Quotes About Openness

All places, all airs, make unto me one Countrey; I am in England every where, and under any Meridian. I have been shipwrackt, yet am not enemy with the Sea or Winds; I can study, play, or sleep in a Tempest. In brief, I am averse from nothing:

I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind & my eyes, refusing to be stamped & stereotyped. The thing is to free ones self; to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded. (Diary 4: 187)

Every man is my superior in that I may learn from him.

Minds are like parachutes...they only function when they are open.

I think life doesn't necessarily have an endgame.

Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.

Curiosity is what keeps me open to a sense of hope. It staves off negativity.

When your doctor and neighbours and child's schoolteachers know you are gay, there is no closet for you to hide in.

I'm not trying to climb a ladder - I'm casting a bit of a net.

You should really cast a big net when it comes to life and learning. In the end, you're so much better for it.

We need to download scientific journals and upload them to file-sharing networks.

We've always been more gender neutral than any other sport.

Without net neutrality protections, the Internet would no longer be a free and open ecosystem for innovation.

Net Neutrality is Internet freedom.

I would never say never. You never know what is going to happen.

Well, I'm a big believer in 'never say never.'

I don't know about the romantic comedy route, although never say never.

Never say never, I find I get claustrophobic in a relationship.

For an artiste to grow, for a person to grow, you have to learn. A learner cannot afford to have an ego. Learning can never stop. If it does, then it is death.

You can never take those you love for granted, and you have to be willing to be open and really communicate with one another to make any relationship work. And that's just it: relationships take work, and they take compromise and compassion and understanding.

I am not afraid to ask for feedback on my work or appearance, and try to never take that advice personally.

I think a lot of the new age thinking, if you want to call it that, analytics, you have to be open to it.

You have to always be ready, always be alive, and always be willing to move in a new direction.

A great scientist is more open to a new idea than almost anybody.