Each of us brings to our job, whatever it is, our lifetime of experience and our values.

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.

If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.

Discovering that I was adopted redefined my entire world, but it taught me that who you are doesn't change.

Success need more than jumping, You must leap and hop

It would seem that marsupials are poor imitations of full-fledged mammals. Their inadequacy gives them a certain appeal

It doesn't work if the bad guys kill his mother's uncle's friend's neighbor's pet dog. You've got to make the stakes high.

But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.

A man who thinks too much about his ancestors is like a potato-the best part of him is underground.

Me and my big mouth! I'd get rid of it, only it's such a handy place to keep my teeth.

Making an object means imbuing it with its own spirit.

Everything was good. But it was awful, too.