Lawyer Quotes - Page 2

A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000-word document and calls it a "brief."

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.

I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.

I find that when I tell lawyer jokes to a mixed audience, the lawyers don't think they're funny and the non-lawyers don't think they're jokes.

It must be recognized that in any culture the source of law is the god of that society

A Pennsylvania woman convicted for shoplifting was sentenced to wear a badge that reads "Convicted Shoplifter." However, her lawyers hope to plea bargain down to a bumper sticker reading "I'd Rather Be Stealing!.

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.

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

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

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

In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls.

Your lawyer is your true mercenary. Under his code honor consists in making the best possible fight in exchange for the biggest possible fee. He is frankly for sale to the highest bidder.

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

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

We are very good judges for the mistakes of others, but very good defence lawyers for our own mistakes.

Criticizing lawyers for lawsuits is like criticizing linebackers for knocking people down.

A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.

I am God and my lawyers are my 12 disciples...do not f**k with me!

Don't misinform your Doctor nor your Lawyer.

If I was a lawyer, I'd be my own best client.

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

Then came the churches, then came the schools, then came the lawyers, then came the rules.

I await the hour when a journalist can be driven from the press room for venal practices, as a minister can be unfrocked, or a lawyer disbarred.

Lawyers are men whom we hire to protect us from lawyers.

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.