Quotes About Transparency

Mincing your words makes it easier if you have to eat them later.

It's one thing to keep secrets. It's quite another to lie.

Remember: You're the girl with nothing below the surface. Scratch it and what do you find? More surface.

I never wish to be easily defined. I'd rather float over other people's minds as something strictly fluid and non-perceivable; more like a transparent, paradoxically iridescent creature rather than an actual person.

It is easier to tell the truth: you don't have to remember anything.

Hoy en día, por un increíble juego de manos, la mayoría de los humanos se llena la panza con la carne muerta de animales de cuya forma de morir no saben nada. El matadero es una de las últimas tierras ignotas de nuestras democracias. Y también, como vamos a ver, un territorio sin ley: se permiten en él todas las bajezas.

The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.

Our work is to present things that are as they are.

all members of Congress should be required wear NASCAR uniforms. You know, the kind with the patches? That way we'd know who is sponsoring each of them. I think he was kidding; they'd never be able to do it but it's a great idea and would wake people up in this country.

Sincerity in this case is not just honesty. It's something deeper than that. The word is used to indicate a state that is completely open and unaffected. It is us, as we truly are, without any attempt to disguise ourselves, even in the ways we usually disguise ourselves to ourselves.

I have an open-door policy when it comes to blame.

Will you ever own up to

I don't want to make people mad. I just... well, how can people get better if you don't tell them what you honestly think?

A man who speaks his mind is a man with mind to speak of.

praise should be honest, but it should never be withheld.

I'm always truthful as well. So full of truth, in fact, that sometimes it squeezes the lies right out my lips. There isn't a place for them inside, you see.

Now see, why must people be like this? If you have something to say, why not simply say it?

Fun tip: Being told 'I kept you in the dark to protect you' is not only frustrating, but condescending as well. It's a truly economical way to demean someone; if you're looking to fit more denigration into an already busy schedule, give it a try.

Very few people can handle being held accountable without rationalizing, blaming, or shutting down;

The self-righteous scream judgments against others to hide the noise of skeletons dancing in their own closets. — JOHN MARK GREEN

It's simple but transformative: Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind.

I can always tell about the health of a culture of an organization by how much gossiping is happening

Silence is not brave leadership, and silence is not a component of brave cultures.

Our rational, grown-up selves are good liars. The five-year-old tyrants within us are the ones who can tell it like it is.