Shirley Bassey Quotes

I'm always the guy that says never say never.

I've learned never say never.

I never say never, because I don't want to be one of those guys.

You never say never. That's one of the lessons I've learned.

You know, never say never.

I never say 'never,' and I never say 'always.'

I've learned never to say never.

You never say never to nothing.

I'm kind of like, "never say never."

I never say never about anything.

I like to leave a little room to innovate and change things around while I'm working.

I don't go into a movie with preconceived notions of where I want things to go.

A lot of people tend to think I'm a dogmatic ideologue, which I'm not.

Next time someone tells you 'never,' remember that means 'not for at least one hour.'

Never is a long word.

The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.

What should we think of someone who never admits error, never entertains doubt but adheres unflinchingly to the same ideas all his life, regardless of new evidence? Doubt and skepticism are signs of rationality. When we are too certain of our opinions, we run the risk of ignoring any evidence that conflicts with our views. It is doubt that shows we are still thinking, still willing to reexamine hardened beliefs when confronted with new facts and new evidence.

Nothing's planned. Never say never.

I'm not Stubborn; I'm right!

As you get older, you get stuck in your ways; just as you become stiffer physically, you also become stiffer mentally and more narrow-minded unless you make a conscious effort to keep yourself flexible.

It is all too easy to mistake passion that can change its mind for fundamentalism, which never will.

Never say "never" about anything, because if you do, life has a way of humbling you.

A daydreamer is prepared for most things.

To be a scientist you have to be willing to live with uncertainty for a long time. Research scientists begin with a question and they take a decade or two to find an answer. Then the answer they get may not even answer the question they thought it would. You have to have a supple enough mind to be open to the possibility that the answer sometimes precedes the question itself.

Belief in the traditional sense, or certitude, or dogma, amounts to the grandiose delusion, "My current model" -- or grid, or map, or reality-tunnel -- "contains the whole universe and will never need to be revised." In terms of the history of science and knowledge in general, this appears absurd and arrogant to me, and I am perpetually astonished that so many people still manage to live with such a medieval attitude.