Lawyer Quotes · Page 19

If we wanted to make money we would have become lawyers or doctors or stuff like that.

— Gabriel Ba

A man may as well open an oyster without a knife, as a lawyer's mouth without a fee.

— Barten Holyday

I had aspirations to do different things with my life. I wanted to play soccer. I wanted to be a lawyer. Serendipity.

— Pete Wentz

Only a very foolish lawyer will dare guess the outcome of a jury trial.

— Jerome Frank

My mother is a lawyer by profession. Now she has shifted with me in Bombay. I lost my father a long back.

— Sourabh Raj Jain

The law is a system that protects everybody who can afford to hire a good lawyer.

— Mark Twain

Lawyers are like rhinoceroses: thick skinned, short-sighted, and always ready to charge.

— David Mellor

The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Your brand is your personal lawyer... It defends and speaks for you even in your absence. Keep calm and maintain a good…

— Israelmore Ayivor

There are only two economists in Congress and hundreds of lawyers. Does that explain why the government is in such a mess?

— Thomas Sowell

A Pennsylvania woman convicted for shoplifting was sentenced to wear a badge that reads "Convicted Shoplifter." However, her lawyers hope to plea…

— Jimmy Fallon

American patriotism is generally something that amuses Europeans, I suppose because children look idiotic saluting the flag and because the constitution contains…

— Katharine Whitehorn

Even after going to law school, following the footsteps of my father (an accomplished lawyer and judge at the time); I realized…

— Carlos Machado

Our lawyers had their chat with the Supreme Court Justice, and promised to repast the chat to other members of the Supreme…

— Dashiell Hammett

Lawyers serve a purpose, and we couldn't operate as society without them. They can make things more complicated and difficult, but there…

— Gabriel Macht

Temperamentally, Sam and I are very much alike. He's a lawyer, my father's a lawyer, and I always wanted to play one.…

— Rob Lowe

Under the ethics rules that apply to lawyers, an attorney has a duty to represent her clients zealously, which includes refraining from…

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

Everybody comes to the planet with certain gifts. It may be writing, it may be acting, it may be singing, it may…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

To the United States the Third World often takes the form of a black woman who has been made pregnant in a…

— Lewis H. Lapham

I realized the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties riven asunder. The lesson was so indelibly burnt into me…

— Mahatma Gandhi

With Republicans in control of the Senate for the first time since Barack Obama took office, the president may find it harder…

— Terry Eastland

I had originally wanted to be a lawyer. Even when I went to college and majored in engineering, I still thought I'd…

— Kimberly Bryant

We have feudal governments in a commercial age. It would be but an easy extension of our commercial system, to pay a…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

My children have helped give me purpose and made me a better lawyer. They have shown me the power of choosing life.…

— Leslyn Lewis

Crocodiles have a smile I've seen on the face of every lawyer I've ever met.

— Erma Bombeck

Well, I really don't want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I'm really passionate about painting.

— Chris Gardner

The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.

— A. N. Wilson

I don’t believe man is woman’s natural enemy. Perhaps his lawyer is.

— Shana Alexander

As a private lawyer, I could bill $750 an hour, but I don't.

— Anonymous

The coffee arrives, and we backslide into what lawyers do best---talking about other lawyers.

— John Grisham

For all of you out there who don't know what 'ignoramus' is, it's an ignorant lawyer.

— Gretchen Carlson

A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.

— Mark Twain

He wanted to be a lawyer, couldn't afford it, so he started dealing to go to college - good intention.

— John Leguizamo

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

— Mike Oldfield

I didn't want to do a lawyer. I didn't want to do forensics. I didn't want to work in an ER.

— Eric McCormack

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

— Voltaire

I call my lawyer and say, 'Can I ask you two questions?' He says, 'What's the second question?'

— Henny Youngman

There may be said to be three sorts of lawyers, able, unable, and lamentable.

— Robert Smith

Who calls a lawyer rogue, may find, too lateUpon one of these depends his whole estate.

— George Crabbe

I was a litigation lawyer, following the crowd off the proverbial cliff, when I pressed the pause button.

— Robin S. Sharma