"In cross examination, as in fishing, nothing is……" — Louis Nizer
"In cross examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch."
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21 Quotes by Louis Nizer
Louis Nizer has 21 quotes on this site.
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A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.
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Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.
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Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them.
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Many people with different backgrounds, cultures, languages, and creeds combine to make a nation. But that nation is greater than…
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Yes, there's such a thing as luck in trial law but it only comes at 3 o'clock in the morning.…
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Where there is no difference, there is only indifference.
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Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they…
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A speaker who does not strike oil in ten minutes should stop boring.
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The best reply to an atheist is to give him a good dinner and ask him if he believes there…
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Oh, I get lucky a lot. I get lucky at four in the morning in the law library.
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A fine artist is one who makes familiar things new and new things familiar.
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A father is a thousand schoolmasters.
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More Catch Quotes
This quote is filed under Catch Quotes,
one of 2,066 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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If my forgeries looked as bad as the CBS documents, it would have been 'Catch Me In Two Days'.
— Frank Abagnale
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Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense…
— Red Auerbach
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There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you…
— Pearl Bailey
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The catch phrase for the day is 'Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile.'
— Harvey Ball
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Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.
— Dave Barry
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Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the…
— Dave Barry
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You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Dog - a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship.
— Ambrose Bierce
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My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it…
— Erma Bombeck
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I just like to catch fish, I don't care if it weighs half a pound or 10 pounds. But I…
— Terry Bradshaw
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