Openness Quotations

Being in a space that's not a studio, it kind of creates an openness of 'We can do whatever we want here; we're not on the clock.'

There aren't as many roles, and I think there's a lack of openness in casting an Asian character in a leading role or unless they're a stereotype. It's been hard. I've been able to play some non-stereotypical roles, which is great, but I have a lot of Asian actor friends who are struggling.

Two things I'm trying to work on are openness and flexibility.

Allowing children to spew forth whatever is on their minds in the name of openness only creates an illusion of family closeness.

We will work with industrial or Dept. Of Defence sponsorship as long as we keep our principals of openness firm we're proud to work with the military, and they respect that in turn.

Britain is characterized not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness.

Openness explains the ability to innovate and come up with big ideas because you're open to them, and fluid intelligence explains the ability to go and execute.

There's just some magic in truth and honesty and openness.

I returned to India because I believe in an India of honesty and hard work, not of corruption and crookedness. I believe in an India of openness and straightforwardness, not of hypocrisy and double-dealing. I believe in an India where opportunities are available to all, and not just to a chosen few.

There are a number of traits that combine to create entrepreneurial potential. We find that openness coordinates very well with successful entrepreneurs. The more open-minded you are, the more you see the world as it actually is. The more closed-minded, the more you see the world as you want it to be.

Creativity has always depended on openness and flexibility, so let us hope for more of both in the future.

The secret of the Internet's success has been its openness to new services.

Given the pervasive secrecy of the Bush-Cheney administration, and the sorry consequences of that disposition, President Barack Obama's early emphasis on openness in government seems almost inevitable.

I think a good relationship that Mexico could maintain with the United States and vice versa should be based on trust, on opening - openness and constant dialogue that would allow us essentially to define, share objectives and to work towards those so as to avoid activities which are not known to the other government.

I'm trying to tell you that there's a new wave on the continent. A new wave of openness and democratization in which, since 2000, more than two-thirds of African countries have had multi-party democratic elections. Not all of them have been perfect, or will be, but the trend is very clear.

Human societies vary in lots of independent factors affecting their openness to innovation.

There's something about the openness of the American people. Yes, we have our faults, but deep down, there's a goodness. America doesn't want to take over the world; in many ways, we don't want to be bothered by the rest of the world.

Tolerance, openness to argument, openness to self-doubt, willingness to see other people's points of view - these are very liberal and enlightened values that people are right to hold, but we can't allow them to delude us to the point where we can't recognise people who are needlessly perpetrating human misery.

I love 'I'm British But...' It's such a sweet, innocent, open-hearted film, and it has the sort of openness that I still aspire to with everything I do. It wears its heart, head, everything on its sleeve.

Well we are hoping that the power of the community of free nations is such that our sovereignty our rights are not going to be challenged by anybody who's going try to undermine the freedom, the openness of our societies and our security.

Every day the choristers of the social web chirp their advice about openness and trust; craigslist follows none of it, and every day it grows.

For a healthy society, those laws and conventions should always support marriage as an institution characterised by an openness to children and the responsibility of fathers and mothers remaining together to care for children born into their family.

Faith is a state of openness or trust.

Successful creative adults seem to combine the wide-ranging exploration and openness we see in children with the focus and discipline we see in adults.

In whatever number of years I have on Earth, I think that promoting the values of free expression, the openness of the Internet, that's the best use of my time.

The amount of trust and bandwidth that you build up working with someone for five, seven, 10 years? It's just awesome. I care about openness and connectedness in a global sense.

We talk about this concept of openness and transparency as the high-level ideal that we're moving towards at Facebook. The way that we get there is by empowering people to share and connect. The combination of those two things leads the world to become more open.

We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a matter of political correctness. It's a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.

Like anything, if you are looking to reach less acculturated fans, the first aspect is to give them an understanding of the game, because they did not grow up around it, ... From the market research done, there is a real openness and willingness for them to become more American, and football is part of the American experience.

Love is just a feeling of togetherness and openness in your heart.

We're glad that the comptroller is supporting many of the budget reform initiatives the governor has advocated for years, such as greater openness and transparency, a balanced enacted budget, higher rainy day reserves, binding revenue forecasts, and moving the start of the fiscal year.

Based on the level and openness of communication, we have been able to create a good rapport (with the South Kingstown School Committee). When the council makes budget decisions, we ask the School Committee for a list of programs that would be impacted and specifically where they will have to cut back.

But G2E, with 700 exhibitors, shows it's an open industry. Las Vegas has thrived on openness and we should send a signal the industry is open.

China is continually changing and U.S. companies can promote progress and openness by being there and doing what they do best - exporting best practices.

China?s economy is among the most open in the world right now. But I?d like to see more openness politically and legally. I?d like to see more free speech.

To ensure that America will remain the center of scientific inquiry and cutting-edge technology, we must find ways to demonstrate America's openness to science, engineering, and technology students even at a time when the competition for those high-achieving students is more intense than ever before.

What is clear is that our policy will be continued -- the policy of renewing our country in order to make social systems safe from crises and fit for the future, the policy of openness of our country, the policy of self-confidence in foreign policy, ... I stand for this policy.

We must honor our country's tradition of openness and continue to welcome new immigrants.

He has expressed an openness to dialogue in the past.

His pattern of conflicts of interest undermines citizen confidence and investor confidence in the operations of the SEC. Left unchecked this has the potential to undermine market confidence. Americans and investors deserve an SEC that will vigorously protect their interests and protect the openness and efficiency of our markets.

My priority is to encourage openness and a culture that is willing to acknowledge when things have gone wrong.

Our OMN is a great solution for firms like Moon Capital who are looking for a turnkey solution for reducing errors and improving efficiencies throughout their execution process. The openness of our solution and plug-and-play nature of our network enables us to get clients like Moon up and running quickly. We are excited to have Moon on board and are looking forward to helping them grow their business.

I will fulfill my duty as president of the National Assembly in bringing about democracy, openness and transparency...in allowing, in particular, the representatives of the people to express their will.

Openness is very important for us, and for our customers. There's more awareness, but as the situation in Massachusetts demonstrates, we still have more work to do in terms of emphasizing our work with open formats.

openness to countries of goodwill that might want to augment our efforts.

I think Maine needs people. It needs diversity. It needs to be able to respect people. Openness is crucial for this state because we don't want to be known for having the oldest state in the nation. We want young families.

I think a Christian definition of the mind should be: an openness to whatever the individual and collective mind reveals to us.

It becomes a question of, 'How do you create a culture with a sense of openness for everybody?'

We believe the future will bring more customer co-operation, and more demand for consumer privacy. This trend makes traditional advertising both more costly and less effective, while increasing the power and influence of reputation and word of mouth. As customers demand greater openness and honesty from the businesses they deal with, business will have two choices. It can embrace this consumer revolution with a more open and honest business model, or it can continue using pretty girls to sell bad products. We aren't debating the old claim that 'Sex Sells' we just think you'll make more money if your business is the one that gets naked.

That suggests a lot of openness to more solid biblical discipling.

Without any question, the Fed is vastly different now in terms of openness and transparency. Greenspan's theme has been the more markets know, the better.

We've shipped a version of Office 2003 with an open format and we've expressed more commitment to the approach in our next Office releases. We feel that we're not being given enough of an opportunity to explain how openness is possible.

What we can do is try and devise the right architecture for the financial systems of the world which leads to greater stability, more openness and more transparency,

We're a bit more upbeat and there's an openness about there being a future for us,

What we're trying to do by being here . . . is trying to help you avoid the mistakes made five years ago. We want openness . . . not just you experts.

We would have liked a greater opportunity to explain how openness is possible with Office. We've found a very positive reaction to our open formats and our approach, and there's a growing awareness there.

Wood floors give it a warmth that works well with the openness and transparency of the units, the way in which the wood extends out to the balcony. It gives it a continuity of surface, and people can then put down carpet or rugs or whatever they want.

Faith is, above all, openness; an act of trust in the unknown.

The one who has perhaps gained the most is the prime minister, who stood for the state and managed to deliver a message of firmness together with a message of openness to society.

We believe that the latest IANA/NSI proposal does not follow the requirements set forth by the white paper for protecting openness and free expression,

Throughout his tenure, Mr. Raines sought to create a leadership culture that focused on openness and good governance.

When I was an executive ... relationships within the company and at board level where characterized by openness and trust. We were mercifully free of company politics and blame culture.

Director Mueller and other FBI officials have recognized many of the issues and have already dedicated resources to initiate a variety of near-term improvements in the human resources area. The FBI has accomplished much in this area and its efforts are bearing fruit, ... During the course of this review, we had extraordinary cooperation from, and access to, FBI personnel-from senior executives and managers to unit chiefs and line employees. We believe that this type of access, and the openness of those interviewed, contributed significantly to our ability to understand the issues and develop meaningful and helpful recommendations.

The tech and tech media world are meritocracies. To fall back to race as the reason why people don't break out in our wonderful oasis of openness is to do a massive injustice to what we've fought so hard to create.

very taken by the openness to the approach.

