Quotes About Transparency

Anytime you see somebody keeping a secret, that's symptomatic that something's wrong with the society around them. That means there's discrimination or worse.

This story, I predict, will grow to be worse than Watergate. The American people need to have the answers.

People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!

One of the worst things you can give to your people is someone you're not.

Hiding, secrets, and not being able to be yourself is one of the worst things ever for a person. It gives you low self-esteem. You never get to reach that peak in your life. You should always be able to be yourself and be proud of yourself.

The most valuable thing I can share is the importance of living in truth. Sometimes, facing those truths can actually be your worst fear.

Public relations is at best promotion or manipulation, at worst evasion and outright deception. What it is never about is a free flow of information.

The worst kind of lying I've ever done is keeping things from people.

The worst thing you can do is try to manipulate or control perceptions. It's impossible, and when you are found out the result is disastrous. Better to be transparent and play well with others so that when bad things happen you have a reservoir of good will to bank on.

I think the worst thing that's happened to sports is 'sources say.'

I don't try to be likeable. The worst thing people do is present versions of themselves to the world that aren't real.

Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thousand CEO speeches. CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the jerks for you. It's just cultural. People just don't want to do it.

We have elected officials who say they're going to run for office to serve the people. But in reality, they legislate themselves into wealth. They go into office, and after one, two terms, they're worth millions upon millions of dollars, and that has to stop.

Your candor is worth everything to your cause. It is refreshing to find a person with a new theory who frankly confesses that he finds difficulties, insurmountable, at least for the present.

I'm not afraid to take questions about where I come from, where I've traveled, or how I've conducted business, because being honest about who I am is worth it.

There's no drugs, no Tom in a dress, no psychiatrists.

I don't even think about tomorrow. I just live today speaking the truth.

I don't like when actors go around and talk a ton about how they approach their roles, because it's a little like pulling the curtain back on Oz, for me.

If you make a mistake, people are going to know about it really fast - and I was making a ton of them when I was a kid.

Instagram is not a place for tone or irony.

The tongue should express what is in the heart.

I don't believe in holding your tongue, especially if it's something you can directly benefit from or some people need to hear.

I will speak with a straight tongue.

There's an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue.