“Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.”

Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.

An operatic voice is like no other.

As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.

I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.

If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.

It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.

So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.

It’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.

Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.

My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.

Yet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?

So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.

You can disagree without being disagreeable.

The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.

I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.

My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.

Love is contagious. When I share love, it comes back to me multiplied. Love opens every door.

I can hide, and my husband’s just terrible at finding me. I do like to jump out from behind doors and scare him.

When you follow your bliss, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you.

I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I’m not afraid to look behind them.

Closed doors were once always left open, same goes for the heart.

People can open doors for you, but you must walk through.

The jealous keys of truth’s eternal doors.