Quotes About Transparency

Should the Governor disappear from public view and not speak for fear of misinterpretation, or should he take the risk in order to discharge his responsibilities?

In case nobody told you three, nobody

Those who generate fog are Wizards of Oz hoping desperately that nobody pulls the curtain to reveal a trembling little writer behind it. This seldom happens. Readers who dare to point out that incomprehensible writing can't be comprehended risk being told that the problem is theirs.

There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass.

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for we get rid of cant and hypocrisy.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

The reason why men do not obey us is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass. Commit a crime, and it seems as if a coat of snow fell on the ground, such as reveals in the woods the track of every partridge, and fox, and squirrel.

Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves.

Now I get why I'm incapable of Flirting for I can't Lie!

The best part of life is when you are 'YOU' without any mental or psychological make-up.

advice: "In general, don't hide your disasters. We're not going to take the money back." He says this lightly, as if delivering a joke, but it is reassuring for the founders to hear. They laugh, perhaps with a touch of relief.

If I only had three words of advice, they would be, Tell the Truth. If got three more words, I'd add, all the time.

When there's an elephant in the room introduce him.

I don't suffer from an abundance of politeness.

That meant when I wasn't happy about something, I spoke up, often directly and not always tactfully.

Jai handles me by being frank.

If I only had three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the Truth.' If got three more words, I'd add, 'all the time.' People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort. But like many short-term strategies, it's ineffective long-term. You run into people again later, and they remember you lied to them. And they tell lots of other people about it.

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.

Unfortunately, honesty hasn't always been a part of the job description for the police force, especially when dealing with our people. Today I must appeal to their sense of integrity, because we need the Mobile Police Department. Before we can do our job, they've got to do theirs...

If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you'll never learn.

Imagine if you had baseball cards that showed all the performance stats for your people: batting averages, home runs, errors, ERAs, win/loss records. You could see what they did well and poorly and call on the right people to play the right positions in a very transparent way.

If a coach wants me to stay, then I think it's good that he doesn't just butter things up, but actually tells the truth.

When Californians see something we truly believe in, we say so and act accordingly - without evasiveness or equivocation.