P. J. Harvey Quotes

We want to be true to ourselves, and honest to the fans and to ourselves.

Be as you wish to seem.

This above all; to thine own self be true.

In football, and in life, I have always tried to be completely honest and true to myself and my family at all times, and that is what I will continue to do.

When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.

I think it's important to just be a good, honest person and be true to who you are.

What I'm trying to do is be righteous. And when I say “righteous,” I don't mean God. You know? God- Righteous. I mean just when I wake up, I know I was honest to myself.

I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.

There's nothing harder than going on TV and saying something that you don't believe. I don't do that anymore.

You have to be honest about who you are.

I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it.

If you say that you're all about a certain something, and look back and see that the choices that you've made don't reflect that, then there's something for you to look at.

You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it.

I've already got my rent paid, and it's too late in my life for me to go around talking up stuff that I don't like or believe in.

My integrity means more to me than any fame or money. When I say something, I want people to take it to the bank that I mean it and believe in it.

Strive to be authentic all the time. That's sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting.

I think a part of being successful or trying to be successful is staying true to who you are. Be genuine.

In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.

In a way, I'd rather go into an interview and be disliked, and have unpleasant things written about me, than to have a wonderful, glowing article written that is in no way a reflection of who I am.

I'd rather be a face for happiness and doing things that you have a passion for, rather than faking it and pretending like I'm this face of women's basketball, when I can't stand the sport at all.

If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.

I don't really put my name to anything that I don't love and believe in, because there's no point.

Do what you do and mean it every second of the day. If you don't, you're living someone else's life.

Being truthful is a necessity because when I'm not being truthful it takes a toll on me. I don't have any room for it in my life. I don't have an across-the-board opinion on honesty in relationships. But for me, personally, it's paramount.

You have to keep a strong sense of who you really are - and I have a pretty strong sense of myself. It gets me in trouble when I say this, but I don't think of myself as a politician. I've always tried to be honest when communicating with people.