I don't really have the luxury to be bitter. I don't have the luxury of having negative things in my life.
Clarence ThomasPeople get bent out of shape about the fact that when I was a kid, you could not drink out of certain water fountains. Well, the water was the same.
Clarence ThomasI love being around people who work with their hands, who do the hard things to keep our country going. They're just my kind of people.
Clarence ThomasI have to admit that I'm one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is a miracle.
Clarence ThomasGovernment cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. That [affirmative action] programs may have been motivated, in part, by good intentions cannot provide refuge from the principle that under our Constitution, the government may not make distinctions on the basis of race.
Clarence Thomas