--- title: "7 Courtrooms Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 7 Courtrooms quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Courtrooms sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/william-landay-7878_architecture_it-is-a-common-architectural-strategy-to_403983.png" --- > [“It is a common architectural strategy to build courtrooms without windows, to enhance the effect of a chamber isolated from the everyday…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/it-is-a-common-architectural-strategy-to-build-courtrooms-without/) [William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/william-landay-7878_architecture_it-is-a-common-architectural-strategy-to_403983.png) > [Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/courtrooms-contain-every-symbol-of-authority-that-a-set-designer/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/anonymous-1_authority_courtrooms-contain-every-symbol-of-autho_422787.jpg) > [“Studying the rule of law won't make a great litigator. It is the act of trying cases in real courtrooms with real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-deegan/studying-the-rule-of-law-won-t-make-a-great-litigator-it-is-the-act/) [Marian Deegan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-deegan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/marian-deegan-57907_action_studying-the-rule-of-law-won-t-make-a-gr_1930418.jpg) > [I certainly think cameras ought to be in courtrooms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/i-certainly-think-cameras-ought-to-be-in-courtrooms/) [Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/walter-cronkite-1759_cameras_i-certainly-think-cameras-ought-to-be-in_2438549.png) > [Life as a barrister never was terribly real to me, and courtrooms were always a place of fantasy to me. They had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mortimer/life-as-a-barrister-never-was-terribly-real-to-me-and-courtrooms-were/) [John Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mortimer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/john-mortimer-7362_courtrooms_life-as-a-barrister-never-was-terribly-r_2575672.jpg) > [Banks and churches and courtrooms all depend on the appurtenances of theatre. On illusion. Banks, the illusion of stability and honourable dealings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/banks-and-churches-and-courtrooms-all-depend-on-the-appurtenances-of/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d4/anonymous-1_capitalist_banks-and-churches-and-courtrooms-all-de_2968839.jpg) > [“Studying the rule of law won't make a great litigator. It is the act of trying cases in real courtrooms with real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-deegan/studying-the-rule-of-law-won-t-make-a-great-litigator-it-is-the-act-2/) [Marian Deegan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-deegan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50f/marian-deegan-57907_action_studying-the-rule-of-law-won-t-make-a-gr_3178023.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/courtrooms/#itemlist", "name": "Courtrooms Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It is a common architectural strategy to build courtrooms without windows, to enhance the effect of a chamber isolated from the everyday world, a theater for the great and timeless work of the law.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Landay" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/it-is-a-common-architectural-strategy-to-build-courtrooms-without/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/william-landay-7878_architecture_it-is-a-common-architectural-strategy-to_403983.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/william-landay-7878_architecture_it-is-a-common-architectural-strategy-to_403983.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/william-landay-7878_architecture_it-is-a-common-architectural-strategy-to_403983.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is a common architectural strategy to build courtrooms without windows, to enhance the effect of a…” — William Landay", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. 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