Quotes About Transparency

Speech is the mirror of the soul.

Speech is the mirror of action.

I'm not sure a lot of companies know their story, or can explain why they exist and who they are, without just spewing just corporate speech.

We have to overthrow the idea that it's a diversion from 'real' work when scientists conduct high-quality research in the open. Publicly funded science should be open science. Improving the way that science is done means speeding us along in curing cancer, solving the problem of climate change and launching humanity permanently into space.

You cannot take shortcuts. We've shown that we can spend more on ingredients, not less, and charge a fair price.

It is essential that there should not only be a limit on campaign spending but it should be required to say where that money is spent and how it is spent. I think there has been more abuse in campaign spending, actually, than in campaign contributors.

The Pentagon can't even audit its own books. It doesn't even know where its money is going. And we refuse to have the tough forces go on the Pentagon so that at least they are efficient with the money they're spending.

We are spending more money on bond holders than we are on our own citizens. It took 204 years to have this happen. The other party will not even allow a recorded vote on this issue so that we can see how people stand on that issue.

Hiding spending does not reduce spending.

I'd be a lot more excited about eliminating earmarks if we reduced all of the spending by whatever the earmarks used to be, but nobody's, apparently, going to talk about doing that.

I feel the audience has a right to know if some of the money they're spending is going to a certain cause, and reassuring them the money is going to where it's supposed to be going.

If my company spends money, it should be disclosed to the shareholders and how it was spent. With my personal money, I can do anything I want. But company money should be disclosed.

If greater openness is a key to economic success, I believe there is increasingly a need for openness in the political sphere as well.

Privacy is dead. We live in a world of instantaneous, globalised gossip. The idea that there is a 'private' sphere and a 'public' sphere for world leaders, politicians or anyone in the public eye is slowly disintegrating. The death of privacy will have a profound effect on who our leaders will be in the future.

I might be at the odd press conference with a little bit of spill on me because I'm not going to hide the imperfections of parenting. I don't think anyone needs that.

I don't like when people try to put a spin and have a second agenda to make a person look bad.

But when I'm asked a question I will answer it honestly. There is no spin here.

The Trumps were elected because of or in spite of their wealth - depending on how you feel about the First Family. They never misrepresented themselves. They have always been honest about who they are.

I have nothing to hide. So when I spoke about my lip job, a lot of people called me brave for coming out.

I've always spoken my mind. There's no reason not to!

I've always spoken my mind and from the heart.

Nearly every boss has said it. And just about every employee has heard it. Yet it's one of the most meaningless lines ever spoken in the office: 'My door is always open.'

A true collaboration is trickier than a marriage because you can't hide.

We are looking forward to Donald Trump releasing his medical information. Just making sure everybody is meeting at the same bar here.