Quotes About Transparency

I don't have to put up a front to impress anyone.

Putin does not lie. When he says something, he means it.

I want the public to know how it feels, the fear of being scrutinized, of being outed. The fear of what happens when you come out and the media puts you under a microscope. It's crippling. You get lost.

It is always the genuine Teemu Selanne that you're seeing. He never puts on a show. It is Teemu. And that's what we love about him.

I don't like putting on airs; that's not my thing. I'd rather just be myself, just connecting to people genuinely.

I'm not going to be putting my expenses on the Internet. I wouldn't know how.

Today, public companies don't like the idea of conglomerates. People want to buy something in which they know where they are putting their money - into the food business or the oil and gas business. They don't want to put their money into a hodge-podge as a general rule.

We think you should show your flaws to fans because that's what makes them love you more.

I have flaws, but I'm honest.

I like being able to just put everything out on the table and letting the cream float.

A flourishing, diverse media is essential to a functioning democracy.

We live and work in a fishbowl, with rumors and accusations flowing constantly.

Folks, I mean to keep my word. And if I don't, I'll give you my address and some rope. That's real accountability.

Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record.

I don't think I'm complicated at all. I'm not political, and I'm not trying to be diplomatic. I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings, and I don't say bad things about people. There is no agenda. There's no trying to fool somebody.

I don't want to try to fool people into thinking that I'm something that I'm not.

Something I learned early on in my career is there's no use trying to fool anybody about what you want to do on a project where there are other people involved, rather than your own thing.

The British public cannot be treated like fools.

I have said from the beginning, I would spend what it would take for the people of Connecticut to know who I am and what I stand for.

The American people deserve an honest assessment of the state of our foreign affairs.

The public will forgive you almost anything if you're honest about it.

One of the things I wanted to do in the Department for Education was open up the policy making process and run things like wikis in open formats in order to a: start off with better ideas and then b: adapt to errors much faster than is possible with normal Whitehall systems.

I'm very forthcoming, I'm really expressive.

I think if you're forthright and answer a lot of questions, sometimes you'll get people who won't let you answer the questions, and that makes for a difficult answer.