Judy Sheindlin
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.'Collection: Truth
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.Collection: Positive
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.Collection: Legal
Number one - and I want you to emblaze this on your brain - you only have one chance to make a first impression.Collection: Chance
You don't teach morals and ethics and empathy and kindness in the schools. You teach that at home, and children learn by example.Collection: Home
I resent it when any part of the government refers to people who have money in the pejorative.Collection: Government
Don't try to teach a pig to sing. It doesn't work, and it annoys the pig.
I don't have two different personalities. I am what I am.
Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining.
They want to do the right thing, most people. For that little core that doesn't want to do the right thing and gets away with it routinely, most people want to see them get a good whupping. And I am your girl.
I think that you're supposed to know when it's time to say goodbye.
We don't take Sweet'n Lows from restaurants anymore. I don't stuff dinner rolls into my pocketbook.
I can't stand stupid, and I can't stand slow.
You lock your windows before you leave. You put on an alarm if you live in the country because you know that there are bad people out there. Well, in this Internet age, you know that there are bad people out there. And no matter what you do, those bad people are going to get into your house.
If you're going to spend your time, spend your time getting smarter.
I'm a law-and-order girl: I like people who do the right thing.
I eat liars for breakfast.
Never let anyone or anything define your value or limit your dream.
I don't know where, or by whom, Judge Wapner was raised, but my parents taught me, when you don't have something nice to say about someone, say nothing.
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.
I just think I'm direct.
If you take control over those things you can, you are better able to negotiate the unexpected.
I still think an Egg McMuffin is the best breakfast.
If you can share with the people who've been good to you, do it.
I never had an issue with gender.
People are supposed to be responsible.
I exercise, and I eat reasonably, and I don't want to look at myself being out of shape. That would depress me.
I still love working. I still love being in the mix of things.
I never don't have a good time. Even when I go to work with a cold or a sore throat, as soon as I hit the mark and walk out that door, everything else is gone, and I'm up.
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 want first-time offenders to think of their appearance in my courtroom as the second-worst experience of their lives - circumcision being the first.
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.
Because of the world we live in, we lock the doors in our house when we go to sleep. If you live in an apartment, if you can, you get a building that has a doorman or security.
I'm not sure whether it's going to be the downfall of Rome - social media. There are too many secrets.
So we want to free the women of America? You know what would free the women of America? Make men accept responsibility for birth control.
Remember, a Trojan is more than a horse.
Working parents bring a certain amount of guilt to their relationship with their children.
I was an unremarkable student with passable looks and a direct personality.
A combination of tenacity and luck brought me here today.
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.
Cameras should be the norm everywhere. It should be in every courtroom so that the proceedings are taken down and recorded just like stenography.
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.
It's nice to leave on top.
Who is interested in that? Who is interested in the warm and fuzzy? There's enough warm and fuzzy on television.
A period of detention in a chilly upstate facility can be a great attitude adjuster.
I think the fundamentals of America are strong.
This country has a wonderful spirit.
When states and cities and our country say we're going to tax the rich - and that word 'rich' or 'wealthy' doesn't sound like it comes from success of hard work, but from something negative - I resent it.
I'm an entertainer, and I'm paid as an entertainer.
I deal with conflicts that irritate people and give them stress, like the dispute over a car payment. I can resolve those cases in a moment.