PJ Harvey Quotes

I hear they burn for murder. Well, they say it just takes a second to die.

I always felt that the Cubans were being pushed into the Soviet Bloc by American policy.

Writing directly from a feeling of anger or sadness is difficult, but if you distract part of your brain with word games, the ignored emotion often tiptoes in.

Science is teaching man to know and reverence truth, and to believe that only so far as he knows and loves it can he live worthily on earth, and vindicate the dignity of his spirit.

Heaven alone, not earth, is destined to witness the repose of faith.

The gifts of genius are far greater than the givers themselves venture to suppose.

Genuine wit implies no small amount of wisdom and culture.

But, as all scientists know, there is a time lag of 12 to 18 months between the time a manuscript is submitted and the time it is published in a scientific journal.

I decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing.

My town was even smaller. Only six hundred people. We didn't have a grocery store.

I feel like it's very important that I'm doing what I'm doing, and I want to keep honoring that and try and do it as honestly as I can.

You shouldn't separate the piece from the way it's intended. I always feel like words shouldn't be unraveled from the music. They're all linked so much together.

In college, I thought I wanted to be solely an artist, and then when I got here, to college, I was like, "Okay, well I want to be a songwriter," 'cause it was like close to Nashville.

I just started writing and writing for people. And then, like I guess after (a) year of getting some placements, I kinda got a shot to be an artist. Long story short I think, yeah.

But even when I do give interviews, I always come across as such a completely different person. It seems like there's no controlling it anyway.

My mom is a sculptress.

If you don't believe in God, then where is your moral barometer?

I'm not a doctor. I just have a tremendous amount of common sense.

Act like a lady think like a man

But even in my darkest days I had faith it would turn around.

Men and women really do want the same things. We just need each other to bring it out. That's really the truth of the matter.

When people think you are speaking against them as a group, they try to shut it down out here.

I'm still very much a Christian and have a great relationship with God. I love Him, but one of my flaws is that I cuss.

You can tell me anything you want to about investment, but you can't move no money of mine, so I know where all of mine is. Now, if we ain't got a lot, it's our fault.

I just want to be loved, is that so wrong?!

Then I heard this genius teacher Stella Adler - I recommend you read anything you might find about her and if you have anyone interested in theatre, you get them one of her books.

Ethical decisions ensure that everyone's best interests are protected. When in doubt, don't.

To work all the time is to be incredibly lucky.

Religion: A lot of fanciful ideas inspired by wishful thinking. Science: A lot of logical ideas based on the best evidence available. Which should we have faith in?

The most important questions a human can ever ask must surely deserve the most convincing answers, not simply the most comforting?

The main substantive achievement of neoliberalism has been to redistribute rather than to generate wealth and income.

How time flies when you're doin all the talking.

It's through sheer will that I can sing.

And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television.

Jesse Helms has never been an invincible man.

People who become comedians… come from pain, come from conflict.

I went to the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago.

I didn't feel like it was essential to have a white host or a black host, I wanted a good host.

If you don't look ahead, you'll always be behind.

Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.

If you want to stay youthful, stay useful.

I believe that visualization is one of the most powerful means of achieving personal goals.

You can't be passionate when you feel like it. You have to be passionate about your job, product or cause all the time. There's no off switch on a tiger.

Worrying makes you cross the bridge before you come to it.

It doesn't matter if they say you can't do it. It only matters if you say you can't.

Believe in yourself, even when no one else does.

My Golden Rule of Networking is simple: Don't keep score.

Friends are made by many acts...and lost by only one.

I'm a little shot that just kept on shooting.

You know, for years I used to read about myself. They'd say, 'He has a temper' or 'He's a bully' or something like that, and it always bothered me.