We say that we keep the door open for dialogue, but we also want to see more than just these words about their right to nuclear power ... that they show openness to moving toward us,

The openness of these networks makes us vulnerable to attacks by a hostile agent, ... Vulnerabilities are of such a magnitude that to ignore them would be a dereliction of duty.

The openness on which Apple had built its original empire had been completely reversed - but the spirit was still there among users. Hackers vied to 'jailbreak' the iPhone, running new apps on it despite Apple's desire to keep it closed.

Rather than meeting the chef, we heard more from the chief financial officer and even had a review of the financials. We thought the new openness was refreshing.

You're trying to pick one of the most important positions but you're doing it in a way that precludes anybody having any kind of openness in the process and that strikes me as being so obviously flawed.

That openness comes with a cost. If you could have gotten the property at $100,000 less, you would have saved taxpayers $100,000. The cure would be the public would not have a right to know, and that's wrong.

That's not the way we operate here at NASA. We promote openness and we speak with the facts.

I've always believed that openness is America's trump card.

I've assured them that the campuses would be treated fairly, that they have an open, direct line to me, and that the needs of Edwardsville will not go unmet. All of this is going to require openness and inclusiveness.

Sun Microsystems is built on the principles of openness and innovation. We've contributed more code to the open source community than any other company on earth and we're committed to furthering its future. I believe that we in the technology industry have a responsibility to remove the barriers to participation on the network and help fuel innovation and economic opportunity -- and I believe open source helps us reach that goal.

The ball is on the other side, and I imagine that within a few weeks we will know if there is or is not an openness and a flexibility,

I want to see the openness of county government become institutionalized. If it is institutionalized, it is very difficult to take backwards steps. Open government extends beyond the concept of letting the public know what is going on. It will result in better decisions.

In the sense of having this ongoing awareness of and feedback mechanism, it does mirror certain elements of open source development. If not openness of code and standards, there is greater visibility into what's going on. Customers have visibility more than an ability to necessarily influence Microsoft greatly.

I prefer San Francisco to Los Angeles. I prefer New York to Philadelphia. Why? The kind of concentration that is achieved in them creates certain choices, an openness of society that is not possible in the lower-density environments.

These surveys confirm the country's growing concern about excessive secrecy. They also show that citizens overwhelmingly believe that open government is good government. The public understands that openness - to the greatest degree possible - will produce government that is more efficient, more honest and more responsive to the citizens it serves.

The chief executive who knows his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than the one who remains blind to them. He also is on the road to humility -- that priceless attitude of openness to life that can help a manager absorb mistakes, failures, or personal shortcomings.

The highlight of the facility is the openness and many activities students can do. We want it to be an area where students can hang out and exercise.

The Indonesian generals should know that their own efforts to thwart internal accountability and openness and inquiry are only going to result in greater pressure,

It's just an awful idea. The presumption of openness in government is there for a reason -- we need transparency in government.

It really boils down to getting more accountability and more openness in the process.

It is very encouraging that in Kuwait there is now more openness to talk about corruption. If we have a greater degree of transparency, this is the first step but it is not the only step that has to be taken.

It is paramount to promoting the public trust. I felt that way when I was mayor and I will hold true to that vision. A lack of openness from public officials promotes mistrust.

It's a very large home. There is a lot of openness inside the home -- a lot of nooks and crannies. The fire has gotten into the walls, which made it very difficult for us to fight.

There's an openness we can have with him.

I began doing writing projects and art and design projects to explore a new way of seeing Canada. Roots is one more way of continuing this exploration. I want to present a wide-open Canadian sense of color, adventure, communication and openness that defines our country.

Governor Huntsman believes that openness and transparency are essential components of any effective, responsible administration.

I think the free market model of commercial trade openness - this model has undoubtedly shown enormous benefits for nations, for those of us that follow this model, of course.

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

Men shout to avoid listening to one another.

Am I entirely satisfied? No. But this order is now conditioned on provisions designed to address numerous possible harms to competition and to consumers, as well as to protect the openness and innovation that must always characterize the Internet.

The length of our meetings both yesterday (Monday) and today (Tuesday) gave us an opportunity to discuss issues in depth, but it has really been the frankness and openness of our discussions that have been most appreciated,

If there isn't an emanation of love and joy, complete presence and openness toward all beings, then it is not enlightenment.

Compassionate action emerges from the sense of openness, connectedness, and discernment you have created.

The constitutional presumption is for openness in the courts, but we have to ask whether we are really honoring that. What are the reasons for so many cases remaining under seal?

Presumption must be quenched even more than a fire.