Will Harvey Quotes

I think that's always very valuable: to keep the mind open to receiving all sorts of information, which can then be used in my work, but also just as a human being.

You cannot work with men who won't work with you.

I can walk through the front door of any factory and out the back and tell you if it's making money or not. I can just tell by the way it's being run and by the spirit of the workers.

Rampant inflation is just as hard to live with as the devaluation of commodities.

I'm the father of four daughters.

The accumulation of capital involves the expansion of value over time.

I... grew up in politics and I used to work for the Democratic Party.

Deadlines aren't bad. They help you organize your time. They help you set priorities. They make you get going when you might not feel like it.

The way I make music is unique to myself and the way I have lived my life - no one else would tell that story in the same way that I do.

I can't cuss and tell jokes the rest of my life. I gotta say something meaningful. I gotta give something back to a Creator who has given so much to me.

There is no perfect knowledge which can be entitled ours, that is innate; none but what has been obtained from experience, or derived in some way from our senses.

Secular Humanism is opposed to other religions; it actively rejects, excludes, and attempts to eliminate traditional theism from meaningful participation in the American culture.

Our gloomy Presbyterian ideas encourage fear of God, not love for him.

If we wish to rebuild our cities, we must first rebuild our neighborhoods.

Tape "Seinfeld" for me.

There is only one ultimate and effectual preventative for the maladies to which flesh is heir, and that is death.

You have to have a certain persona to be a star, you know, and I don't have that. I'm a banana.

Some people, like Leonard Cohen, write one album every 10 years, and labor over a song for five years at a time.

The ten most powerful two-letter words in the English language are: If it is to be, it is up to me.

It's good to feel excited by the environment you're in.

Expect to make some mistakes when you try new and different approaches. Sometimes colossal failures lead to spectacular successes.

I compare the pressure of a golf shot with making an extra point in basketball. The player starts from a full stop, and that rim doesn't move.

Men respect standards- get some!

Aw, no one's gonna shoot at me.

We all start out in life with one thing in common; We all have the same amount of time. It's just a matter of what we do with it.

Is God a man with two arms and legs like me? Does He have eyes, a head? Does He have bowels? Well I do, and that makes me more wonderful than He is!

So, according to the religious, you can only be good if you're scared of the consequences of being bad? Strange, I thought people were good because they care about each other?

You'll never learn a thing from a competitor weaker than you.

If your life is full, you will paint full pictures. If it is empty, your pictures will be empty too.

Minds are like parachutes-not much good unless they are open.

There are two things that come very easily to me: rooting for New York sports teams and making mistakes.

Science teaches you to open your eyes and appreciate the reality around you. Religion teaches you to close your eyes and cling to the fantasy within you.

People see me laughing and telling jokes, but they had no idea after the show was over, I had no joy in my life, in my heart.

I would never feel confident enough to express my views and opinions as the right ones because I just don't think that's possible. There are so many sides to everything that nobody is right or wrong.

At one point in time, you've just got to be a brave soldier, and speak up. What are you scared of, you know? So many of our entertainers have that fear because we're afraid of opposition.

Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a very rare and indispensable thing.

You have to look life straight in the eye. De-mystify your world. Can you really afford to believe magic is for real? Not when time is concerned.

Fatigue makes fools of us all. It robs us of our skills, our judgment, and blinds us to creative solutions.

The only solution to the contradictions of capitalism entails the abolition of wage labour.

To me, job titles don't matter. Everyone is in sales. It's the only way we stay in business.

I burned out on AIDS and did no AIDS work for a couple of years. I was so angry that people were still getting this disease that nobody can give you - you have to go out and get it!

The human intellect is the great truth-organ; realities, as they exist, are the subjects of its study; and knowledge is the result of its acquaintance with the things which it investigates.

It's so interesting to me how songs take on a shape and body of their own and grow.

By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.

As a young man, I went to Paris and soaked up many hours of film knowledge from Robert Hakim in my efforts to become a producer.

You're always fascinated by what you do, and how other people look at it.

Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.

Over the years with movies, I've given directors notes.

I'm finding my way, and I make mistakes.

If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?