Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes

Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong.

The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.

There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.

The angle from which the line and ball are seen makes a tremendous difference in the call, and the player who is inclined to fret inwardly about decisions should realize this.

When you've been in the game as long as I have, you know the managers you've played for, the good ones and the bad ones. Even the good ones get fired.

Give your decisions, never your reasons; your decisions may be right, your reasons are sure to be wrong.

If you would be a good judge, hear what every one says.

It helps to have “has beens” on commissions because they have no political ax to grind.

Scouts always think they're right. They're not right all the time. They don't even know how hard it is. Most of those scouts never played baseball.

My role in the business is to use my judgment. All these years of experience have given me a clear head, and I can give a nonpartisan view with a sense of distance.

Common sense, proportionality, and judgment are the skills we must seek in those we choose to regulate our lives.

There comes a day when people begin to say, 'Why doesn't that old duffer retire?' I want to get out while they're still saying Astaire is a hell of a dancer.

Part of what I do is a craft, but part of what I do is a science. And I guess the craft comes in knowing what science to use and what science not to use.

… it [is] a judge's duty to decide, not to debate.

In matters of state, one has to be full of sentiments, but one can never be sentimental.

I'm almost 60. I've been doing this for a while. In order to do this for that long, you have to make decisions based on lots and lots of different criteria, you know. I mean, the criteria has to shift, especially if you're an actress.

I have my sympathies and also my critical views, and they aren't much of a secret, but my first job is to see and hear and think about what I've seen and heard.

History will decide if I'm a villain or a hero.

As you progress high school, college into the league, you can tell the difference between quarterbacks with their timing and the way the ball comes out of their hand.

You have to go by your instincts in casting.

Umpiring is a tough job. Don't get me wrong - I wouldn't want to be an umpire. You've got a split second to make a decision.

Age is irrelevant. Experience is relevant.

I try to play each ball on its merit.

I'd do anything at the right time, and I would also do things at the wrong time if they felt right.

It is an individual sport and you don't get many opportunities to overturn dodgy decisions.