The members of the court were just delighted to have a ninth member - male or female. They were all kind and welcoming.

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.

Nothing happens easily in our lives. To get something, you have to attract it with the power of your love.

Five tender apricots in a blue bowl, a brief and exact promise of things to come.

If love is what we search for.... Then why at the end of our search we only find pain?

It's Coke, my man. You really think I'm going to let you pour any more alcohol into your body tonight?

I am a former sabre fencer and fenced as part of the Uzbek republic team.

Behold a universe so immense that I am lost in it. I no longer know where I am. I am just nothing at all. Our world is terrifying in its insignificance.

I'm not going to lie, there are more interesting ways to spend your time than answering questions about yourself. But if there were no questions to ask me, I might have a beef with that.

A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides its citizens.

If you really want a life which has no boredom in it, drop all masks, be true. Sometimes it will be difficult, I know, but it is worth it. Be true.

Life is always uncertain,'he said with a shrug. 'We cannot let the fear of what might happen stop us living as we choose.