Quotes About Openness

There are a number of traits that combine to create entrepreneurial potential. We find that openness coordinates very well with successful entrepreneurs. The more open-minded you are, the more you see the world as it actually is. The more closed-minded, the more you see the world as you want it to be.

I don't think there's any reason in journalism not to approach stories we cover with humility, empathy, compassion, and intellectual openness. I mean, I think those are just important human traits. I don't think that precludes scrutiny, negativity, where it's appropriate.

At times when you transform yourself and when you've opened too much, you tend to doubt how you're going to face it, how you're going to react to a situation, so it's important that you believe yourself.

Students teach all sorts of things but most importantly they make explicit the courage that it takes to be a learner, the courage it takes to open yourself to the transformative power of real learning and that courage I am exposed to almost every day at MIT and that I'm deeply grateful for.

As time goes by, we're getting more accepting of the differences between one another - whether it's gay or transgender, whether it's black or white - but there's still a lot of people in the world who don't feel that they can express themselves as they want.

I think it can be difficult for young lesbian or young gay, bisexual, transgender to come out and be open with who they are because there's such a huge stigma attached to that preference of their sexuality.

I always had an ability to listen and give people the space to open up and express themselves, and I was hoping it would translate on TV.

I just lived openly, as loud as I wanted to be, which translated into our music really well.

I want to go to a country where I don't speak the language. I want to be lost in translation.

Transparency increases credibility and accountability.

A basic tenet of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency.

I find that when you open the door toward openness and transparency, a lot of people will follow you through.

Transparency concentrates minds.

What I'm thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson's saying that he'd rather have a free press without a government than a government without a free press.

I believe in transparency.

Transparency is so important in business.

Transparency builds trust and it's critical in a crisis.

I believe that transparency is the solution to our problem on corruption.

We talk about this concept of openness and transparency as the high-level ideal that we're moving towards at Facebook. The way that we get there is by empowering people to share and connect. The combination of those two things leads the world to become more open.

Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.

The movement towards radical transparency and accountability has been gaining steam for several decades.

We expect candor and transparency from the president, from the administration.

The Transparency Bill is something we should all support - practical steps in promoting an open and accountable democracy.

For me to do my job effectively, we need to continue to earn public confidence. That involves transparency and accountability.