Best 354 quotes in «lawyer quotes» category

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.

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

Law, without force, is impotent.

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.

Laws are inoperative in war

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.

Lawyers like to leave no stone unturned, provided they can charge by the stone.

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 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.

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.

Liar: A lawyer with a roving commission.

Life is very tenacious in these lawyers.

Liar, lawyer, mirror show me. What’s the difference?

Like Hillary Clinton before her, Mrs. Obama has always been a working woman. She is a lawyer turned hospital administrator turned political right hand. It is a unique resume.

Like all lawyers, I was delighted by gratitude. It happened so rarely.

Looking back, it didn't even occur to me that model was a job. I wanted to go into astronomy or to be a lawyer, which is really funny because I would absolutely not be a lawyer in any way now. But I still like astronomy.

Many of the points made by the antiwar movement have been consciously assimilated by the Pentagon and its lawyers and advisers. Precision weaponry is good in itself, but its ability to discriminate is improving and will continue to improve. Cluster bombs are perhaps not good in themselves, but when they are dropped on identifiable concentrations of Taliban troops, they do have a heartening effect.

Making movies wasn't really an immediate thought, where I was raised. I was going to be a lawyer, and I thought I would just draw. So, I was sketching all the time and I realized that I needed some outlet, and then I found animation.

Maybe we can change some kid's life & stop him from becoming a welder or a sleazy lawyer.

Marijuana was a new phenomenon when we started. Now it's for everyone - doctors, lawyers, presidents.

Most lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his cases does not have many.