She [Justice Sandra Day O'Connor], unlike, Judge Bork, did not think that being on the court would be an "intellectual feast," to quote Judge [Robert Heron] Bork.

You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.

Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I'll tell you what you value.

I do not believe that we have a right to tell other people, women, that they can't control their bodies.

No Ordinary American Cares About Their Constitutional Rights

A lucky person gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they're about to do and thinks it still matters.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference.

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.

If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong.

America's leaders have to find a way to work together, rise to the challenge, and come up with solutions as bold and visionary as the people of this nation.

It's a lot easier to understand things once you name them. It's the unknown that mostly freaks me out. I don't know the name of that fear, but I know I've got it, the fear of the unknown.

...the stars are fixed in rooftops like ink.

There are many amazing female directors that made work in more skewed times, so we should be thankful for the boundaries they pushed through.

When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.

Lazy reviewers look up other people's reviews and they write the same thing, so you get people writing crap based on crap.

I'm a serious optimist. I come from a country where you have little to be hopeful for, and so you have to always be an optimist.

I draw a weekly comic strip called Life in Hell, which is syndicated in about 250 newspapers. That's what I did before The Simpsons, and what I plan to do for the rest of my life.

I think politicians sometimes badly underestimate the true feelings that Americans have for the land.

Vegetarianism -- You are what you eat, and who wants to be a lettuce?

How beautiful is sorrow when it is dressed by virgin innocence! it makes felicity in others seem deformed.