Admitting Quote by Alan Dershowitz

I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it; also realizing it. Most lawyers are very successful,…

— Alan Dershowitz

I think you don't know if a lawyer's a lawyer until there's something to overcome in the courtroom. Something goes wrong.

— Teddy Atlas

It is unfair to believe everything we hear about lawyers, some of it might not be true.

— Gerald F. Lieberman

Lawyers make nothing but confusion...A lawyer is an instrument of the devil. In general, he's a fiendish idiot, banking on the stupidity of people…

— Thomas Bernhard

When it comes to our own mistakes, we are very good lawyers. but when it comes to other peoples mistakes, we are very good…

— Anonymous

About half the practice of a decent lawyer is telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should shut up.

— Elihu Root

We are very good lawyers for our mistake; but a very good judge for others mistake.

— Anonymous

I hate second-guessing other lawyers because I know that I've tried and lost cases, and somebody could sit there and say, 'Should have done…

— Scott Turow

Lawyering is very individualistic. There are lawyers who are going to be that persistent birddog, they're never going to give up on the client,…

— Lynne Stewart

The public regards lawyers with great distrust. They think lawyers are smarter than the average guy but use their intelligence deviously. Well, they're wrong.…

— F. Lee Bailey

A lawyer actually has to see all sides of a situation. Lawyers actually might be the most understanding human beings.

— Derek Cianfrance

In the first place, lawyers better remember they are human beings, and a human being who hasn't his periods of doubts and distresses and…

— Felix Frankfurter