Quotes About Clarity

Four times out of five the linesman gets a better view of the ball near him than the player himself.

I've met so many leaders who realize that telling your colleagues something that is on your mind is so much easier than keeping it in. Sometimes the things we make up in our heads are not nearly as big a deal as we think.

Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.

Things come to you without you necessarily knowing what they mean.

Plurality should not be posited without necessity.

Filtering can be a very good thing when it comes to human relationships and familial harmony. Yeah, filtering is often an absolute necessity.

The necessity of defining the enemy also leads to the necessity of defining who we are.

I never want to be anything more than I am; what I don't have, I don't need.

Most of my childhood is a big blur, 'cause I needed better glasses.

Omit needless words.

Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.

Everybody needs to take a little distance from things.

One needs to be clear headed. I believe in all-round fitness.

I like to think that Junie B. looks at the world - and this isn't a negative comment on her - from the lowest common denominator. It's not all gray to her; it's all black and white.

I am neither going to Bollywood nor joining politics.

A lot of what I do as a showrunner is anxiety control. People get nervous when they don't know what's going on, so a big part of my job is making sure everyone has all of the information all of the time.

I can talk to execs very clearly, very plainly. I don't get nervous in front of them anymore.

One of the key lessons I learned at Netflix was the necessity of focus.

The language that we use now impacts on the ability to vote, it impacts on the marketplace; instead of making things clear, it makes it more confusing. I think we need to stop using neutral language and speak in straighter terms. So when you agree to something, you actually get what you agreed to in the first place.

There is too much illustrating of the news these days. I look at many editorial cartoons and I don't know what the cartoonists are saying or how they feel about a certain issue.

I had been a zealous writer of journals my whole life, and beginning my newspaper column gave me a huge sense of purpose while enabling me to understand my own emotions by reading them in black and white.

I do not read newspapers. I do not take any information which I don't want to take. I make sure I keep my composure.

I'm a very direct person just generally. I don't use a lot of words unnecessarily. I try to get to the heart of the issue, address it and go on to the next thing.