Lisa Murkowski Quotes

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

There are no sure answers, only better questions.

I try to examine everything to see if there's another approach.

I think that certainty is a closed door, It's the end of the conversation. Doubt is an open door.

An open-minded person running a business might catch a problem faster than a closed-minded person. And when they identify a problem, they can fix it much faster.

It's sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity. It's about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.

Any leader needs to be constantly interested in what's going on in the world, and constantly ready - even when things are going well - to change.

I couldn't tell you what I am going to do next 'cause I have no idea, but I am open to anything.

You need to be open and explore while heading where you want to go. You can never be too in love with your own ideas. If you can remember every idea that is yours in a script, as opposed to someone else's, then something is wrong.

I've always said to everyone that ever worked for me, if you get too dug in on a position, the facts change, and you don't change to adapt to the facts, you will never be successful.

Being surrounded by diverse points of view pushes us beyond our comfort zones. And when people and teams bring multiple perspectives and experiences to the table, the discussions are deeper, the decision-making process is better, and the solutions are stronger.

Making assumptions taught me a lot as a producer, because it's something I never do now.

The thing about it is, I'm one of these people that if you're not getting anywhere, you gotta change it up, and you gotta ask more questions.

We should never allow ourselves to be bullied by an either-or. There is often the possibility of something better than either of these two alternatives.

One final thing a director needs: The ability to say 'I am wrong' or 'I was wrong.' Not as easy as it sounds. But in many situations, these 3 words, honestly spoken, will save the day.

Some time ago," he said, "--how long it seems! -- I remember saying to a young friend of mine of the name of Spiller, 'Comrade Spiller, never confuse the unusual with the impossible.' It is my guiding rule in life.

Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.

I can't understand how people can settle for having just one life. I remember we were in English class and we were talking about that poem by - that one guy. David Frost. 'Two roads diverged in a yellow wood-' You know this poem, right? 'Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler, long I stood and looked down one as far as I could, to where it bent in the undergrowth-" "I loved that poem. But I remember thinking to myself: Why? How come you can't travel both? That seemed really unfair to me.

Don't make assumptions.

We seem to have trouble with [critical thinking]. And our political system doesn't help.

You can't say to someone with a brain like Morse, This is the way you do it, regardless of the circumstances; this is the way it is done.

I don't mind trying it out and making sure something seems to work well.