Tom Araya Quotes

I think, a lot of times, players get in trouble when they're asked questions and they think they have to find a way to answer it. If you ask me a question and I say, 'I don't know,' there's really no follow-up.

I think sometimes people get distracted in interviews.

I tell my students that if you have enough preparation, you can handle the big interviews. You won't be intimidated.

The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.

Look at the evidence and to be willing to question your own truths, and to be willing to scrutinize things that you hold dearly because that way, that transparency, that self-awareness, will protect you from ever becoming somebody that whose beliefs somehow make them have myopic vision about what could be.

I usually tell people upfront what to expect, and that I really want their feedback and their ideas, and if they think I've got a hair out of place or food stuck in my teeth, gosh, I want to know that.

My best attribute is knowing when not to answer stupid questions.

The ABC's are attitude, behavior and communication skills.

I'm genuine and I'm available. I want people to be at their best. I want them to love and be loved to their fullest ability. My friends call me their relationship nanny, so we have a good time working through problems. Now, I don't claim to be an expert, but I am a woman who has been through everything.

I'm open to comments. I'm open to objective points of view, because I've been very narrow and very subjective.

Training to be a therapist teaches you to shut up and listen, and that is certainly useful as a writer.

Everybody, as soon as they do a good experiment, their first thought in this lab is, 'That can't be right. I must have screwed it up. What did I do wrong?' And that's the best kind of scientist because they're filled with this self-doubt. And if I'm going to be honest, that's who I am. And it's what drives me.

I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow.

Well I think that you have to be open and honest in order to learn from your mistakes and be able to correct them in the future to understand what would happen to take things off course. And if we don't address these issues openly and honestly then we don't learn.

I am a good listener. I think that came from my schooling.

I'm dealing with things as they come along, and I'm talking about it.

Don’t ever talk until you know what you’re talking about…

When you talk, you only talk about something that you already know. But when you listen, you can learn something you don’t know.

I consider it to be the duty of anyone who sees a flaw in the plan not to hesitate to say so.

I am not so enamored of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them

In my own personal career, I have felt almost the most difficult thing to deal with is someone who doesn't tell you what they are thinking.

The biggest piece of advice I have is - listen. Don't jump to the answer or what you think the answer is. The more you listen, the more you learn.

We're always working on our communication, which is something that's important. Instead of going through managers to discuss things, we will sit down and have meetings about things. That's a process. And you have to be able to be honest with each other as much as you can.

Moderating a debate means spending more time with briefing books than with your children. It means writing and rewriting and rephrasing. It means finding a way to be alert enough to notice when your question goes unanswered and nimble enough to decide what you will do about that on the spot.