Perspective Matters Quotes

The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward.

I've spent a lot of time in my political life talking about why it matters to have women in the decision making, whether it's at the family table, whether it's in a board room, whether it's in the halls of Congress, whether it's in your community meeting. And it has to do with the fact that women's lives are different. You know? They're not better or worse than men's, but they are different and we bring that different perspective to whatever we do. And it's important to have that perspective at the table.

When I go in the Octagon, it's no big deal. Just gonna go fight. Majority of the people? 'Dude, I'm scared to even walk through there.' Everything's a matter of perspective.

'Reform' is pillage and plunder if you're against it, and it's good government if you're for it.

There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth.

To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part.

It is safer to try to understand the low in the light of the high than the high in the light of the low. In doing the latter one necessarily distorts the high, whereas in doing the former one does not deprive the low of the freedom to reveal itself as fully as what it is.

And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face.

When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.

I think there are some stories that need to be told by a specific person as opposed to in the third person.

History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant.

What matters is not the facts but how you discover and think about them.

Your success is in your point of view. It's your life that you're talking about; it's your observations. That's the best lesson that I ever had.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

Women hold themselves back because they don't think their perspective matters. I'm here to tell you that you're not just robbing yourself when you do that: you're robbing all of us.

The difference between a pebble and a mountain lies in whom you ask to move it.

There is no unique picture of reality.