Yvone Hobbs

“She would make a comment, and it would go entirely unremarked upon. Fifteen minutes later, a male justice would make the same point, and the response around the table would be “That’s a good idea.” The day-to-day dismissal of a smart woman’s voice—which so many women have experienced—happened even on the Supreme Court.”
― Nina Totenberg, Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships

“The great thing to remember is that the mind of man cannot be enlightened permanently by merely teaching him to reject some particular set of superstitions. There is an infinite supply of other superstitions always at hand; and the mind that desires such things, that is, the mind that has not trained itself to the hard discipline of reasonableness and honesty, will, as soon as its devils are cast out, proceed to fill itself with their relations.”
― Edwin H. Friedman, A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix

“In our current climate, could a Ruth and Nino, a Nina and Nino, or a Nina and Ted friendship ever take root and thrive? And what does the answer to that question mean for all of us?”
― Nina Totenberg, Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships