Competent Quote by Robert A. Heinlein

“Certain people make a living from their abilities, such as pilots, plumbers, and lawyers. In other areas, skill is necessary but not critical, as…

— Rolf Dobelli

If law school is so hard to get through... how come there are so many lawyers?

— Calvin Trillin

One hires lawyers as on hires plumbers, because one wants to keep one's hands off the beastly drains.

— Carolyn Heilbrun

The more lawyers there are, the more people are out there to encourage others not to go to law school.

— David E. Kelley

There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill.

— Fred Thompson

Apologists for the profession contend that lawyers are as honest as other men, but this is not very encouraging.

— Ferdinand Lundberg

Fools and obstinate men make rich lawyers

— Spanish Proverb

Kerr's Three Rules for a Successful College: Have plenty of football for the alumni, sex for the students, and parking for the faculty. If…

— Calvin Trillin

Academics are, on average, pussies.

— David Buss

Lawyers work hard and, like us, they're human, many of them.

— Dick Cavett

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

I detest so much ... those persons, who insist upon telling you everything - who labor every point, as the lawyers say, as if…

— Mary Russell Mitford