I'm not any kind of a bigot, I'm not.

I'm not any kind of a bigot, I'm not.

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.

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

If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.

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

A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge's only obligation - and it's a solemn obligation - is to the rule of law.

I have been a judge for 15 years and I've made up my own mind during all that time.

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.

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.

Everything that has happened in my life is because of good government and because the United States of America was the greatest nation on the face of the earth.

If I ever had twins, I'd use one for parts.

Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward.

Truth is a continuous examination, and Fact... always supersedes belief.

The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds.

A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by mother, who sees that the others get it.

This is easy to say with the benefit of hindsight, but I think it once again points out how very important style of leadership, that is the way he does what he does, is to his perception.

When I've ridden in parades, I always throw to the kids, the elderly and anyone who is smiling and having a great time. I try to make eye contact with the person. If you catch a ton and a kid nearby hasn't caught much, share.

After 'Peepshow,' I really don't know what my next project will be. But I would like to keep on doing theater. I think I could do that forever.

We all want to be happy, and we’re all going to die… You might say those are the only two unchallengeably true facts that apply to every human being on this planet.

But you base everything on people you know.

Many composers use software to write music - programs like Finale or Sibelius. There are also recording programs. I should say I'm still very old-fashioned, I still use pencil and paper. But almost every composer I know does it the 'new way.'

It's also crazy how Shakespeare has that cadence, and it's about locking into the jazz of the language, just like locking into the rhythm in N.W.A's lyrics.

Hear the birds? Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm deaf and I try to imagine what it's like not to be able to hear them. It's not that bad.

I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on.

When you're public, you're at the mercy of the markets. You can be doing extremely well, but if the markets are in the tank or your industry is in the tank, you don't get rewarded for it.

I left school at 15 feeling fairly useless and not really up to scratch in my education. And I still suffer sometimes from that lack of education.

I don't really have special rituals, but I don't try to write fiction unless I have a minimum of a few hours. For me, it takes a while to settle into a mode where I'm truly concentrating.

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.

Death's not one of those things that frighten the life out of me. Getting up on stage with the curtain going up frightens me more.

In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.

In the United Nations, when China entered, we voted on the same position, and since then we have maintained the same position, that position has not changed.

You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress, simultaneously.