Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes

Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: judge
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 15, 1933

Topics

WorkYouStopChangesOutWet

People are always afraid of the unknown - and banding together against the Thing That Is Different From Us is a time-honoured tradition for rallying the masses.

Jodi Picoult

TogetherPeopleTraditionUnknownUs

We need a concept of development to meet human needs.

Michael Frome

MeetDevelopmentHumanNeedNeeds

Some of the people in finance touch enormous parts of the economy.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

FinancePeopleTouchEconomySome

If you call someone up on a mistake - if the drummer's put an extra beat in a bar or something - you have a lot more authority if you can show them how to do it right.

Steve Winwood

MistakeSomeoneYouAuthorityRight

There are a few things a true gentleman cannot live without. The black silk knitted square-bottom tie is just such an indispensable item. No true gentlemen would be without one.

Roger Stone

LiveGentlemanBlackTrueWithout

Dad sometimes patted me on the knee and called me his Little Schmuck.

Michael Reagan

MeSometimesLittleKneeHisDad

I wanted to prove that I could do something, so I made a short film. That was in fact my main concern, to be able to show that I could do one.

Luc Besson

ShortProveSomethingFilmShow

In regards to the reaction to Life Is Killing Me, I would say that I'm never happy about anything.

Josh Silver

LifeHappyMeSayReactionNever

Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people.

Dexter Gordon

DreamsMusicBeginningPeopleMe

The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all.

Douglas Coupland

AloneLonelyFeelingPriceNothing

I learned that deep within myself, if I fight to the end, I can always find a way to win.

Denis Shapovalov

MyselfFightWinDeepEndFind

I knew that I was different. I gravitated more toward playing house, but the teachers were always pushing me toward playing the more competitive games with the boys. I spent so much time wondering, 'What's wrong with me? Why can't I fit in?'

Chelsea Manning

TimeMeHouseWrongWhyTeachers

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