Law and lawyers Quote by Robert Burton

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

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

— Elihu Root

Most lawyers who win a case advise their clients, "We have won," and when justice has frowned upon their cause ... "You have lost.

— Louis Nizer

I told you all lawyers are worthless. After all it takes won (sic) to know one.

— Dan Quayle

Lawyers are fleas on the hide of human nature.

— Stephen King

Lawyers are like priests; people come to them and disburden themselves of their troubles, and get consolation, if they pay well for it; but…

— Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Life is very tenacious in these lawyers.

— Alexandre Dumas

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

— Dick Cavett

I think attorneys are so busy...you know they're always taught to argue everything, and always weight everything, weigh both sides. They are always devil's…

— Clint Eastwood

We've seen unscrupulous legal firms racking up legal aid bills for fabricated accusations. And we've seen attempts by them to pursue cases that stand…

— Penny Mordaunt

The kind of lawyer you hope the other fellow has.

— Raymond Chandler

Lawyers are like spiders, they've eat up all the flies, and I guess they'll have to eat each other soon.

— Thomas Chandler Haliburton