I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant

I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.

You can't always expect a certain result, but you can expect to do your best.

We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common...The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone.

calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.

Testifying has helped me understand that one individual's behavior and actions make a difference. That my actions are important to people other than myself

My parents are older, and they lead a somewhat sheltered life. It was difficult to talk with them about things that were embarrassing to me, and that I had never spoken to them about

I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer.

I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to protect the African-American community.

I am hopeful that others who have suffered sexual harassment will not become discouraged by my experience, but instead will find the strength to speak out about this serious problem.

But the issue of sexual harassment is not the end of it. There are other issues - political issues, gender issues - that people need to be educated about.

Listen to the voice of God and a time will come when you will have an inheritance of all nations

If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.

Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.

As Coleridge said, "We receive but what we give." The happy life is a life of continual generosity in which we go out to meet and acclaim the world.

As far as I'm concerned, everything bad that happens in the world stems from the same place, they're people who don't feel important.

This is who I am. Not everybody has to like it.

I think comedy is the hardest actual form of writing there is.

My first payback to society in life, was The Dolphin Project.

That's the quickest way to my heart: Laughter.

We should not underestimate the ability of people to do wrong if they want to do so.