When I entered college, I thought that I wanted to be a lawyer, but by the time I was set to graduate, I was not too sure of that.

I think that Congress's ability to reason is fully equal to that of the judiciary.

The First Amendment, I think, is the jewel of our Constitution.

The most important quality for a judge is open- mindedness to the arguments.

I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion.

Good judges develop certain habits of mind. One of those habits of mind is the habit of delaying reaching conclusions until everything has been considered.

If you want know what sort of a justice I would make, then look at what sort of a judge I have been.

In order to have a society in which public issues can be openly and vigorously debated, it is not necessary to allow the brutalization of innocent victims.

Private religious speech can't be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secular speech.

I think that what my parents taught me about hard work, optimism and education still holds true.

I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct.

Your life is a book

He is not an ideal husband. I am his wife.

He who is discouraged after a failure is not a real artist.

There's going to be a flood of opportunities right now but I don't think I could really talk about them.

Skip the boring parts.

For Joey Bishop, always was kind of the lost soul, so I did a traffic joke.

The cart before the horse is neither beautiful nor useful.

The only alternative to tradition is bad tradition

All our inventions have endowed material forces with intellectual life, and degraded human life into a material force.

You have to be able to laugh at yourself. That's what I tell Asian people all the time.