Attorney Quote by John Richard Green

Hocus was an old cunning attorney. The words of consecration, "Hoc est corpus," were travestied into a nickname for jugglery, as "Hocus-pocus." - John…

— John Arbuthnot

That phrase "hocus-pocus" started out as "hocus-pocus dominocus", and was, in the beginning, a mocking imitation of the holy incantations of the Catholic Church's…

— L. M. Boyd

When I write a word in English, a simple one, such as, say, 'chief,' I have unwittingly ushered a querulous horde into the room.…

— Geraldine Brooks

“Corbulo: a name to conjure with, a name to follow into battle, wherever he led; a name to have a man marching to the…

— M.C. Scott

I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word, for thou art not so long by the head as honor if icabilitudinitatibus.

— William Shakespeare

“You might, for example, be interested to know that the word “prestigious” is derived from the Latin praestigiae, which means “conjuror’s tricks.” Isn’t that…

— Cheryl Strayed

“O, they have lived long on the alms-basket of words. I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word; for thou art…

— William Shakespeare

“Trus, is a word that has to be earned.”

— Patty Smith

You also, O son Brutus. [Lat., Et tu, Brute fili.]

— Julius Caesar

If thou hast no inferiors, have patience awhile, and thou shalt have no superiors. The grave requires no marshal.

— Francis Quarles

“I said: 'Thou thing of patches, rings, Pins, necklaces and suchlike things, Disguiser of the female form, Thou paltry, gilded poisonous worm!”

— William Blake

“Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads; take it in what sense tou whilt.”

— William Shakespeare