Rehnquist was just reflecting his shifting role, from outsider to the institutional embodiment of the Court.

Toughened or coarsened by their worldly lives, the other dissenters could shrug and move on, but Souter couldn't. His whole life was being a judge.

He saw the Constitution as the vehicle to keep ecumenical passions in check.

Purple prose attracts attention more than converts.

He did what good lawyers always do. He shifted his argument in the direction his audience was already going.

He denounced self-pity and pitied himself.

The result always mattered more than the rhetoric.

i found religion in the greeting card aisle now i know hallmark was right

American cinema is international like the fairy tales were international.

It's the biggest party in the world, and you have to keep the whole thing percolating, which is difficult because a lot of awards most people don't care about.

I've been on teams that lost a hundred games in a season. I've been on teams that had a shot to make the playoffs and fizzled out at the end.

I will not lie to you. These false attacks are absolutely hurtful.

My parents professed to believe in God, but I rarely heard his name mentioned unattached to 'damn' or 'sakes' or 'willing.

Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.

I was scared into being good. But I'm sure I did regular kid stuff.

Seeing does not always believe.

I must bridge the gap between adolescent glitter and mature glow.