Quotes About Transparency

Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.

Parlando, la signora Givings contempló, distratta e affascinata insieme, la semitrasparenza cremisi che il sole morente metteva nel lobo dell'orecchio del marito, trasformando la sua forfora in fuochi infuocati, ma col pensiero stava già pregustando la serata.

You guys are so caught up in your polished images and your passive-aggressive comments that no one ever comes right out and says anything. Well, I'm going to.

Not me. Give me honesty anytime.

You guys think if I don't hear bad things, then they won't exist anymore. But you know what? They still do exist, and I do end up hearing them. And I wish to God that I could have heard them from the people I love first

La verdad es que cualquier cosa de la que no puedas hablar ya está fuera de control en tu vida.

Los problemas crecen en la oscuridad y se agrandan, pero cuando son expuestos a la luz de la verdad, se minimizan. Solo, estás tan enfermo como tus secretos. Así que quítate la máscara, deja de disimular que eres perfecto y camina hacia la liberación.

Everyone knows about the problem, but no one talks about it openly.

A stable organizational environment with transparent values is conducive to employees' feeling confident that they can take the risks that experimentation requires.

Obscurity is never a virtue.

Truth is more important than modesty

None of my assets are hidden," said Darren.

Power corrupts—that has been said and written so often that it has become a cliché. But what is never said, but is just as true, is that power reveals. When a man is climbing, trying to persuade others to give him power, he must conceal those traits that might make others reluctant to give it to him, that might even make them refuse to give it to him. Once the man has power, it is no longer necessary for him to hide those traits. In

I always tell the truth, so I don't need a good memory to remember what I said")—in

Debates educated a nation. That educative function had atrophied during decades of making decisions behind closed doors.

Secrecy begets tyranny.

obscurity is usually the refuge of incompetence

Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence.

I can think of no surer way to destroy confidence at our most critical period than by having a leader who wears a mask.

Minerva, if I sell a horse, I won't guarantee that it has a leg on each corner; the buyer must count them himself.

Meanwhile, we might all remember the verdict of Count Bismarck: "Laws are like sausages: you respect them more if you haven't actually seen how they're made.

As Count Bismarck once said, "Laws are like sausages: you have much more respect for them if you haven't actually seen how they're made.

Nós não somos tão lúcidos quanto fingimos ser.

Man was made to lead with his chin; he is worth knowing only with his guard down, his head up and his heart rampant on his sleeve.