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" I would never interrogate a child or a spouse the way I would a litigant. People wouldn't want to be around you. You'd wind up all alone on an island. "

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" My first husband is a lovely, lovely man, but he always viewed my job as a hobby, and there came a time where I resented that. "

" 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.' "

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

" Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining. "

" I think that there is a difference between men and women as a warrior and a nurturer... It's innate. "

" 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. "

" This country has a wonderful spirit. "

" Don't try to teach a pig to sing. It doesn't work, and it annoys the pig. "

" I eat liars for breakfast. "

" I knew that if I worked hard, I could have both - I could have a family, because that was important to me, and I could have a career. "

" If you take control over those things you can, you are better able to negotiate the unexpected. "

" Nothing in my early childhood suggested to anyone - except maybe my father - that one day I would be standing here and be known simply as Judge Judy. "

" Women watch and say, 'I like watching you control your own space. It's motivated me to do better, to go back to college, to even try law school. My daughter's been watching you since she's 10 - I love the fact that she's watching a strong woman who's in control.' All of those things are good, positive things. "

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

" 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. "

" Cameras should be the norm everywhere. It should be in every courtroom so that the proceedings are taken down and recorded just like stenography. "

" Megyn Kelly is one of those rare women who seamlessly combines professional excellence and family. She doesn't need a catch phrase to define what she instinctively has accomplished. She just 'does it.' "

" I really believe if you give people a product that couples entertainment with a little bit of education, a soft glove and sense of humor - especially about a subject people have begun to feel very frustrated about, which is the legal system - then you have a formula for success. "

" I exercise, and I eat reasonably, and I don't want to look at myself being out of shape. That would depress me. "

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

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

" I want first-time offenders to think of their appearance in my courtroom as the second-worst experience of their lives - circumcision being the first. "

" A combination of tenacity and luck brought me here today. "

" I was a sitting judge in Manhattan. I was a supervising judge in Manhattan, and they said to me, 'Did you ever think of doing what you do on television?' "

" You should want to give something back. "

" They will find somebody younger, somebody funnier, somebody more engaged. As long as the court genre is viable, people are going to be looking for someone to knock me off of my perch. "

" When I go on vacation, I leave my house in total order: bills paid, garbage out, no milk in the refrigerator, mail done so that I can better negotiate what will await me. "

" A period of detention in a chilly upstate facility can be a great attitude adjuster. "

" Who is interested in that? Who is interested in the warm and fuzzy? There's enough warm and fuzzy on television. "