sandra day oconnor
What was a problem was the excessive amount of media attention to the appointment of the first woman and everything she did. Everywhere that Sandra went, the press was sure to go. And that got tiresome; it was stressful.
Sandra Day O'ConnorI don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.
Sandra Day O'ConnorEach of us brings to our job, whatever it is, our lifetime of experience and our values.
Sandra Day O'ConnorMy concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move.
Sandra Day O'ConnorI wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young, because it was what I knew and I loved it.
Sandra Day O'ConnorMost high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court reviews. Our court is virtually alone in the amount of discretion it has.
Sandra Day O'ConnorThe abortion cases produced an enormous amount of mail to my chambers, vastly more than to the other chambers, I am sure. I sometimes thought there wasn't a woman in the United States who didn't write me a letter on one side or the other of that issue.
Sandra Day O'ConnorThere was no hostility at the court when I arrived.
Sandra Day O'ConnorOccasionally we have to interpret an international treaty - one, perhaps, affecting airlines and liability for injury to passengers or damage to goods. Then, of course, we have to look to the precedents of other member nations in resolving issues.
Sandra Day O'ConnorI think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases.
Sandra Day O'ConnorYou can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.
Paulo CoelhoI live my life day by day, and that's how I continue to live it.
Naomi CampbellMay the sun shine all day long, everything go right and nothing wrong. May those you love bring love back to you, and may all the wishes you wish come true!
Irish BlessingsDon't corral me, and I'll always come home. Just let me go out and play during the day.
Sandra BullockI'm very much an optimist. I don't think I could do my work if I didn't believe there was some kind of hope for humanity.
Sandra BernhardI can't climb very seriously now but I was a bit of a freak.
Robin DayThe really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you'll grow out of it.
Doris DayAs a working actor, all I want to do is work. That's it. It's terrifying when you don't work. It's very hard when you don't work. There have been times when I've been out of work for like six months. I feel theatre to me is like manna.
Sandra OhWe have no right to luxuries while the poor want bread.
Thomas DayWe used to get published a lot. And there was this vodka advertisement... it embarrassed me a lot afterwards.
Robin Day
