Irin's Quotes

Anyway, hope springs eternal. If I lose today, there's hope that tomorrow will be better." - RBG, 2012 — Irin Carmon

The pedestal upon which women have been placed has all too often, upon closer inspection, been revealed as a cage. — Irin Carmon

When Scalia dissents, he pours gasoline on the majority, lights a match, and stomps on the ashes. — Irin Carmon

RBG's main concession to hitting her late seventies was to give up waterskiing. — Irin Carmon

Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi? — Charles Rangel

The world as it was had no room for her. — Irin Carmon

Put another way, RBG was already a radical just by being herself - a woman who beat the odds to make her mark. — Irin Carmon

April 18, 2007: RBG launches her era of furious dissent with the abortion case Gonzales v. Carhart. — Irin Carmon

Golf is so difficult to master. It feels like the better you get, the farther you are away from perfection. — Stewart Cink

People have found her somber, but it is sometimes because her humor is so deadpan dry that it escapes many. — Irin Carmon

There's full marriage and then there's sort of skim milk marriage. — Irin Carmon

Always be independent. — Irin Carmon

Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time. — Irin Carmon

God is no respector of persons, but He does play favorites. — Tommy Tenney

In the wall there are many doors. Be patient, search with diligence, for one will open to your key. And oh, the land beyond is very fair. — Nan Gilbert

A conversation with her is a special pleasure because there are no words that are not preceded by thoughts. — Irin Carmon

When the jabot with scalloped glass beads glitters flat against the top of RBG's black robe, it's bad news for liberals. That's her dissent collar. — Irin Carmon

Jesus appeared unto the ancient Nephites, in the northern part of what we call South America ... — Orson Pratt

But lately, RBG was tired of pretending not to hear. — Irin Carmon

Love is a struggle, hard to get and hard to leave. — Irin Sintriana

Present the court with the next logical step, — Irin Carmon