#pen

I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#carpenter #doing #home #i #i am

The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#constitution #critical #elsewhere #federalist #felt

We don't accomplish anything in this world alone... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads form one to another that creates something. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#alone #another #anything #creates #form

In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#cultivate #ethnicity #every #eyes #individuals

It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and some control over the other two. That's set out in the Constitution. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#constitution #control #democratic #democratic society #each

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#depends #exert #gender #i #power

You have citizens who don't understand how government works and they're kind of soured on it. All they do is criticize. They have no idea that they can make things happen. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#criticize #government #happen #how #idea

I don't do anything in order to cause trouble. It just so happens that what I do naturally causes trouble. I'm proud to be a troublemaker. ↗

— Sinead O'Connor

#cause #causes #happens #i #i do

We play tag and kickball almost every day. It's one of the ways that I've figured out how to spend some fun quality time with my kids while getting exercise. ↗

— Nancy O'Dell

#day #every #every day #exercise #figured

I think I'm pretty smart on what I spend my money on. I still don't have a new car, I drive my old car that I've had forever. But I bought a house in downtown Chicago. ↗

— Chris O'Donnell

#car #chicago #downtown #drive #forever