Best 354 quotes in «lawyer quotes» category

I say, break the law.

I shall not rest until every German sees that it is a shameful thing to be a lawyer.

I stopped writing at the age of 18. I had written incessantly before that. I read, of course, because I was in university, but I wasn't going to write. I wasn't going to do any of those dangerous things. I was going to be a stolid, bourgeois lawyer.

It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there is no law.

I think being called a she-devil by a trial lawyer is meant as a compliment.

I think too much of the music industry is for the lawyer and accountant mentality.

I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it - also realizing it.

I think, though, that we need to be armed with the critical thinking skills that lawyers and scientists and journalists such as yourself have. We all need to have those as we make our way through the day. And they're not that hard to acquire.

It was an injured worker finding a lawyer on a contingent fee in a little town in Texas that blew the top off one of the greatest industrial disasters in American history.

I think writers are a lot like lawyers. We feed off the misfortunes of people, even ourselves.

I thought I wanted to be a lawyer and was going through this growth phase.

It is unfortunate to consider all lawyers as natural Satanists many are just dumb.

It was evident however that the lawyers would have to have their say....This also opened up a vista both lengthy and obscure.

It is a horrible demoralizing thing to be a lawyer. You look for such low motives in everyone and everything.

I've always liked politicians and lawyers. They keep the PR professional's status at least two from the bottom of the ethical food chain.

I used to be a lawyer, but now I am a reformed character.

I've had ample contact with lawyers, and I'm convinced that the only fortune they ever leave is their own.

I've argued in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. I've argued in almost every circuit. And I tried, as a personal lawyer and U.S. attorney, over 50 cases.

I've been screwed by as many women as I have by men, in terms of lawyers. But lawyers don't count. If you take lawyers out of the equation, you have a more fair playing field. There is a sisterhood.

I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman.

I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.

I was a lawyer and I have been married to a lawyer. I think one lawyer per household is plenty. It's a good quota for us.

I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.

I want our legal system to work better. I want it to be streamlined, I want it to be clearer. I don’t think you have to — shouldn’t have to hire a lawyer to figure out how to get into this country legally.

I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am.

Laws are inoperative in war

John Kerry described his Republican critics as 'the most crooked, lying group I've ever seen.' Now, that's saying something, because Kerry's both a lawyer and a politician.

Judges,lawyers an politicians have a license to steal.We don't need one.

Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

"Lawyers Are": Perilous mouths.

Lawyers do not mix with diplomacy.

Lawyers sometimes tell the truth. They'll do anything to win a case.

Law is a bottomless pit.

Lawyers advocate more so than state their own positions.

Lawyers are always confident before the verdict. It's only after that they share their doubts.

Lawyers are like spiders, they've eat up all the flies, and I guess they'll have to eat each other soon.

Lawyers are predators in grey worsted

Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.

Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something.

Lawyers earn their bread in the sweat of their browbeating.

Law, without force, is impotent.

Lawyers and rogues are vermin not easily rooted out of a rich soil.

Lawyers, doctors, plumbers, they all made the money. Writers? Writers starved. Writers suicided. Writers went mad.

Lawyers and physicians are an ill provision for any country.

Lawyers are a prudent race though not very fond of liberty.

Lawyers are like beavers: They get in the mainstream and damn it up.

Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one.

Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so.

Lawyers earn a living by the sweat of browbeating others.