Quotes About Clarity

Whodunnits are all about truth: nothing more, nothing less. In a world full of uncertainties, is it not inherently satisfying to come to the last page with every i dotted and every t crossed? The stories mimic our experience in the world. We are surrounded by tensions and ambiguities, which we spend half our life trying to resolve, and we'll probably be on our own deathbed when we reach that moment when everything makes sense. Just about every whodunnit provides that pleasure.

In your thirst for knowledge, be sure not to drown in all the information.

They are noted in bold print.

if you're going to shoot, shoot.

I think people mistakenly get their chaos muddled up with their creativity. Provided you know what your issues are, they're not going to go away.

By providing clear objectives for your team, and setting guardrails for how they get there, you will set them on the path to success.

There's a difference between telling a story and not providing an explanation because you just don't do it well or pull it off.

Clearly, I'm not psychic.

I have really focused on mindfulness. That helps me make better choices both physically, psychologically, and emotionally.

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.

Scientific discoveries matter much more when they're communicated simply and well - if you can't explain your work to the man in the pub, what's the point?

I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.

If you're going to run a public company, be absolutely certain of what the parameters are, what the clarity is, that you can explain it to yourselves and explain it externally.

I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.

My first published writings were trying to take scientific concepts and make them clear for a general audience.

When it's foggy in the pulpit it's cloudy in the pew.

Always say 'no pun intended' to draw attention to the intended pun.

I'm not punch drunk.

I think, to me, I always want to tell the truth. I never want to sugarcoat things. I've never been accused of pulling punches.

And if you want to know why great editors scare the pants off of writers everywhere, read 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' by Lynne Truss. The punctuation police are everywhere!

You just have to know your story from the beginning. You have to know what you're going for and be honest with people about that. Don't sit there and say you're gonna be a DIY punk band for your whole life and then move on to arenas; you can't do that because then people don't trust you anymore.

He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment.

All my books started out as extravagant and ended up pure and plain.

I see people as they really are from a pure point of view.