Geraldine Ferraro Quotes

The time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror.

I don't much like to look back with the idea that I was doing it wrong then or I'm doing it wrong now.

When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.

The selfish thing about an athlete is you always look at the side of things where you say I could've done that better.

I say really stupid things sometimes. When I go back and watch some of my old interviews from when I was younger, I just cringe.

I wondered had I really oversold the Hubble. I have to admit that, since, I have been convinced that I didn't.

Some people go to bed at night thinking, 'That was a good day.' I am one of those who worries and asks, 'How did I screw up today?'

I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.

In the worst memoirs, you can feel the author justifying himself - forgiving himself - in every paragraph. In the best memoirs, the author is tougher on him- or herself than his or her readers will ever be.

I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.

I'd be lying if I didn't say there were days when I went back and said, 'I wish I'd done this. I should have done that. I handled this the wrong way.' But it's always in the motivation of getting better. I've never once looked in the mirror and said, 'Oh boy, can't do this one.'

I'm a grown woman. I can come up with plenty of things that I've done and said or didn't say or failed to do that remain with me as sources of embarrassment.

Where I Was Wrong

I used to drive myself crazy by thinking, three days later, 'Ugh, why didn't I play it like that? Ugh, now that line makes sense to me.'

I'm hard on myself, like, 'Oh, why did you say that?' But it helps me grow.

But I had a strong reaction to my first three albums and I struggle with them now, as an adult. It's very much the same as looking at your teenage photos in high school.

I know I've made mistakes, and sometimes I've talked about things too openly or directly. That wasn't good, and I've learned from that.

I'd be lying to you if I said I had not done some soul searching.

I'm not going to sugarcoat myself. For what?

I've criticized myself over the years.

Every man writes his manner. I just made poor decisions.

I usually do drive-by insults, and keep moving until I realize the next day how horrible I am.

I know I have only myself to blame for all the problems I've had in my life.

It's a lovely answer and takes me entirely by surprise. I hadn't realized we were having a serious conversation, or I think I would've given a better reply when he asked me.

I should have written more. I should have written more during the period when I just liked so much doing the political work in the streets.