"I often said that if I had any talent in the world, it would be as an opera diva. But my voice is not up to it."

"Dissents speak to a future age. It's not simply to say, 'My colleagues are wrong and I would do it this way.' But the greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their views bec…"

"One of the things that I'm proudest of is that I was a law professor and I taught at Rutgers and at Columbia, and I was able to show young women that they could be lawyers too."

"I think it's important to have a sense of humor. Life is too serious otherwise."

"I think it's important to be persistent. To keep fighting for what you believe in."