I tried to decide each case based on the law and the Constitution.

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.

love is blindand lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit

That's the first rule of survival in enemy waters: volunteer nothing.

a story always sounds clear enough at a distance, but the nearer you get to the scene of events the vaguer it becomes.

Moral failure occurs when people lose focus and gradually drift off the path.

I have been through the stages of disbelief and shock, to anger and ultimately grief over the loss of the family I so badly wanted for my children.

There's a lot of people out now around America who depend on checks from their fellow taxpayers being in the mailbox every day.

In Texas, we practically come out of the womb in jeans.

My style of play has always been the same. I never tried to develop a specific style. From very young I just played this way.

I like that about human nature, that people are always striving to do better, and find something new.

Sometimes people come and they have so much pain and confusion in their eyes... what to do? A few words is a little bit of balm but doesn't really solve the deep disease within.