PJ Harvey Quotes

Artists deserve to make a living

People don't like to hear the truth out here cause the truth makes them think.

Golf has probably kept more people sane than psychiatrists have.

The very things we wish to avoid, neglect and flee from turn out to be the 'prima materia' from which all real growth comes.

I am fiercely loyal to those willing to put their money where my mouth is.

A guy that's really serious about you, he's gotta be talking to you, he's gotta want to have one-on-one, in-your-face interaction. That's how we are.

The years don't always add wisdom, but they do add perspective.

Capitalists behave like capitalists wherever they are. They pursue the expansion of value through exploitation without regard to the social consequences.

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?

In my opinion, no young player can develop his or her game to its highest potential if he or she rides around the course in a golf cart.

Failure means you've now learned another valuable lesson that pushes you one step closer to success.

No matter how poorly you play, there is always someone you can beat. No matter how well you play, there is always someone who can beat you.

Your day usually goes the way the corners of your mouth turn. The most powerful single thing you can do to influence others is to smile at them.

Be brave if you lose and meek if you win.

Looking up is the biggest alibi ever invented to explain a terrible shot. By the time you look up, you've already made the mistake.

Secularism is not only indifferent to alternative religious systems, but as a religious ideology it is opposed to any other religious systems. It is therefore a closed system.

People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.

I just love having no clothes on outside, and the only time to do that is when the sun's shining. It's a wonderful sensation to not have any clothes on.

When the passion of the mystic for God is married to the passion of the activist for justice, a new fire is born.

The heart is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body, and is indeed the foundation of life, the source of all action.

Lessons are not to take the place of practice, but to make practice worthwhile.

In order to overcome fear, your dream must become bigger than fear.

For me, success is, during this early pilgrimage, to leave the woodpile a little higher than I found it.

I'm sure someone out there has a workable solution. But what do I know? I make comic books and write about jazz. I do know the difference between right and wrong, though.

Procrastinatio n will delay your change!!! Today is a very good day to change; don't let YOU stop yourself from growing!

Every morning brings new potential, but if you dwell on the misfortunes of the day before, you tend to overlook tremendous opportunities.

Moderate labor of the body conduces to the preservation of health, and cares many initial diseases.

Like what you do. If you don't like it, do something else.

You can be happy, or you can be right. If you want to be part of a couple and win every argument, you're in trouble.

You have nothing if you're texting a guy in a relationship. We can text six women a minute. We can text it and push 'reply all.' I mean, since we're lying, we might as well lie to everybody.

A good putter is a match for anyone. A bad putter is a match for no one.

People who don't make mistakes are no bloody good to you at all.

What we are here to do is to meet and become the person we are.

Civilization is only a series of victories against nature.

What breaks your heart, what you really love, is the thing that will sustain you. That's what you ought to be doing.

The equilibrium between supply and demand is achieved only through a reaction against the upsetting of the equilibrium.

Unless the human race realizes with a passion and reverence beyond thought or words its inter-being with nature, it will destroy in its greed the very environment it is itself sustained by.

God lets you be successful because he trusts you that you will do the right thing with it. Now, does he get disappointed often? All the time, because people get there and they forget how they got it.

Each generation imagines that we're all going to hell. Each generation goes through a little hell and comes out heat tempered and better than before.

One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.

What a recovery of the wisdom of the Mother brings to all of us is the knowledge of inseparable connection with the entire creation and the wise, active love that is born from that knowledge.

A pretty girl will always have the toughest time learning to play golf, because every man wants to give her lessons.

Oh, things always get better. Tomorrow will always be better. Just think about it . . . is there any time in history in which you'd rather live than now?

Make a game out of practice, you're still a child at heart

A golfer rarely needs to hit a spectacular shot until the one that preceded it was pretty bad.

Your dream has to be bigger than your fear.

You've got to quit lowering your standards. Set your requirements up front so when a guy hooks you, he has to know this is business.

Standardization of our educational systems [which includes testing]is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up.

Your career is what you're paid for. Your calling is what you're made for.

When we eat vegetarian foods, we needn't worry about what kind of disease our food died from; this makes a joyful meal!