Helmut Jahn Quotes

I delight not in spreading any thing mysterious, for I consider it all lost time; but the things that all of us can see and know if we will.

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.

When you start hiding things away, that's when the darkness creeps up. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

I'm a huge believer in clarity.

Light is the greatest disinfectant in nature and also in organizations.

The thing that I've decided is, I don't want to be invisible, but I'd like to be transparent. I want people to see what I'm thinking and see through me.

It would be easier to be more mysterious, but I try to be accessible.

I will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent.

Transparency is the new objectivity.

Radical transparency fosters goodness in so many ways for the same reasons that bad things are more likely to take place behind closed doors.

I believe in accessibility. I believe in honesty and a culture that supports that. And you can't have that if you're not open to receiving feedback.

I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth.

I will exercise patience and will provide all facts to the general public.

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.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

We don't need secrecy.

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

What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.

The American public's a lot more sophisticated than we all give them credit for. And on complicated issues, I'm going to give them straight answers. And if it takes more than three minutes, I'm going to do it.

I'm just trying to get rid of all the mystery surrounding me and let people see what I'm thinking. So they can understand me and stop assuming things about me.

In order to be transparent, you really have to be completely honest and open, so that's how I've lived my life, and that's where I am now. I am completely transparent. There's nothing that you can't ask me and nothing I won't talk about.

What you see is what you get.

I am a very public person. I have nothing to hide.

I just think we need more accountability and more transparency.

The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.