John Madden

I've got five grandkids. They play baseball, they play football, they play basketball. I go to all the games. You always have that urge to say something when you're watching them. But I've learned to keep it to myself. I've blurted out some things and embarrassed myself.

American Entertainer

Ella Henderson

I often do crazy siren noises, or, like, a high-pitched dolphin, just to make sure that all my range is there. I make random noise and blurt out random sounds, to make sure I get rid of any bad nerves. I want to make sure to feel as confident as possible.

British Musician

Kristen Stewart

I also have that desire to blurt stuff out, but I've learned I can't do that. Not when you realise the whole world is listening. That's why perhaps I look so uncomfortable in interviews at times.

American Actress

Morrissey

I don't necessarily think that the world should know everything, and even if you consider yourself to be extremely honest, that doesn't mean you have to blurt everything out all the time.

English Musician

Imogen Heap

I'll meet someone on the street and blurt out my most intimate details. I think everybody secretly - or not so secretly - wants to be understood, and I just want to connect, you know?

Kristian Nairn

I've never hidden my sexuality from anyone - my whole life, in fact - and I've been waiting for someone to ask about it in an interview, 'cause it's not something you just blurt out.

Irish Actor

Robert Motherwell

It's not that the creative act and the critical act are simultaneous. It's more like you blurt something out and then analyze it.

American Artist

Ethan Peck

I was at a premiere, and these girls blurted out, 'We love your hair!' That made me laugh.

American Actor

Howard Stern

I'm on the air five hours, and I blurt out anything in my head. Dangerous? Maybe.

Katherine Heigl

I'm realising now that I can't just blurt things out.

Blurt often describes an uncontrollable emotional reaction, not planned or calm.

Emotional Outburst

Using 'blurt' implies a lack of thought before speaking, often leading to embarrassment.

Lack of Thought

The word 'blurt' is informal and is more common in casual conversations than formal situations.

Casual Conversation

 last thing I said 15% are zoned out on Facebook and then there is a smarty pants in the front row who blurts out the answer before anyone else has had a chance to think about it and I as the instructor I'm terribly gratified that somebody actually knew the answer and so the lecture moves on before really most

What we're learning from...

 are still scribbling the last thing I said, 15 percent are zoned out on Facebook, and then there's the smarty pants in the front row who blurts out the answer before anyone else has had a chance to think about it, and I as the instructor am terribly gratified that somebody actually knew the answer.

Daphne Koller: What...

 reveling in the joy that they got a full night's sleep with the aid of the sleep drug. Because of FDA regulations, the last few seconds of this one-minute ad needs to be devoted to the side effects of that drug. And what you'll typically hear is a hurried voice-over that blurts out

Niro Sivanathan: The...

 and then making it happen in a way that is acceptable both to him and to your company, to your employees. There is two really important realizations for that. First of all, when Elon says something, you have to pause and not immediately blurt out, "Well, that's impossible,"

SpaceX's plan to fly you...

 those who ate the Earth and Water Crystals must speak the truth, while those who consumed Fire and Air must lie." The youths are too scared to confess their own transgressions. Instead, they fall to accusing each other. “Rikku took the Water crystal!” Sumi blurts out.

Everything changed when...

 it wasn't like that. It was a very real moment, with that crowd, with my team. We did it. I didn't do it. We did it. And we'll never forget it. It'll always be part of us. The three things I did sort of blurt out when we got there, was Never, ever give up.

Never, ever give up PIPE...

 And then one woman, stumped but wanting so desperately to show her support, to let me know she was on my side, she finally blurted out, "Well, sometimes my husband wears pink shirts." And I had a choice in that moment, as all grenade throwers do.

Ash Beckham: We're all...

 blurted out in the heat of the moment and later retracted. He stood by it in the face of repeated calls for clarification or withdrawal. He really meant it. More to the point, he knew it posed no threat to his election -- quite the contrary.

Militant atheism PIPE...

 I recently asked my boyfriend, "What's the name of that famous surfer? Lance? No, it's not Lance." He knew who I was talking about, but he couldn't come up with it either. We were both stumped. And turns out my blurting out the wrong name

How Your Memory Works --...

 there's a certain kind of awkwardness. I can see it in their eyes. They want to ask me something. And in the end, quite often, the urge is stronger than they are and they blurt it

Blurt

To say something suddenly and without thinking, usually because you are excited or nervous.

Often appears as...

Emotional Outburst

Lack of Thought

Casual Conversation

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