"I have been called a lot of things in my life, but 'fluffy' is not one of them."

"I’m sometimes asked, ‘When will there be enough women on the court?’ And my answer is, ‘When there are nine.’"

"If you want to be a true professional, you will do something outside yourself."

"If I had any talent in the world, any talent that I don't have now, I would be a great diva. And I would sing at the Met."

"The greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their views become the dominant view."