Quotes About Openness

I don't hold my tongue for nobody.

If I stay in one mindset or place for too long, I get crazy.

I think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I think it's very important to the world. But the information and the discussion sometimes come too late, after the effective decision has been made.

I don't have a game plan. I never did, and it's too late to have one even if I wanted to.

I think what's wrong with too many people is they're too reserved. They're miserable, but they don't want to talk about it.

There are still too many people out there who are claustrophobic. On easyCruise, we are going to open up as many cabins as we can.

Far too many people believe that they are owed some kind of 'safe space' from opposing ideas, and the fact is, that just isn't true - and we shouldn't allow people to say that it is true without correcting them.

'Expect nothing and hope for the best' is my mantra. A drama teacher called Joseph Blatchley told me that, and it's the best advice I've had. If you keep an open mind and don't expect too much, then you won't be disappointed.

I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.

I grew up a very open and free mind, but also with the flaws of a look on life with too much liberty than people normally have.

It took me a long time to learn how to be brave enough to put myself out there and try everything, no matter how strange or silly. If I can impart that same wisdom to other folks - no matter what age - it would be an honor.

I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.

I've always engaged in open, honest communication. There's no topic that can't be discussed.

I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.

There are no taboos. Every topic is open, however shocking. It is the way that the topics are handled that's important, and that applies whether it is a 15-year-old who is reading your book or someone who is 55.

Humor is this great equalizer. It gets people's defenses down, and once they're down, you can discuss some really difficult topics.

Honest discussions - even and perhaps especially on topics about which we disagree - can help us resist hypocrisy and arrogance. They can also help us live up to the basic ideals, such as liberty and justice for all, on which our country was founded.

On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut.

France is no longer herself when she is folded in on herself, tormented by ignorance and intolerance. The country would plunge into decline if it refused to be itself, if it was afraid of the future, afraid of the world.

I'm not trying to bring New York to Toronto. I want to understand Toronto better.

One of the neat things about Gearbox that I love is, we don't look at our designs as a totalitarian regime and we're all really happy to let designers and creators within the studio explore in our space.

If all of a sudden someone said, 'You have five more kids,' I'd be totally OK with it.

I leave my career totally to the creative staff and Vince McMahon. Whatever they give me to do, I'll go in headfirst and I'll just perfect it and make it happen. I'm ready for whatever they have to throw at me.

Expand your interests in life. Seek out new, interesting experiences, no matter how mundane or inconsequential they might seem to others.