[On Senator Jesse Helms] I think he ought to be worried about what's going on in the Good Lord's mind, because if there is retributive justice, he'll get AIDS from a transfusion, or one of his grandchildren will.

Sometimes you just gotta cry, but you never,ever do it in public.

If I dress like a schlump, I think like a schlump and I work like a schlump.

What's really amusing is that you see - when you look at everybody's statements that - on both sides of the aisle, they've talked out of both sides of their mouth, depending on who's in power and who's not.

[On General William Boykin] I hope he's not long for this world.

Judges have no actual power of enforcement. They don't have troops to carry out orders. They have no power of the purse. Yet our system of laws depends on lowly citizens and presidents abiding by court rulings.

I didnt know how much I cared about having a woman on the court until the day there was a woman on the court.