Quotes About Openness

All you have to do is own up to your ignorance honestly, and you will find people who are eager to fill your head with information." WALT DISNEY

He didn't say anything more, just waited for me to tell him what I'd been thinking. It was pure speculation, and I was opening myself up to ridicule by saying anything at all. I sat on the stool and realized that I had my loyalties, too.

I wish we could persuade either Thomas or James to be more forthcoming!

I seem to be annoyed not only with Colette, but with the frame of mind I have inherited along with her—the postmodern pride of calling things by their names, the arrogance of assuming integrity is a matter of being more and more open. Or simply that a label, firmly affixed, is honesty in the face of euphemism and discretion.

If we open ourselves up to our feelings, our intuition, and our spiritual centers, we become much closer to the mystery of the Universe.

A person who is headstrong enough to open their eyes and their heart to the full depth and weight of the world is inviting in everything out there - both evil and good, both dark and light, and the sheer bravery of that openness enables them to gain profound insight into the human condition. It also fucks them up. It may even make them more prone to stick their head in an oven than to engage in self-promotional chitchat on Jay Leno.

What I loved most about our family was that we could all speak our hearts. We never measured words.

If something is not to your liking, change your liking.

Trust your imagination. There is always something in the box.

The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes," said Marcel Proust.

To respond to a question or start improvised scenes, begin immediately using the first words that come to you. Trust your mind. Your first thought is a reasonable starting place; it is good enough. Don't hesitate. Once you begin speaking, you have something to work with and build on. With the first-thought method it is as if the idea selects you rather than the other way around. The improviser focuses on making that idea into a good one, rather than searching for a "good idea.

Certainty is the enemy of knowledge.

Strategy #3: Explore new things If negotiation makes you feel prickly or uncomfortable, focus on doing or exploring things that are out of your comfort zone. You don't need to become a perfect negotiator to achieve the desired results.

Recall that improv is about accomplishing a shared goal. This requires flow, working together, and accepting what other people bring to the table regardless of what it is. That's the essence of "Yes, AND…" and the opposite of "Yes, BUT…

In response to someone else's suggestion, thought, or topic, always say "Yes, AND…" which means that you drop your train of thought, adopt theirs, and add something to keep the conversation flowing.

Rule of Improv Comedy: Never lead with "No." because it disregards the direction that someone wants to go and makes it more difficult to work towards a common, shared goal.

Flexibility and the ability to adapt are paramount to any great conversation.

What determines whether you hit it off with someone? It's not circumstantial; rather, it's a matter of you taking charge and setting the tone to be friendly and open. Most people treat others like strangers and thus won't become friends. So change that script from the very beginning, put people at ease and let them be comfortable around you.

Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.

If we don't trust one another, then we aren't going to engage in open, constructive, ideological conflict.

there is no such thing as too much communication.

You are keeping the possibility [of peace] open. No wise leader would do anything less

This planet is information' the Mayor says. 'All the time, never-ceasing. Information it wants to give you, information it wants to take from you to share with everyone else. And I think you can respond to that in two ways. You can control how much you give it, like you an I have done [...]' 'Or you can open yourself to it completely,; I say.

La vida es demasiado corta para rechazar ofertas así.