Sonia Sotomayor Quotes

There's nothing better than a good, blind referee.

It sounds funny, but I always try to keep an open mind about what I'm writing about. Sometimes I squeak my opinions in there, but generally I don't. I try to be objective about things that I'm writing about.

I do not intend to prejudge the past.

I have come to learn that preliminary judgments are not judgments.

Objectivity in the end is an unattainable ideal.

I feel very comfortable about being fair to Trump. I think I've been very fair to him.

You can't play someone and judge them at the same time.

I come to every case with an open mind. Every case is new to me.

You can't applaud a referee.

All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.

There are still personalities that you bond with or a fighting spirit that you connect with, but as a host you have to stay impartial and root for all of them.

The law is agnostic about truth.

I think I've earned a reputation of being fair and that I'll hear all sides from the entire political spectrum.

All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.

Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.

Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth.

The first essential in writing about anything is that the writer should have no experience of the matter.

The idea is to try to give all the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another.

There are people who think I should be using the position of secretary of state simply to weigh the scales on the side of my own party. I just don't accept that, and it would not be proper.

If I'm lucky enough to be involved in the Academy Awards in the future, I'll just let people make up their decision without being involved in any politics. Because it shouldn't involve that.

I do my best not to have any expectations when I go into a movie because it's not fair.

I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.

I write with as much objectivity as I can.

It is very important when you judge to recognize that you have to stay impartial. That's what the nature of my job is. I have to unhook myself from my emotional responses and try to stay within my unemotional, objective persona.

There's no attempt to manipulate the audience. We made our choice at the start.