John Darnielle Quotes

I've always embraced everything and been open-minded about what's ahead.

I'm never sure what's coming next, but I'm an open minded person and I welcome any challenge.

I'm not one to plan, but I'm always positive about things.

I am happy to do anything that comes my way, and I will always do my best in anything that presents itself.

I take each thing as it comes and try and give it 110 per cent - it's just a blessing to be able to do different things.

I was always willing to say, "Let's see what happens," when something came up that looked like it might help me get a little closer to where I wanted to be . . .

I do like change. That's the one thing exciting about me.

Well, for us, it's always better not to have too many expectations and to just go with the flow because then it's always a big plus no matter what happens.

I love life way too much and find fun in almost anything. I'm a chameleon.

I would say that being open to new things is kind of vital in this line of work, if not all lines of work, and being prepared to embrace the challenge of the new thing is something I want in my life until the day it's over.

My goals for the next part of my life: Whatever I'm handed, I'm gonna make the most of it. If it's good for me, I'm gonna take it.

One of my strengths over the years is to be open-minded.

My story shows never say never.

Whatever the language, I will make the best of the opportunities coming my way.

I think that cynicism is the enemy. Cynicism thinks it knows how things work. "Oh yeah, you know how that works." I think uncertainty is the thing you have to keep embracing. You have to keep saying, I actually don't know, and going out is going to tell me something every time.

I'm an easy person to get along with. Even when I struggle, I have the same attitude.

There are just lots of possibilities in the world...I need to keep my mind open for what could happen and not decide that the world is hopeless if what I want to happen doesn't happen. Because something else great might happen in between.

Believe in something for another world, but don't be too set on what it is, and then you won't start out that life with a disappontment. Live your life so that whenever you lose you are ahead.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

I think I have terminal curiosity. So I always think that the future will be better and different than the past. As I look back and take inventory of myself, I'm very open-minded and flexible. People say the older you get, you get set in your ways. I don't think so.

I learned the importance of being nonjudgmental, taking what happens and trying to make it work.That's something you should apply to life.

I never say never about anything.

Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism.

Just watching people's ability to adapt, especially young people's, inspires me to accept more in life instead of wishing things were different all the time.

I live my life on self-belief and I live it partly on going with the flow.