John Adams was a farmer, Abraham Lincoln a small town lawyer. Plato and Socrates were teachers. Jesus was a carpenter. To equate… — Mark Sheppard Copy Share Image
There was a rule, back when I was an education lawyer in Alabama, about visiting public schools: always go on a rainy… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
She seemed to mean what she said. She said pretty much this: I retained some lawyers, I have to move on with… — Dennis Kozlowski Copy Share Image
“As it turns out, public defenders are less Superman and more Sisyphus, and there’s no small number of lawyers who wind up… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I had always been so much taken with the way all English people I knew always were going to see their lawyer.… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
My mother worked for a white family that lived in one of the mansions on the beach. The husband in the family… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I absolutely reject that idea that the press is liberal and what it does is liberal. In my view, it's like accusing… — Ron Suskind Copy Share Image
The Devil needs a very good lawyer to prove that it is not the Satan but the people themselves who have committed… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
A lawyer once told a jury that the person his client stood accused of having killed was about to walk through the… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I remember how surprised I was when my first novel was about to be published and I was informed that I could… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
My dream job was to work in an ice cream shop. Two weeks and five pounds later, I realized it wasn't for… — Safra A. Catz Copy Share Image
Since lawyers are thinkers and not feelers, and their moral development is locked into the rigidity of maintaining law and order, they… — Thane Rosenbaum Copy Share Image
It is extraordinary that each of the three individuals this president [ George W. Bush] has nominated for the Supreme Court -… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“God is the message owner; prophets and pastors are messengers. It's happens on no account when the messenger becomes greater than the… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
[American family court] is a system that is corrupt on his best day. It is like being tied to the back of… — Alec Baldwin Copy Share Image
A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
The wars of the future will be fought by computer technicians and by lawyers and high-altitude specialists, and that may mean war… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
There was a brief period in college where I flirted with the idea of becoming a lawyer because my father was one.… — Laeta Kalogridis Copy Share Image
If you can manipulate news, a judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail, a… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
As a defense lawyer, he refused to condemn his clients. Everyone else in the system-the cops, the prosecutors, the juries and judges-would… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
It takes a long time to become a lawyer because you need three things - a bachelor's degree, a law degree, and… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I liked to go to court. I became a lawyer because of the allure of the courtroom, not necessarily to be chained… — John E. Jones III Copy Share Image
If a lobbyist sets up shop, or a lawyer, in which they're receiving income through what is something like a tax loophole… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
I worked as a lawyer as a member of the teaching staff of a technical college and then I worked principally as… — Hans Frank Copy Share Image
I trained as a writer before I became a lawyer. I was headed for a life as an English professor, but that… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
As soon as I got out of law school, I went to inner city Newark, New Jersey, to become a housing rights… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
The mole rat is the only rodent born without a fur coat. With a good lawyer, someone would pay for that little… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
Now record companies are run by lawyers and accountants. The shift from the one to the other was definitely related to when… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
“Given the choice between finding Godzilla and David Chambers on her doorstep, she'd have opted for the reptile, and never mind it… — Sandra Marton Copy Share Image
“On Pt. K.L. Misra Panditji lived a full life replete with achievements and honours. He was such a versatile and noble man… — Munindra Misra Copy Share Image
'The Book of Air and Shadows' was born during a conference with an intellectual property lawyer on a particular afternoon in November… — Michael Gruber Copy Share Image
They think written words are even more powerful,’ whispered the toad. ‘They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I think there is something so compelling about the truth that whether you're a lawyer or judge or an actor, when you… — Sarah Jones Copy Share Image
Complainin' to my lawyer how this rookie tried to frisk me... Jealous of my jeep, I gave his badge to the chief,… — RZA Copy Share Image
I am being embezzled from by this monstrous ring of accountants and estate planners and lawyers, who are mercilessly slandering me and… — Randy Quaid Copy Share Image
I went off to the University of California, Santa Barbara, on a boatload of loans, sights set on becoming a doctor or… — Katy Tur Copy Share Image
“Lawyers get up in front of people, and they posture. They make themselves seem big and loud so people will look at… — Meg Harding Copy Share Image
There's lots of stuff about me being a fan of Cliff but not being gay. Which suggests that he is, but he's… — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
I didn't even have a portfolio, but I went to Tom Ford the next morning. He said, "I'd love you to come… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image