If you take a position under the Constitution that is against the majority view, you have to explain it well enough that maybe you can persuade some of that majority to agree with you.

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 noisy jay swoops by and reviles me, he complains of my meow and my malingering.I too am not a bit subdued, I too am uncontrollable, I sound my splenetic yowl over the roof of the h

Increasingly, we're developing all kinds of systems for verifying reality by echoing it.

Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.

Philosophy rests on a proposition that whatever is is right. Preaching begins by assuming that whatever is is wrong.

But I certainly made mistakes, for which I regret, I think most human beings in their lifetime make mistakes, mine ended up in two years prison - two very remarkable years from which I learnt a lot.

Words can be deceitful, but pantomime necessarily is simple, clear and direct

I don't believe in having spaces in the home that don't get used. We pay so much for square footage that to waste it is criminal.

When I write about my childhood I think, oh my God, how did I ever get from there to here? Not that any great thing has happened to me. But I felt so tiny, so lost.

I have this weird thing where all the artists that I find myself engaging with the most are the ones that I have a bone to pick with.

I love good food. For me, that means lots of green juice, salad, and good dark chocolate.