Sonia Sotomayor Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“I found in my experiences that it's not that men are consciously discriminating against promoting women, but I do believe as people we have self-images about what's good.”

“I have spent my years since Princeton, while at law school and in my various professional jobs, not feeling completely a part of the worlds I inhabit. I am always looking over my shoulder wondering if I measure up.”

“This wealth of experiences, personal and professional, have helped me appreciate the variety of perspectives that present themselves in every case that I hear.”

“I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences.”

“In examining witnesses, I learned to ask general questions so as to elicit details with powerful sensory associations: the colors, the sounds, the smells that lodge an image in the mind and put the listener in the burning house.”

“We apply law to facts. We don't apply feelings to facts.”

“I stand on the shoulders of countless people, yet there is one extraordinary person who is my life aspiration. That person is my mother, Celina Sotomayor.”

“I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government.”

“I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it.”

“Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see.”