Upfront quotes:

+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
  • The more people they can give us upfront the harder we play. -- Bon Scott
  • I was both loved and hated for being upfront. But I was just being myself. -- Sunny Deol
  • I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together. -- George Papandreou
  • I've always been very upfront about the way I write, and I've always used the tools humorists use, such as exaggeration. -- David Sedaris
  • Just because you're upfront with someone doesn't mean you're an honest person; you might just be someone in the passenger seat. -- Brian Celio
  • I have never made any secret of any of my thoughts or areas of interest. I've always been honest, open, and upfront. -- Boyd Rice
  • I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician. I think it's very upfront. I am a doctor. I have long experience with heart disease. -- Robert Jarvik
  • In today's politics, it would be good to have politicians who are more upfront about what they felt and actually not trying to bend with every breeze. They're infuriating, all of them. -- Jim Broadbent
  • There's been so much corruption and so much cronyism in the taxi industry and so much regulatory capture, that if you ask for permission upfront for something that's already legal, you'll never get it. -- Travis Kalanick
  • I think I related more literally to the early 'Spider-Man' comics from Steve Ditko because it could be upfront and direct about the problems of being a kid. He captured being a teenager so beautifully. -- Gilbert Hernandez
  • Free-to-play isn't a business model. Free-to-play is a marketing strategy. It's a way to get people over the hump of trying out your game. It gets rid of the friction that happens when you charge an upfront fee. -- Mitch Lasky
  • I would not have stayed at a university if it told me upfront that a condition for me getting tenure. my views have to be filtered through Catholic values. I would consider it a betrayal of my parents' legacy. -- Norman Finkelstein
  • With Zipcar, consumers avoid the upfront cost of buying a car, not to mention gas, insurance, and repairs. Plus, they reduce the number of polluting vehicles on the road. Suddenly the planet-smart carless option is also the convenient money-saving option. -- Lynn Jurich
  • For an economic recovery program to be effective, it must not only create a short-term economic boost but also generate lasting value. Home Star would accomplish that by breaking down the key barrier between homeowners and money-saving retrofits: upfront costs. -- Peter Welch
  • I usually tell people upfront what to expect, and that I really want their feedback and their ideas, and if they think I've got a hair out of place or food stuck in my teeth, gosh, I want to know that. -- Greg Brenneman
  • Since I work in home solar, I can't resist focusing on the amazing developments happening here. What many homeowners don't know is that they can have solar installed on their roofs without owning the panels or paying the high upfront costs. -- Lynn Jurich
  • I would describe myself as emotional and highly strung. If something upsets me, it really upsets me. If something makes me angry, I get really angry. But it's all very upfront. I can't hide it. I'm also loyal and I hope I'm fun. -- Nicole Kidman
  • It should be said upfront that I totally dig people who work in bookstores and libraries. They love books, and I love books, and that is all I really need to know. If they are friendly to me, then we are clearly soul mates. -- Jami Attenberg
  • Received wisdom is that if you spend time up front getting the design right, you avoid costs later. But the longer you spend getting the design right, the more your upfront costs are, and the longer it takes for the software to start earning. -- Kent Beck
  • Risk is the sort of word that is easy to discuss upfront but tough to handle when it comes time to pay the piper. There will always be some who wimp out and second-guess when the pain hits, but that is a childish reaction. -- Nathan Myhrvold
  • I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences. -- Sonia Sotomayor
  • So to that extent that was a very sharp reminder a few months out from the election that we weren't performing in the eyes of the public to the level that they wanted if they were going to re-elect us. So we went out and were much more upfront on issues. -- Jim Bolger
  • I'm pretty upfront about my love and admiration for the military. One of the perks of making movies is that you get to sort of follow your own passions, and I believe quite passionately that we don't pay enough attention and respect to our veterans. Not just our wounded veterans, but all veterans. -- Peter Berg
  • Cash from a reverse mortgage can be paid out in several ways, including a lump sum, a monthly payment, a line of credit, or a combination of those. If you do not need money right away, it is usually a bad idea to take all the money upfront, since it starts accumulating interest charges immediately. -- Charles Duhigg
  • Obama saying Gaddafi must go. Putting it upfront like that... it's not very helpful. -- Kofi Annan
  • As for meat, let me say it upfront:Humans havenâ??t fully adapted to eating meat. -- Ori Hofmekler
  • It's not the upfront capital that kills you, it's the operations and maintenance on the back end. -- Gene Kim
  • I'm very upfront and very honest. I don't let a bunch of stuff fester and boil over. -- Dolly Parton
  • I have never made any secret of any of my thoughts or areas of interest. I've always been honest, open, and upfront -- Boyd Rice
  • You'll get much better results by being upfront, answering creditors calls, and responding to their letters. Delaying the inevitable only digs a deeper hole. -- Jean Chatzky
  • Developing an explicit decision-making process upfront for how you will make that decision will help alleviate conflict and gridlock when you actually need to decide. -- David Livermore
  • I'm not an upfront person. Being upfront is not my forte. I'm quite happy to stay in the back there with the drums, where I belong. -- Bill Wyman
  • We're [with Ilana Glazer] both totally upfront and proud feminists. We're not being all secretive about it. I feel like we're pretty blatant in our approach. -- Ilana Glazer
  • It's a woman's right to know a man's intentions upfront. Because, once you get emotionally attached to a man and you sleep with him, it's too late. -- Steve Harvey
  • It is the disease of cowards, who do not have the courage to speak upfront and so talk behind one's back... Watch out against the terrorism of gossip! -- Pope Francis
  • The sort of movies I make are not ones that can easily be sold upfront, so I have to make them and prove their mettle before I can sell them. -- Amber Sealey
  • Since we're talking about open worlds, let's state upfront that we don't plan to have an open world in the same way other companies have been doing in recent years. -- Eiji Aonuma
  • Health care is a far more serious, immediate and destructive problem than social security. . . . The upfront investment needed to fund system wide [health care] reform . . . would be far offset by the savings. -- Henry Simmons
  • I should say upfront that I have never been in a cellar in my life. In fact, I can see no reason why anyone should ever go into a cellar unless there is wine involved. -- Rachel Hawkins
  • I have only hated men at those moments when I realized that I was doing all the giving and they the taking. At least when I was a prostitute, it was all honest and upfront. -- Xaviera Hollander
  • I think I related more literally to the early 'Spider-Man' comics from Steve Ditko because it could be upfront and direct about the problems of being a kid. He captured being a teenager so beautifully. -- Gilbert Hernandez
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share