When I was applying to college, my mother told me I could apply to any school within the Boston subway map. Susan Estrich Read Quote
I’ve come to expect the jabs at Fox News – because, being a liberal, I get more than most. Susan Estrich Read Quote
I always tell my students: I don’t care which side you’re on. I respect you too much to try to persuade you in 120 minutes a week, much less lure you into pretending that you agree with me. All I want is for you to own this democracy, to see yours, to have a stake in it. Susan Estrich Read Quote
Being liked by the boys and girls on the bus doesn’t necessarily earn you the respect of the people back home. Standing up to them, giving as good as you get, all that helps. Susan Estrich Read Quote
When I ask the young people from California why they want to go to New York, and the ones from the East why they’re determined to go West, I hear what you’d expect: new challenges, different weather, boyfriends, girlfriends, to make a name… They laugh when I say, ‘But your poor mother.’ Susan Estrich Read Quote
I work for Fox News as a commentator. I say whatever I want. I’m the blonde on the left, figuratively and literally – the one who’s usually smiling because it’s T.V., not the Supreme Court or Congress, and I find civility more effective in any event. Susan Estrich Read Quote
Most people who make threats don’t follow through. The most dangerous people are often those who never make threats. But ‘most’ and ‘often’ aren’t what you are looking for when you’re dealing with a scary person. You want to ‘know.’ And there is no knowing. Susan Estrich Read Quote
Why is it our business whether Sarah Palin returned to her job as governor three days after her son was born, or three months? Is there a right answer? Susan Estrich Read Quote
