Quotes About Transparency

Women in my focus groups, they say a bald man is trustworthy. He has nothing to hide.

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.

However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you are, and what you are will show in time. What you aren't can be hidden, but eventually it will come to light. Long story short: rappers should never take themselves too seriously.

My thing is this; if I'm sick enough to think it, then I'm sick enough to say it.

You might not believe me, but I really don't like conspiracy theories.

Conspiracy theories feed on opacity, and that's a longtime problem with short selling. Large long positions must be reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission in public filings, but not large short positions.

No nation can claim, 'We are an uncorrupt nation, therefore we will tell you what the morals of democracy are.'

People see your life on social media, and they say, 'Oh my gosh, it's perfect,' and I'm like, 'No, every day, it's not even just a struggle: it's something new, and it's a new challenge to make sure that I'm mentally stable and healthy and that I'm okay.' It was just great to finally get it out and talk about it.

This is what people don't understand. When they might see me do something that's not 'God-like,' then they say, 'Well, I thought you were saved?' I am saved. I'm not perfect. I have emotions still. My name's still Gary. These things here are not all cleaned up. I'm showing you my path.

Prosciutto should be thin and let light through like stained glass. Even I know that.

More information is always better than less. When people know the reason things are happening, even if it's bad news, they can adjust their expectations and react accordingly. Keeping people in the dark only serves to stir negative emotions.

I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking.

I'm someone who says what he thinks.

If somebody thinks I have an integrity problem, then the honest thing to do is to tell me what they think it is and let me address it.

We're like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices.

You cannot show people only the petals and not the thorns. It's not fair to them.

I don't take a stance to score political points. That's not what I'm about. That's not why the people hired me. If I do take a stand on something, it's because I've thoroughly researched it.

Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist.

The purpose of whistleblowing is to expose secret and wrongful acts by those in power in order to enable reform.

I don't like to say things that I wouldn't want to say to someone's face. Those are my morals for life.

My thought process is I have been lied to so much by people who I thought I could trust that it motivates me to want to be as honest as possible, to project that energy, because that is how I want people to treat me.

Bands have good nights, and they have bad nights. I'm not going to cover up anything or pretend. For me, personally, that's just my thought process.

It's always a huge red flag for me when somebody's reticent or reluctant or a little slow in providing thoughtful references that are a testament to them as a person and their professional accomplishments.

Access to legitimate information and thoughtful analysis is the lifeblood of a democracy, the basis of which people make decisions about who they vote for and what they believe in. And if you're only getting half the story, that certainly doesn't lead to an informed citizenry.