Lawyer Quotes

When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I became a lawyer.

The acme of judicial distinction means the ability to look a lawyer straight in the eyes for two hours and not hear a damned word he says.

When there is war, the poet lays down the lyre, the lawyer his law reports, the schoolboy his books.

When it comes to giving advice, never do so unless you've first received a request in writing, signed by a lawyer.

Litigation only makes lawyers fat.

Look at the number of cop shows and lawyer shows and forensics shows... I think there could be room for two quite different examinations of the same political office.

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

When actors go onstage, you know immediately if they can do their job. You can be a lawyer or an accountant for years and not find out.

Don't mess with me, man, I'm a lawyer!

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

I love my lawyer. I have to say that of course!

Even after going to law school, following the footsteps of my father (an accomplished lawyer and judge at the time); I realized that the suit would never replace the kimono!

Over the years I have learned that creating art has made me happy. I used to be a lawyer and I'm much happier being an artist.

Hollywood was invented by hoodlums from central Europe. And today a Hollywood lawyer is not a hoodlum. He's a bureaucrat.

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.

Learn 2 chords and then get a good lawyer before learning the 3rd.

It was helpful to be able to call a lawyer...it turns out, that not only did they help me, but they really helped the whole community.

Like a lawyer, the human brain wants victory, not truth; and, like a lawyer, it is sometimes more admirable for skill than virtue.

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

Every form of power comes down to language. In law, there's all kinds of words you don't know if you're not a lawyer and that gives them power. In business, it's the same thing.

Computer science … jobs should be way more interesting than even going to Wall Street or being a lawyer--or, I can argue, than anything but perhaps biology, and there it's just a tie.

Speaking to a lawyer about pictures is something like talking to a butcher about humanity.

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

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

You been to school, you say you are a lawyer, you walked out of a magazine. I've been a drifter and a low-life loser, you can learn a lot from me.

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

The only thing a lawyer won't question is the legitimacy of his mother.

When I was little, I thought about becoming a lawyer like my parents, and my mother would always tell me, "You can do anything you want - except be a lawyer."

I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful.

People go to restaurants for so many different reasons. To court a girl, to make some deal. Maybe to talk to some lawyer about how to get an alimony settlement better than they got last week.

Lawyers spend their professional careers shoveling smoke.

My decision to become a lawyer was irrevocably sealed when I realized my father hated the legal profession.

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

Rich people bring a lawyer. Latinos and blacks bring their mom.

Mars and Venus are at it again. This time, Hephaestus is standing by with a private detective, a photographer, and a lawyer.

A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country.

Alas! the small discredit of a bribe Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe.

A judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail.

In England, justice is open to all - like the Ritz Hotel.

The government of the United States is and always has been a lawyer's government.

Medical liability reform is not a Republican or Democrat issue or even a doctor versus lawyer issue. It is a patient issue.

They don't need a lawyer, they need a toastmaster.

I'd probably say to my younger self, get yourself a whole collection of lawyers. Which is what I have now. I don't have any friends; I just have lawyers.

Have you ever noticed that the lawyer always smiles more than the client?

A lawyer is a gentleman that rescues your estate from your enemies and then keeps it for himself.

There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws.

A lawyer is a man who helps you get what is coming to him.

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

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea

Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian.