Quotes About Openness

There is one crucial rule that must be followed in all creative meetings. Never speak first. At least at the start, your job is to shut up.

People can get into very bad habits of arguing ideas and shutting them down.

I'm not shutting myself off from kids; I'm remaining open to kids and the energy that they bring.

I think the key to improv is always listening. It's embracing. It's positivity. It's hearing things and not shutting them down.

I think it's important to have conversation about things instead of shutting things down.

I think most people like a bit of freedom and hearing things that they might not agree with, rather than just having everybody shutting their mouths.

We need to ban this whole culture of shutting down and banning things.

If I feel I am not doing something right, I express it to people and to the media, too. I wouldn't shy away from that. It's healthy to interact. What you see is what you get with me.

I think that a man should not be shy; you should say what you really think and feel - put it out there.

I come from a place where we're not that shy about our bodies.

U2 have a lot of religion, also people like Johnny Cash and Elvis. Those people weren't shy about it - it's nice there are people who've come before that were open about it.

I am not shy about my personal life.

With me, I'm quite a shy bredda, so it's when I get to know someone - just like any shy person - you just open up more.

I genuinely enjoy talking one-to-one. I have no shyness about that.

I feel like if I'm sick, I need flowers. I'm very open about saying what I need from a partner, and he needs to meet those demands.

You know the expression, 'You're only as sick as your secrets?' I believe that, and I think I try to have my work live by that to a degree.

There's a world out there, and you've got to look at both sides of the mountain in your lifetime.

It's very important when you are young you don't take sides; you look at everything fresh and see, what is the best thing we can do? For ourselves, for the society in which we live, the country in which we live, the world in which we live, what's the best thing we can do?

From the day I was elected, I began focusing on governing the best way I know how - transparently, openly, and in a way that encourages debate, dialogue and discussion on all sides of an issue.

I can empathise with different cultural expressions and am open to things that seem strange at first sight.

Prenups are so unromantic - a sign of distrust, not love. Time for a reality check, my friends. First, drawing up a prenuptial agreement together is a sign of incredible trust and financial openness - you're fooling yourself if you think you can achieve complete intimacy without it.

I think Putin will have to find a way to signal, even if it's a modest signal, an openness to dialogue.

We're not a Church of preservation but rather a Church of proclamation. To achieve this end, we must be open to significant, if not revolutionary, changes in how the Archdiocese with its parishes and ministries is organized, how it's resourced, how it's staffed.

Some of us are born with a heightened sense of intuition and others less so, but being open to seeing the signs and synchronicity I think is important.