Quotes About Clarity

Writing is thought crystalized on a piece of paper, which can then be reviewed.

I act because it's the one time I'm sure of my identity. There's no doubt. It's on paper.

I am probably exaggerating a little, but I owe my equilibrium to ink and paper.

Paper acts as an eraser on the mind, as soon as you look at what you've written.

I don't read the papers or watch TV.

The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.

Education has rules and parameters. Women outperform men when the parameters are clear.

Clear communication is paramount for any relationship to become stronger.

Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.

As a parent, you just want to really make sure your kids understand what you are trying to say as much as their maturity level will allow them to.

I have a direct way of speaking. What I do is tend to lay out everything; I tend to tell people what I'm going to do and how I'm going to do it and what is success for us and what's not... without being too parochial about it, I think Aussies are more direct.

Lists are how I parse and manage the world.

One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.

For my part, it was Greek to me.

I would say in just about every investigation we have, there will be differences of opinion, where you have partial facts, as to what those facts mean.

I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for.

During the negotiation process, it's common for misconceptions to occur, since both parties assume what the other person is saying or thinking. This can lead to conflicts or disagreements.

You're forced to think about what your goals are and you clarify them because you're taking this journey with another person and you need to be open with your partner.

Life would certainly be easier if we all came equipped with our own personal FAQ lists. When we meet someone, we could pass them a business card with the list on the back, and then step back and let them read before we tried to talk.

I think there's a little confusion between humor and 'gross' passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable, because they aren't the same thing.

The botanist looking at a daffodil has no reason to dispute the right of the poet to look at the same object in a very different manner. There are many ways of playing. The point is not that one denies other people's games but that one is clear about the rules of one's own.

A man is nothing but his mind; if that be out of order, all's amiss, and if that be well, the rest is at ease.

Where there is little self-definition, there is a vague vision. Where there is an unclear vision, the people perish in their own anxious reactivity. They have no head and are headed nowhere. Where there is self-definition, there is a clear vision. Where there is a clear vision, there is a response to the future.

Anxious systems also fail to get a clear view of things. Embedded in their dread, they lose a sense of proportion. They have little awareness of what is happening and how it is being mutually maintained. Emotionally cramps the broader view.