Quotes About Openness

I am not a completely stubborn person. But I have views.

I have always encouraged open and frank discussion among embassy employees and the expression of dissenting views, because this is the best way to maintain morale among embassy personnel and to arrive at sensible decisions which are in the best interests of the United States.

I don't think a system or a government should fear critical opinions or views. Only by heeding those critical views would it be possible for us to further improve our work and make further progress.

I might say 'let's get married' because I am not rigid, I live moment to moment. These are my views and it is person to person, one should not get influenced with what I am saying.

We should not live in fear, we should all enjoy being able to express our views freely and openly, challenge each other on issues.

It's good to get out of the closet and talk about it and find out other people's views.

A lot of other bands have tried to go out there and say we've got views on this and views on that. But some of it I've found opportunist. Duran Duran has always been honest about everything. We've always laid everything out.

I'm totally open to changing my beliefs. I could grow up to be a total communist. I could grow up to be a Neocon. I'm looking to have my views challenged. I'm looking to be corrected.

I believe you leave opinions and views with your hat and coat at the door.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and the public is entitled to know what the legal views of a Supreme Court candidate are.

My views are not concrete. I'm open to change.

In India, people have narrow-minded views about nudity and boldness.

Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor.

I'll rock with anyone - vintage rappers, young dudes, anyone.

My family was very open. My grandfather was German and a Protestant. My father, a lawyer, was Greek-Catholic and played the violin. My mother was very religious and went to church twice a day. My grandmother was Armenian. So I was raised with three different faiths - that's why I am so open.

I had the virtue of wanting to hang out with people who were more talented than me. I can't write songs, I can't perform, I can't design clubs, but I was an enthusiast. My gift was that I said yes to everybody.

A more secret, sweet, and overpowering beauty appears to man when his heart and mind open to the sentiment of virtue.

Being intellectually hospitable is a virtue that I bring into the interview space.

Europe must learn to live in and with the world, not to dominate it nor to assume it is superior or more virtuous.

In true open source development, there's lots of visibility all the way through the development process.

Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cotton; and where the blue sky was visible, it wore a hazy and languid aspect.

Often, as an interviewer, particularly when you're talking to highly visible people, celebrities, and it's known that negative things have happened, they don't want to talk about it, or you have to really work up to it. You have to carefully construct the conversation so that they feel open enough to discuss some of those things with you.

I've lived publicly and never hidden behind closed doors. Therefore, if I have gone over the top sometimes, it has been visible.

I wasn't scouted in the mall as a kid; it just kinda happened naturally 'cause of Instagram and New York and being visible, which is cool. Things just started rolling in. Timing was in my favour 'cause the Internet acted as a catalyst for the fashion industry to change and be more open 'cause people demanded it.