I don't know how a judge can concentrate on being fair and impartial when he or she is faced with possible jail time for making a decision that others deem incorrect.

The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community.

Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom.

I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases.

The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation.

Unfortunately civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable.

We don't accomplish anything in this world alone.

Be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination, if you always strive for excellence, you can and should have a substantial impact on the world in which you live.

This chance will stand before you only once.

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of the power of my arguments, not my gender

We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.

The thing is and I know this is going to sound strange- that I seem to love you sort of desperately.

You can never hurt me, And you will never cause me painCause you're made of fire, And I'm the heavy rain.

I've thrown enough punches in my life to know when someone is hurting.

Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.

If you go back to the first single-cell form of life, it clearly possessed the capacity to receive, to utilize, to store, to transform, and to transmit information.

Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes.

I just feel like when you fall in love you can't help who you fall in love with. You love who you love; it just is what it is.

No Jews have our own guilt, that's why we have psychiatrists - the Jewish version of a priest.

In order to go anywhere it is necessary to be where one is.

Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.