All Louis Nizer Quotes
- A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults. Clever
- Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man. Administered
- Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them. Believe
- Many people with different backgrounds, cultures, languages, and creeds combine to make a nation. But that nation is greater than the sum total of the… Adding
- Yes, there's such a thing as luck in trial law but it only comes at 3 o'clock in the morning. You'll still find me in… Clock
- Where there is no difference, there is only indifference. Difference
- Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their… Advantage
- A speaker who does not strike oil in ten minutes should stop boring. Boring
- The best reply to an atheist is to give him a good dinner and ask him if he believes there is a cook. Ask
- Oh, I get lucky a lot. I get lucky at four in the morning in the law library. Four
- A fine artist is one who makes familiar things new and new things familiar. Art
- In cross examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch. Catch
- A father is a thousand schoolmasters. Father
- Preparation is the be-all of good trial work. Everything else - felicity of expression, improvisational brilliance - is a satellite around the sun. Thorough preparation… All
- When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself. Accountability
- I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds. Courage
- A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a… Artist
- A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art. Accident
- True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess. Creed
- A man's life is colored by the dye of his imagination. Colored
- To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult. Better