"When I'm sometimes asked, 'When will there be enough women on the Supreme Court?' and I say, 'When there are nine,' people are shocked. But there'd been nine men, and nobody ever raised a question abo…"

"As women achieve power, the barriers will fall. As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it."

"I try to be optimistic. I think that's the only way to get through life."

"I'm still a work in progress."

"The true symbol of America is not the eagle, but the common barnyard hen."