“We have seen what you have been through (and what has been through you). You become clear.”— Andrew Mitchell, amazon.com
“Who wants transparency when you can have magic? Who wants prose when you can have poetry? Pull away the veil and what are you left with? An ordinary young woman of modest ability and little imagination. But wrap her up like this, anoint her with oil, and hey, presto, what do you have? A goddess.”— Peter Morgan, Duke of Windsor, Alex Jennings, imdb.com
“People fear what they can't see. And that's what makes you different. They see you. It makes them trust you.”— Akela Cooper, Claire Temple, Rosario Dawson, imdb.com
“I put myself out there on social media because I want people to see who I am.”— Bella Thorne, youtube.com
“One of the most important benefits of reaching out to others is learning that the experiences that make us feel the most alone are actually universal experiences.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“The hardest part for me was honestly the analytical part of exploring not only my own interests but America’s fascination with it, because I’m not even sure I got to the bottom of it, frankly.”— Amy Kaufman, themuse.jezebel.com
“'Transparency' isn't releasing just one side's memo. At the very least, if you really want 'transparency' you release both.”— Sally Kohn, twitter.com
“I just wrote the truth, and it made me feel better. So I wrote more. I felt even better. After two years of telling the truth on the page, as I know it, I've written an entire book and it helped reshape my view on life, my work, my body, my family, and, most importantly, myself.”— Gabourey Sidibe, amazon.com
“Simplicity is a kind of transparency in which subtle nuances can have outsize effects. When everything is visible and appears to be dumb, that’s when the details take on larger meanings.”— David Byrne, amazon.com
“If you have nothing to hide, there is no reason not to be transparent.”— Mohamed Elbaradei, news.bbc.co.uk
“When you’re being honest, you can never completely murder your life. Lies kill but telling the truth, well, you might just survive.”— Ryan O'Connell, mylivejournalsucks.tumblr.com
“You’re gonna save all the souls. You’re gonna get everyone in one place, you’re gonna teach them all the same things. There can be one morality, one set of rules. Imagine!”— Dave Eggers, amazon.com
“I love being transparent because when I am transparent no one can take anything away from me. I am in full possession of all my strengths and all my weaknesses. No one can point out what I haven’t already.”— Chrissy Stockton, xsssy.tumblr.com
“The older you get, the easier it is to spot the phonies. And I just think, how unpleasant for them.”— Carrie Fisher, esquire.com
“My fullest concentration of energy is available to me only when I integrate all the parts of who I am, openly, allowing power from particular sources of my living to flow back and forth freely through all my different selves, without the restriction of externally imposed definition.”— Audre Lorde, amazon.com
“Transparency is really about reshaping organizational cultures, structures, and processes — even products and services — to prepare companies and organizations to meet new expectations for values-based behavior in an increasingly transparent world.”— Don Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams, amazon.com
“Nearly 250 million video surveillance cameras have been installed throughout the world, and chances are you’ve been seen by several of them today. Most people barely notice their presence anymore — on the streets, inside stores, and even within our homes. We accept the fact that we are constantly be…”— Tarun Wadhwa, marketwatch.com
“We, and those you have sent into battle against us, have been stripped naked, our texts, online chats and finances revealed through the press and the courts.”— Nick Denton, gawker.com