#openness

Human societies vary in lots of independent factors affecting their openness to innovation. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#factors #human #human societies #independent #innovation

I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs. ↗

— George Hickenlooper

#be humble #beliefs #compromising #firm #humble

Well we are hoping that the power of the community of free nations is such that our sovereignty our rights are not going to be challenged by anybody who's going try to undermine the freedom, the openness of our societies and our security. ↗

— Douglas Feith

#challenged #community #free #free nations #freedom

Openness about death has led to greater care about all aspects of dying. ↗

— Polly Toynbee

#aspects #care #death #dying #greater

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable. ↗

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

#alone #believe #everyone #i #i do

In Hollywood there's a great openness, almost a voracious appetite for new people. In England there's a great suspicion of the new. In cultural terms, that can be a good thing, but when you're trying to break into the film industry, it's definitely a bad thing. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#almost #appetite #bad #bad thing #break

There's just some magic in truth and honesty and openness. ↗

— Frank Ocean

#just #magic #openness #some #truth

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion. ↗

— Max de Pree

#beautiful #beautiful things #both #dignity #diversity

Hopefully, 21 years later, Judge Roberts possesses an openness with respect to issues of gender-based wage discrimination. ↗

— Olympia Snowe

#hopefully #issues #judge #judge roberts #later

It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#always #detest #egotism #failure #feeling