Transparent Quotes

264 quotes by 241 authors

I walk along a street and see in the faces of the passersby not the expression they really have but the expression they would have… — Fernando Pessoa
My face is a transparent transmitter of my every thought. — Elizabeth Gilbert
Promise me we'll stay together, okay? His eyes are once again the clear blue of a perfectly transparent pool. They are eyes to swim in,… — Lauren Oliver
There are no crimes and no criminals in these days. What is the use of having brains in our profession? I know well that I… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Hitoshi: I'll never be able to be here again. As the minutes slide by, I move on. The flow of time is something I cannot… — Banana Yoshimoto
...when all the openings were closed, then the worlds would all be restored to their proper relations with one another, Lyraâ€™s Oxford and Willâ€™s would… — Philip Pullman
She shook her head. She was so pale under the diffuse lamp-light that she looked almost transparent, as if Simon could have looked right through… — Cassandra Clare
Perhaps everything lies in knowing what words to speak, what actions to perform, and in what order and rhythm; or else someone's gaze, answer, gesture… — Italo Calvino
I never wish to be easily defined. Iâ€™d rather float over other peopleâ€™s minds as something strictly fluid and non-perceivable; more like a transparent, paradoxically… — Franz Kafka
People dread silence because it is transparent; like clear water, which reveals every obstacleâ€”the used, the dead, the drowned, silence reveals the cast-off words and… — Janet Frame
Let me just acknowlege that the function of grammar is to make language as efficent and clear and transparent as possible. But if weâ€™re all… — John Green
We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and God is shining through it all the time. God manifests Himself everywhere, in everything… — Thomas Merton
I think the market should reward banks that have been transparent in recognising their problems. I think the tendency of banks to hide the problem… — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent. — Iain McGilchrist
Any unveiling is also veiling. No matter how transparent our governments want to be, governments will be selectively transparent. — Ivan Krastev
The healthcare industry has never had a priority on user experience because there has been little competition. Prices have never been transparent. — John Sculley
I love when things are transparent, free and clear of all inhibition and judgment. — Pharrell Williams
If you have nothing to hide, there is no reason not to be transparent. — Mohamed ElBaradei
I am convinced that in order for you, as a patient, to be protected, it has to be transparent, evidence-based, objective information. Not self-serving information.… — Patrick Soon-Shiong
Spending should be transparent. All spending by the Pentagon should be online. Every check. Exceptions should be made for legitimate national security issues. But military… — Grover Norquist

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