I need to retire from retirement.

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 word “future” and females is a dangerous combination.

Life is like a magnet: success attracts and failure repels.

I want to celebrate the sadness that makes you feel everything so deeply. I want to throw a party for the wounds that make you so unabashedly human.

You can't fool Mother Nature, and you can't fool market forces (at least not for long)

The living is merely a type of what is dead, and a very rare type.

Nobody actually creates perfect code the first time around, except me. But there's only one of me.

Do not be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology, even Buddhist ones. All systems of thought are guiding means; they are not absolute truth.

Ronald Reagan defeated Soviet communism without firing a shot.

You have to have a passionate opinion; otherwise you sound false. You end up telling the audience jokes they've already heard.

I think every person and place is interesting, and there's an interesting story behind every door.