Attorney Quotes · Page 5

My dad is an attorney. I've always been interested in it. My sons are probably going to law school.

— Rob Lowe

When I was a prosecutor in San Francisco I would get advice on trying cases from public defenders and defense attorneys.

— Christine Pelosi

I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.

— Matthew McConaughey

I was the United States Attorney for Maine for three years, and then was appointed a federal judge.

— George J. Mitchell

My father is a practicing criminal law attorney in the Seattle area.

— David Guterson

“My mother should have been an attorney. She and Abe could have opened a law firm together.”

— Richelle Mead

I wanted to be a district attorney and solve hidden problems or maybe even be a leper-colony missionary and save people.

— Diane Ladd

I figured I'd coach two or three years at the most and go back and be an attorney.

— Mike Leach

The Secretary of Labor is in charge of finding you a job, the Secretary of the Treasury is in charge of taking…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Hocus was an old cunning attorney. The words of consecration, "Hoc est corpus," were travestied into a nickname for jugglery, as "Hocus-pocus."

— John Richard Green

As your attorney, it is my duty to inform you that it is not important that you understand what I'm doing or…

— Hunter S. Thompson

It was a privilege to serve as the assistant attorney general for civil rights, a role that allowed me to enforce the…

— Thomas Perez

I think most defense attorneys honestly believe the principle that says, 'Better 10 guilty go free than even one possibly innocent person…

— Alan Dershowitz

I will only vote to confirm a nominee for attorney general who is truly independent and who will guarantee reforms that restore…

— Christopher Dodd

I always get that cautionary warning right before I get off the phone with an interviewer. It's: 'Good luck with the show.…

— Jon Stewart

My wife and daughters work. My campaign manager in 2005 was a working mother. I appointed 5 women to my senior staff…

— Bob McDonnell

Be cautious, understand the consequences of your decisions. You have to understand the consequences of every decision that you make. If you…

— Neal Gabler

Even someone as lowly as an assistant U.S. attorney has to undergo a background check, and you're asked a series of very…

— Trey Gowdy

When Marvel approached me about possibly bringing back a She-Hulk solo series, a few touchstones for a take immediately popped into my…

— Charles Soule

My father died and left me his blessing and his business. His blessing brought no money into my pocket, and as to…

— Washington Irving

Cowgirl is a spirit, a special brand of courage. The cowgirl faces life head on, lives by her own lights, and makes…

— Dale Evans

I do believe that half a dozen commonplace attorneys could so mystify and misconstrue the Ten Commandments, and so confuse Moses' surroundings…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

In the case of Alex Haley, Haley's material is located at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, primarily. But there are a…

— Manning Marable

I'm climbing into a vehicle that has a powerful influence on our culture. I'd like to make it do something good. The…

— Drew Pinsky

The responsibility of the attorney general is to change things and bring us closer to the ideals expressed in our founding documents.

— Eric Holder

I have a J.D., but I'm not a practicing attorney as far as entertainment law goes.

— Adrian Younge

I had a dream to be an attorney. I don't know if I ever would've passed the bar or not, but that…

— Michael Kelly

Ignorance of the law must not prevent the losing attorney from collecting his fee

— Legal Maxim

I am resolved that I will not through humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for…

— Henry David Thoreau

I have always had an attorney on retainer, and now I believe I will have to put him to work.

— Jeff Gannon

You know, as attorney general, there's no issue more important than making sure you are safe, that your families are safe.

— Charlie Crist

You can't be a practicing attorney without being very disciplined and detail-oriented and having good time management.

— Charles Soule

Usually when attorneys are assembling a jury, they're just looking for sheep that are easily impressed.

— Johnny Kelly

As attorney general, I don't get to pick and choose the laws I like and don't like.

— Luther Strange

I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don't want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.

— Al Sharpton

I have lived the American dream. Even my worst days as attorney general have been better than my father's best days.

— Alberto Gonzales

I've never played an attorney, and I'd like to do so on a show like 'The Practice' or 'Law & Order.'

— Juliet Landau

The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and the social problems should largely be solved by them.

— Anonymous

I agree with President Obama and Attorney General Holder that we need to reform our criminal sentencing laws.

— Raul Labrador

It is better to have loved and lost, but only if you have a good attorney.

— Herb Caen