Hunter Hayes Quotes

There is no single right answer or path forward, but there is one right way to frame the problem.

Part of the scientific temperament is this tolerance for holding multiple hypotheses in mind at the same time.

There are no sure answers, only better questions.

I would say that I'm 98 percent skeptical, but the other 2 percent [is] open for the possibility of things.

I'm very careful not to have ideas, because they're inaccurate.

Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what.

Never stop paying attention to things. Never make your mind up finally. Do not hold beliefs.

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 don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.

The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.

It's hard to find logic in things sometimes. That's why I can't analyze things too much, because it often doesn't make much sense.

I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.

Because a truly skeptical position would be a very uncertain one.

I love to doubt as well as know.

What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt.

I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection.

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

True science teaches, above all, to doubt

Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.

I have learned to listen and to hone my instincts to be perceptive and be receptive to change, to constantly live in ambiguity.

I think it's very important to keep in the back of your mind: 'What if I'm wrong?'

I'm not ideological. I think sometimes when people are ideological, the world's a lot easier. Because it falls into either right or wrong, or black or white, or whatever. To me, I'm still trying to figure out a lot of things.

In the course of your education you have always been taught to look for the right answer - but you must also know that in life, sometimes the right answer is that there isn't one.

Sometimes my doubt seems intuitive, but most likely it derives from an implausibility or a logical problem I may at first find difficult to identify and articulate. It is interesting to me to work through questions that arise in this way.

Do not feel certain of anything.