Adam Davidson Quotes

I've learned it's important to never lock yourself down into one thing - you need to remain fluid and open to all possibilities.

If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.

The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.

People are looking for certainty. The more complex the world becomes, the more people look for people to give them certainty and tell them what to do. During the past few years of actively thinking about this, there is one thing that I have accepted: certainty is not out there. There is not one strategy to follow, and that's OK.

I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there actually are in heaven and earth.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'

I've learned to never rule anything in or out.

If you are open-minded and you let the universe come in, you never know where things might go.

I believe in everything - a little bit.

Everything is true and not true about everything. That’s one thing I’ve learned.

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

Faith has to take in all the other possibilities it can.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

When nothing is sure, everything is possible.

The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead.

Neither with those nor with the others, with all I agree and dissent; in all part of truth and part of error must be seen.

My life won't be a series of either/ors - musician or actor, rock or country, straitlaced or rebellious, this or that, yes or no. The real choices in life aren't that simple.

You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions.

Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don't know about. Limit your 'always' and your 'nevers.'

I never know what's going to happen or what opportunities are going to be given to me. I've found with the opportunities that I've been given have made it possible for me to explore different characters and exciting stories.

I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.

Pour a liquid out of its container, and it changes shape, fills the space you give it. If you give children a lot of space, it may surprise you where they'll go and the shape they'll take.

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.

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