My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.

Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavors.

We should learn ... to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

Women's rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda, trained on the equal dignity and ability to live in freedom all people should enjoy.

If there was one decision I would overrule, it would be Citizens United. I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a little hard of hearing — to tune out and not snap back in anger or impatience.

The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.

Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of.

think about yourself because selfishness is everywhere

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... But not everyone must prove they are a citizen.

Notre Dame had a ... sorta... statistical defense.

Praise never gives us much pleasure unless it concur with our own opinion, and extol us for those qualities in which we chiefly excel.

without my wounds, who was I? My scars were my face, my past was my life.

I actually went to film school, but I didnt like it. Im basically self-taught.

The Negro pays for what he wants and begs for what he needs.

But deep this truth impressed my mind — Thro' all his works abroad, The heart benevolent and kind The most resembles God.

But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot of other businesses.

I talk in a daze, I walk in a maze I cannot get out, said the starling