226 Quotes by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

You can’t have it all, all at once. Who – man or woman – has it all, all at once? Over my lifespan I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.

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

It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don’t want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.

I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman’s equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.

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

When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out. Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.

I remember envying the boys long before I even knew the word feminism, because I liked shop better than cooking or sewing.

I don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.

Each part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked.