Best 354 quotes in «lawyer quotes» category

Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance.

Harriet Miers is totally qualified for the Supreme Court of the United States. Her legal background, her absolute leadership in the legal field when she was a practicing lawyer are unqualified.

I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.

How lawyers make work for one another! You're all priests, worshipping the same god. No wonder you adore one another.

I always bring it up to my lawyer every now and then. And another reason we have to revisit it is because there is a restoration going on right now for the film through UCLA and Sundance.

I ask nothing of the Jews except that they should disappear.

How many times have I laughed at you telling me plainly that I was too lazy to be anything but a lawyer.

I always wanted to be a lawyer,but I certainly never wanted to be a trapeze performer.

I cannot believe that a republic could subsist if the influence of the lawyers in public business did not increase in proportion to the power of the people.

I came close to signing Elvis Presley. I offered $25,000 for his contract and they asked for $45,000 and I just didn't have the other $20,000. I should have gotten the Beatles. But one of my lawyers kind of messed up.

I consider that women who are authors, lawyers, and politicians are monsters.

I consider myself sort of like a pseudo lawyer. Like, I'm convinced I can solve every case and argue my way.

I considered going into business or becoming a lawyer - not for the money, but for the thrill of problem-solving.

I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers.

"I don't know whether you are a saint or a fool" said my lawyer. I replied "Is there a difference?

I detest so much ... those persons, who insist upon telling you everything - who labor every point, as the lawyers say, as if they thought all excellence consisted in length.

I didn't save my money for a lawyer. I was a very young man, and saved my money for having a good time.

I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age.

I don't ever get the great looking lawyer roles because I've got a thick neck from playing football.

If you had asked me moment, as a lawyer, I would have said I would rather have had a male Democrat on the court. Like most lawyers , I love to win. But I was glad to see O'Connor because she made me normal. Just the fact that she was there with a soprano voice and a ruffley collar made my physical presence less weird and less fraught.

I'd probably say to my younger self, get yourself a whole collection of lawyers. Which is what I have now.

If I wanted to know what a certain future would feel like to me, I would find someone who is already living that future. If I wonder what it's like to become a lawyer or marry a busy executive or eat at a particular restaurant, my best bet is to find people who have actually done these things and see how happy they are.

If that makes your lawyers or managers happy, well, good for them. You still have a lot to worry about.

I don't think you can make a lawyer honest by an act of legislature. You've got to work on his conscience. And his lack of conscience is what makes him a lawyer.

I don't trust lawyers and journalists.

If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted?

If you have a lawyer, sometimes you can get out of trouble. I've gotten into a lot of trouble because I didn't have a lawyer. I've also had some bad lawyers, too. But the good ones, the ones I liked, they became me. They became whatever situation I was involved in. When I felt pain, so did they. When I succeeded, so did they. They became me. They became whatever the situation was that they became involved with.

If you imitate someone, you owe them a royalty check. If you emulate them, you don't. There's a big difference. Check your lawyer.

If you're a full-time manager of your own property - and full-time, according to Congress, is 15 hours a week - you can take unlimited depreciation and use it to offset your income from other areas and pay little in tax. One of the biggest real estate tax lawyers in New York said to me, if you're a major real estate family and you're paying income taxes, you should sue your tax lawyer for malpractice.

I heard from my cat's lawyer today; my cat wants $12,000 a week for Tender Vittles.

If your lawyers tell you that you have a very good case, you should settle immediately.

If you think about it, every single species is endangered. Homo sapiens at the front of the line, mosquitoes and lawyers at the back.

I had no plans to be ever a lawyer, a crime fighter [in school].

I happen to like debating, and I like to debate like a lawyer, and I can argue any points to death, and I will.

I have realised that my worst day as an artist is still better than my best day as a lawyer.

Im a transactional lawyer; I negotiate all types of things, but with a particular focus in software licenses.

I liked to go to court. I became a lawyer because of the allure of the courtroom, not necessarily to be chained to an office desk.

I'm a lawyer. I go for due process; I go for fairness and equity - these values mean a lot to me.

I'm a movie star. Can I talk to my entertainment lawyer?

Immanuel Kant would've made a lousy lawyer, but a great judge!

I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer.

I'm not a lawyer, and maybe I should have used more specific legal language.

I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money.

In 2031, lawyers will be commonly a part of most development teams.

I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years both as a cop and a defendant in defamation cases.

I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer.

In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt reminded us that the Constitution is, and I quote, "a layman's document, not a lawyer's contract.

In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.

In general, salary for land surveyors is often similar to that of a professional engineer or lawyer - surveyors are often "comfortable" but not "wealthy.

In my memoir, I wanted to introduce American women to Iranian women and our lives. I'm not from the highest echelons of society, nor the lowest. I'm a woman who is a lawyer, who is a professor at a university, who won the Nobel Peace Prize. At the same time, I cook. And even when I'm about to go to prison, one of the first things I do is to make enough food and put it in the fridge for my family.