Quotes from Judy Sheindlin

I was a grown-up when 'celebrity' happened. So I knew exactly what it was like to be in line at a restaurant and watch someone famous walk in and get a table immediately. I knew I didn't like that; I don't want to make somebody else feel the way I felt.

Incarceration is supposed to keep the community safe from your behavior.

I don't like to watch train wrecks.

If you tell the truth, then you don't have to have a good memory

I resent it when any part of the government refers to people who have money in the pejorative.

I don't feel as if anything that has happened to me in my life was sidetracked because I was a woman.

I'm not a good interviewer.

I don't mind getting my hands dirty, and I don't mind getting to the truth of a situation and saying, 'You're right, you're wrong, next case.'

All those good people huddling behind bars in gated communities - it's the wrong way round. The others should have the bars.

It took them 13 years to get O. J. Simpson, but they got him. What goes around comes around.

I left family court for the vagaries of TV and said to myself, 'Judy, what the hell are you thinking?' It seems like only yesterday.

I set realistic goals consistent with my talents. I never, for instance, wanted to sit on an appellate court. I'm not an academic. Truth be told, I hate to do research. I have a practical mind, and I was well suited for the trial court bench, not the appellate.

I can't stand stupid, and I can't stand slow.

I always say that when I see that needle start to go in the other direction, when people have had enough of me, I'm going to be smart enough to say goodbye. It's such a joyous ride to be on top, and it takes away from that ride if you sort of ride it down.

If you're going to spend your time, spend your time getting smarter.

All the judges watched Judge Wapner. All America, at one point or another, watched Judge Wapner.

When I was a practising lawyer in the family court, there were too many judges who, when you left their courtroom, you didn't know whether you'd won or whether you'd lost.

People in the U.S. pay a great deal of money to support their judiciary, and they have an actual right to see how it functions.

Never let anyone or anything define your value or limit your dream.

I go down to the gym unwashed, like something dragged in from behind a truck.

I'm not sure whether it's going to be the downfall of Rome - social media. There are too many secrets.

Being a TV star is a great gift. Everyone treats you royally.

I still love working. I still love being in the mix of things.

Being a nurturer isn't being a moron.