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
For a couple of years at the end of the 1970s, Dustin Hoffman was a fixture in our family. My father was… — John Burnham Schwartz Copy Share Image
A suffering world cries for mercy, as far as the eye can see. Lawyers around every bend in the road, lawyers in… — Tom Paxton Copy Share Image
Lawyers were notorious for finding cases in the most unlikely places, especially ones with huge potential damagers awards. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Throughout college and law school, as well as in my career as a lawyer and police reform advocate, I've faced various toxic… — Lori Lightfoot Copy Share Image
This summer, I'll be bringing out a mystery that involves a young lawyer and a court scene the likes of which I… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitarist was… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
Let no young man choosing the law for a calling for a moment yield to the popular belief -- resolve to be… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Lawyers on TV always tell their clients not to say anything. The cops say that thing: 'Anything you say will be used… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“No. Okay. Here goes,” Liddell said. “A guy leaves his divorce attorney’s office and storms down the street to a bar. He… — Rick Reed Copy Share Image
Feminism … I think the simplest explanation, and one that captures the idea, is a song that Marlo Thomas sang, 'Free to… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I reckon some parsons have a right to tell yu' to be good. The bishop of this hyeh Territory has a right.… — Owen Wister Copy Share Image
I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am. My clients were… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
Every good lawyer knows that if there is something in his client's cause that so personally offends you, morally, religiously, or if… — Walter Smith Copy Share Image
But the law is an odd thing. For instance, one country in Europe has a law that requires all its bakers to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Deal with just the basic fact: we will never have enough money for lawyers for poor people. So one of our major… — Martha Minow Copy Share Image
“You know, sometimes I think this is just not it,” he said, his glasses flashing from the early night’s light. He turned… — Daniel Amory Copy Share Image
In May 2013, my lawyer Dmitry Dinze filed a complaint about the conditions at PC-14 with the prosecutor's office. The deputy head… — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Copy Share Image
The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there… — Patrick Murray Copy Share Image
Like a lawyer, the human brain wants victory, not truth; and, like a lawyer, it is sometimes more admirable for skill than… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
I had many of the trappings of success. I was a lawyer. I drove a nice car and I had nice things.… — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
“From an early age I had enjoyed words, but as a lawyer, I was responsible for filing them down and forcing them… — Jamie Ivey Copy Share Image
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I'm afraid I talk a lot, too much, perhaps. I should have been a lawyer or a college professor or a windy… — Tom Glazer Copy Share Image
Most people who serve in Washington have been trained either as lawyers or as political operatives--professions that tend to place a premium… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Jesus is nuts about kids. He doesn't seem to think much of lawyers which really lands close to home, but He's nuts… — Bob Goff Copy Share Image
In 1974, the modeling world changed. Jerry Ford and my lawyer negotiated the deal for the first exclusive contract in modeling history. — Lauren Hutton Copy Share Image
My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
Sir, it is wrong to stir up law-suits; but when once it is certain that a law-suit is to go on, there… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Bear in mind that brains and learning, like muscle and physical skill, are articles of commerce. They are bought and sold. You… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
If you put down a list of jobs, doctor, lawyer, janitor, teacher or movie star, everybody would pick the movie star. And… — Steve Guttenberg Copy Share Image
I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and… — Gene Hackman Copy Share Image
Latino people have come up to me and said they were motivated to become a lawyer because they saw me play one… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
The question arises whether all lawyers are the same. This is like asking whether everything that gets into a sewer is garbage. — Florynce Kennedy Copy Share Image
When I don't make a decision, it's not that I don't think about it. I think about it and make a decision… — P. V. Narasimha Rao Copy Share Image
People in LA seem to have no concept of the time outside of their city. I've been trained for thirty years in… — Matthew Vaughn Copy Share Image
If there's no deals being made rappers, what happens to the lawyers. They've got to close their firms, they can't make no… — RZA Copy Share Image
“Vicars, he often thought, are essentially God’s lawyers on the earth. Interpreters of the law, the finders of nuance, sifters through rationalizations… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“When Gregory says, ‘Are they guilty?’ he means, ‘Did they do it?’ But when he says, ‘Are they guilty?’ he means, ‘Did… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
