''"Listen, I'm not the nicest guy in the universe, because I'm the smartest, and being nice is something stupid people do to hedge their bets."''
-->--'''Rick Sanchez''', ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', "The Wedding Squanchers"

->''Truth enlightens the mind, but won't always bring happiness to your heart.''
-->--''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', opening quote for ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E16TheHiddenEnemy The Hidden Enemy]]''

->'''Marco:''' [[PuppeteerParasite The Yeerks]] don't want people knowing what's happening, not yet. So [Visser Three]'s going to keep your mom and dad quiet. Plus, he's going to find out what they know about the box.
->'''David:''' [[WrongGenreSavvy Are you saying he'll torture them or something?]]
->'''Marco:''' Man... Listen to me. By now your parents have been taken to a secret, underground facility called a Yeerk pool. It's not a nice place. Picture a sludgy cesspool of a pond the color of molten lead. There are two steel piers leading out over the pond. [[DumbMuscle Hork-Bajir warriors]] will drag your parents out to the end of one of those piers. They will-
->'''Cassie:''' Marco!
->'''Marco:''' They will drag them out to the end of that pier and they will kick their legs out from under them and force their heads down into the sludge. And while they are kicking and screaming and calling for help, a Yeerk slug will swim over and it will squeeze into one ear. And it will flatten itself out and squeeze and burrow and dig its way into their skulls, where it will spread around and into their brains. And the Hork-Bajir will yank them up out of the sludge, and [[AndIMustScream they will start to feel that they cannot control their own arms or legs. Cannot open their own mouths or move their own eyes]]. The Yeerk will open their memories like a person opening a book. They will be slaves. The most total slaves in all of history because even their own minds won't be theirs anymore. Are you getting the picture?"
-->--''Literature/{{Animorphs}} #20: The Discovery''

'''Kara:''' He won’t do that.\\

'''Kara:''' It’s a gift, Nar. The best gift I think I can give to Kal.\\

'''Nar:''' What I mean is that it seems more like a gift to yourself. You show your acting chops, you put together a movie that’s bound to break the barriers at the box office, you make a lot of money and you’ve got a triumph. All you have to do to get it is break Kal-El’s heart.\\

->'''Almond:''' I guess EVERYTHING is MY fault, huh?!
->'''Cucumber:''' [[BluntYes Yeah. I guess so.]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero If you hadn't treated this like a game back when we had the change to prevent it]], [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot we wouldn't even be here at all]], so, yeah. I guess it is your fault.
->[...]
->'''Cucumber:''' You don't have to cheer me up, Nautilus. I know I shouldn't have said that.
->'''Nautilus:''' Everyone says things they don't mean sometimes.
->'''Cucumber:''' I '''did''' mean it. I just don't think she needed to hear it.
-->-- ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest''

--> -- ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}''

->''There are no two words in the English language more harmful than, "Good job."''

->"My thoughts connect instantaneously with my mouth. It's very efficient. Clinically, it's probably unique."

->''Can I be real, man? You're being a little bitch right now.''

->'''Jazmine:''' Every time I lose a tooth, the Tooth Fairy takes it away and leaves a dollar under my pillow.\\
'''Huey:''' There ain't no such thing as the Tooth Fairy.\\
'''Jazmine:''' Then who's leaving the money?\\
'''Huey:''' Probably your parents. They have both the cash and the access to your room.\\
'''Jazmine:''' Why did they lie to me?\\
'''Huey:''' Because the truth hurts, Jazmine. The world is a hard and lonely place, and nobody gets anything for free. And you wanna know what else? One day, you and everyone you know is gonna die.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks''

->'''Kirishima:''' Well, if any of our classmates have pro-Quirks, it's [[AnIcePerson Todoroki]] and [[StuffBlowingUp Bakugou]].\\
'''Tsuyu:''' Sure, but Bakugou's always angry so he'll never be that popular.\\
'''Bakugou:''' [[IResembleThatRemark WHAT DID YOU SAY?! I'LL KICK YOUR ASS!]]\\
'''Tsuyu:''' You see?
-->-- ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''

->''"Over on our wall, a look at the storm track, the forecasters today have expanded the area where the storm may hit. See this? Melbourne, Daytona Beach, all the way up to Jacksonville? This moves 20 miles to the west, and you and everyone you know are dead. All of you. Because you can't survive it. It's not possible, unless you're very very lucky. And your kids die too."''
-->--'''Shep Smith''', on Floridans choosing not to evacuate in the wake of Hurricane Matthew

->''"Harshly spoken, but difficult to deny."''
--> -- '''Mother Giselle''', ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''

->'''Kratos''': Why did you speak to the dwarf like that?\\
'''Atreus''': Aren’t you sick of hearing about him and [[SiblingRivalry his brother?]]\\
'''Kratos''': Of course. But it serves nothing to make an enemy of him.\\
'''Atreus''': He should know the truth. Even if it hurts.\\
'''Kratos''': [[WhatTheHellHero It was needless and unkind.]]\\
'''Atreus''': Truth is more important than kindness.\\
'''Kratos''': Your mother would disagree.\\
'''Atreus''': [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism She wasn’t a god.]]
-->--''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4''

->'''The Mandalorian:''' (''to village'') Bad News. You can't live here anymore.\\

'''The Mandalorian:''' (''to village'') Bad News. You can't live here anymore.\\