Quotes About Openness

I couldn't cry. You have to have your arms open and your mouth open and your heart. My heart was a fist.

Se trataba, decía mi abuelo, de no encerrarse en uno mismo, sino de abrirse a los demás, conocer y ser conocidos

Sometimes the easiest way is just to say it

Indian culture certainly gives the Indian mind, including the mind of the Indian scientist, the ability to think out of the box.

I guess I'm more of a direct person than an indirect one.

My approach to directing is to not do very much directing. I'm mainly interested in what the creative group individually and together are thinking.

I have nothing against individuals, I take people as I find them.

For someone who comes from my business background, getting fashion people aligned around certain things can be a challenge. In a way, the industry is so forward-looking. And yet, sometimes people in fashion are not open to change.

You adhere to a philosophy, but part of the philosophy I have is that I don't want to be too doggone inflexible that I miss a good player.

Growing up in any big city, you get exposed to so many beautiful cultures. I've grown up with a lot of open eyes around me that's influenced my eyes to open.

We're kind of influenced by all the different people we meet.

We're all influenced by everything unless we're locked in an empty room.

You should be able to be influenced by art no matter where it comes from.

I'll be the first to admit when I'm influenced by something.

I feel I have a lot to learn from English football and I am completely open to good influences in my way of thinking football. But I also have things to give them.

I have many times made public information that the government wanted to keep secret, information that the public has a right to know.

I love being around cool, fun guys, so I've always enjoyed talking to gay men. Maybe it's because I'm an inherent flirt, but it just feels very natural.

Because of who I am, and how open I am, there's something inherently political about just writing love songs.

I feel, as an actor, one must not have inhibitions.

I have no inhibitions.

I personally believe that a critical part to innovation is that exchange of ideas so when you say, 'Here's my idea,' someone else at the next table, who is in a different party, will go, 'Oh, these guys are trying that,' so that comes.

Open is something, I think, that will continue to drive a lot of innovation.

One thing America gets right is being open to innovation. Canada and Scandinavia have to do better on that.

By nature, I am very curious. I don't think it's fair for anybody to keep your ideas bottled up out of fear. I take a lot of inputs from others. Whether I use them or not is a different issue.