English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Sonia Sotomayor Quotes

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.

Sonia Sotomayor

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Socialists make the mistake of confusing individual worth with success. They believe you cannot allow people to succeed in case those who fail feel worthless. Kenneth Baker
Bill Gates quote: "It's really kind of cool to have solar panels on your roof."
It's really kind of cool to have solar panels on your roof. Bill Gates
Film fixes a precise visual image in the viewer's head. In fiction, you just hope you're precise enough to convey the intended effect. Jeff Vandermeer
Alice Hoffman quote: "Only her death could prove her innocence; a circle of..."
Only her death could prove her innocence; a circle of impossible, deathly judgement. Alice Hoffman
John Waters quote: "Sometimes I wish I was a woman, just so I could have an abortion."
Sometimes I wish I was a woman, just so I could have an abortion. John Waters
Peter Ueberroth quote: "Other sports play once a week but this sport is with us every..."
Other sports play once a week but this sport is with us every day. Peter Ueberroth
The morality thatgoes with this understanding is, above all, the frank recognition of yourdependence upon enemies, underlings, out-groups, and, indeed, upon allother forms of life whatsoever. Involved as you may be in the conflictsand competitive games of practical life, you will never again be able toindulge in the illusion that the "offensive other" is all in the wrong, andcould or should be wiped out. Alan Watts
Cancer came back into my life twice in order for me to understand something, and I guess I still wasn't getting it. And my husband wasn't getting it, either. Mariel Hemingway
To be free of all authority, of your own and that of another, is to die to everything of yesterday, so that your mind is always fresh, always young, innocent, full of vigour and passion. It is only in that state that one learns and observes. And for this, a great deal of awareness is required, actual awareness of what is going on inside yourself, without correcting it or telling it what it should or should not be, because the moment you correct it you have established another authority, a... Jiddu Krishnamurti
Don't forget that the only two things people read in a story are the first and last sentences. Give them blood in the eye on the first one. Herbert Bayard Swope
Present global culture is a kind of arrogant newcomer. It arrives on the planetary stage following four and a half billion years of other acts, and after looking about for a few thousand years declares itself in possession of eternal truths. But in a world that is changing as fast as ours, this is a prescription for disaster. No nation, no religion, no economic system, no body of knowledge, is likely to have all the answers for our survival. There must be many social systems that would work... Carl Sagan
Jon Bon Jovi quote: "My health and my family are the core of my being."
My health and my family are the core of my being. Jon Bon Jovi
Bhumibol Adulyadej quote: "Everyone must correct his own self; this is something more..."
Everyone must correct his own self; this is something more difficult to cope with, but it is not impossible. Bhumibol Adulyadej
...how could I, fool that I am, go on sitting in my office, or here at home, instead of leaping onto a train with my eyes shut and opening them only when I am with you? Elias Canetti
We have to restore power to the family, to the neighborhood, and the community with a non-market principle, a principle of equality, of charity, of let's-take-care-of-one-another. That's the creative challenge. Jerry Brown