Kara Swisher Quotes

OK, so truth hurts - but what else does truth do?

In order for me to get through all the red tape and just allow people to just get at my talent, I've got to set the record straight. And you can't set half the record straight; when you tell it, you've got to tell it all.

A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.

The best stories come out of the truth.

I'd just make sure with anything I say I know what I'm talking about.

I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.

Science blogs bore me. When everyone is an expert, no one is an expert.

I think it's counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don't. You surround yourself with people who are the real experts.

More information is always better than less. When people know the reason things are happening, even if it's bad news, they can adjust their expectations and react accordingly. Keeping people in the dark only serves to stir negative emotions.

I do believe that the truth gets out.

You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.

By honest I don't mean that you only tell what's true. But you make clear the entire situation. You make clear all the information that is required for somebody else who is intelligent to make up their mind.

I've been very, very careful to tell people what I am qualified to talk about and what I'm not qualified to talk about.

My goal was never to withhold information; my goal was to make sure everything was accurate, and frequently it wasn't.

People can tell if you don't know what you're talking about.

The first rule of hip-hop is probably keep it real. And that can mean a lot of different things, but that's certainly important in reporting and storytelling.

It's weird: you do a TED talk on something, and people think that you suddenly have a lot of answers around the topic.

Communication is number one, and we have to communicate honestly and openly with each other.

Sometimes players are very fed up with my communication, but that's what I do, and they know how I think. But they know I am very transparent.

People like a bit of honesty in films.

The biggest thing I worry about is the unsubstantiated story. You have to tell the people what you know -- and acknowledge what you don't know.

I think people were a little bit too concerned about what I would or would not be allowed to say. So let me just get that out of the way and get on to the business of telling, you know, a story, or two, or three, or 15. And also to say, "Okay, look. Here it is, don't worry about it. The restrictions and the watered-down and all the stuff that you thought was gonna happen really isn't the case." So we done got that out the way, and now we can just kind of move on.

You don't have to tell everything you know, but let what you do say be the truth as you understand it.

What I'm hoping to do though is to ground my extrapolations in specificity, and to make sure that the story I tell is deliberately and honestly told.

Know what you're talking about.