Peter Agre Quotes

We have to overthrow the idea that it's a diversion from 'real' work when scientists conduct high-quality research in the open. Publicly funded science should be open science. Improving the way that science is done means speeding us along in curing cancer, solving the problem of climate change and launching humanity permanently into space.

Secrecy in science does not work. Withholding information does more damage to us than to our competitors.

I'm somebody's who's in favor of transparency and openness.

There's no reason to hide anything; there's just timeliness of age and what's appropriate.

It is vain to keep a secret from one who has a right to know it. It will tell itself.

Secrecy is for losers. For people who do not know how important the information really is.

Conflicts of interest' arise when you're not - when you're sneaky about it, when you're shady about it, when you're not transparent about it. If you tell everyone, 'Here's what's going on. Here's the process; here are the people that are playing a role' - that's being transparent.

There are no secrets.

In the end, the public has the right to know about any undertakings top public officials engage in that may influence how they conduct the people's business.

I'm not good at keeping secrets.

We expect candor and transparency from the president, from the administration.

You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.

If you're not open, you're not transparent, you're still holding on to vaults of information, you're not going to build that trust.

I was never any good at keeping secrets.

Public sharing is an important part of science.

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

My life is an open book. You're welcome to speculate.

I tell everything to my parents.

I'm willing to be an open book, to a point.

Being honest means being forthright about information, no matter how painful disclosing that information might be.

My attitude is that, if you have nothing to hide, why not show it?

I want people to know the truth. That's what drives me. That there is truth in the world to know, and once you know it, you have a responsibility to share it.

My little brothers can ask me any question in the world, and if I've got the answer, I'm going to give it to them.

Transparency is so important in business.

I've never had anything to hide.