Its always the minorities who arent a part of the mainstream who define what the limits... of the majority are going to be.

The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. We are guardian of rights, and we have to tell people things they often do not like to hear.

It is easy to be popular. It is not easy to be just.

My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically unpopular, so be it.

Courts are an aristocratic institution in a democracy. That's the dilemma for an institution that has the function of reviewing the will of the people. We're bound to be "anti-majoritarian."

The courts are an easy scapegoat because at a time when everything has to boiled down to easy slogans, we speak in subtleties.

Art strives for form, and hopes for beauty.

We are incarcerating more people on a per capita basis in California than any country in the world other than South Africa or the Soviet Union.

As he passed Alistair to depart the library, Bosque said, "I'm pleased you didn't limit your vision. Ambition is the fertile soil in which true power can be cultivated.

Verbal arguments should always be suspect.

Broken or whole... you're all mine. You... are all mine! ~Sade~

Whereas, if you just say all right, let's try to bring in some recurring people, maybe that will alleviate some of the burdens on the budget moving forward.

Even in this world of course it is the stupidest children who are most childish and the stupidest grown-ups who are most grown-up.

Like people, plants respond to extra attention.

The real magic wand is the child's own mind.

I think the funds that have been pledged at Euro Summit combined with the outcome of the private sector involvement process should be sufficient in order to support financially the Greek economy.

I do a great deal of research, especially in the apartments of tall blondes.

Sometimes you do know where the ideas are coming from and sometimes you don't. You might get a song coming through that you just don't know about.