All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ...
Joseph Conrad
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All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up. ...
Ian Hislop
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As a private lawyer, I could bill $750 an hour, but I don't. ...
Jay Alan Sekulow
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As a rule lawyers tend to want to do whatever they can to win. ...
Bill Williams
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As for lawyers, it's more fun to play one than to be one. ...
Sam Waterston
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Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property. ...
Jean de la Bruyere
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Cagey trial lawyers have figured out there's a pretty good likelihood their case - no matter what its merit - will literally get its day in court because of favorable judges. ...
Dennis Hastert
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery. ...
Calvin Coolidge
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Frivolous lawsuits are booming in this county. The U.S. has more costs of litigation per person than any other industrialized nation in the world, and it is crippling our economy. ...
Jack Kingston
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From your confessor, lawyer and physician, hide not your case on no condition. ...
John Harington
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I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five. ...
Steven Wright
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I come from a profession which has suffered greatly because of the lack of civility. Lawyers treat each other poorly and it has come home to haunt them. The public will not tolerate a lack of civility. ...
James E. Rogers
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I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age. ...
Johnnie Cochran
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I have a different approach. I don't file lawsuits because I really don't care. ...
Nicole Kidman
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I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct. ...
Samuel Alito
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I have been surrounded by some of the smartest, brightest, most caring lawyers, by agents who are willing to risk their lives for others, by support staff that are willing to work as hard as they can. ...
Janet Reno
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I used to want to be a lawyer, but I didn't want to have half my brain sucked out. ...
Max Walker
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I would say that IQ is the strongest predictor of which field you can get into and hold a job in, whether you can be an accountant, lawyer or nurse, for example. ...
Daniel Goleman
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I wouldn't pretend to tell you we don't pay our lawyers well. ...
Jay Alan Sekulow
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I'm afraid I talk a lot, too much, perhaps. I should have been a lawyer or a college professor or a windy politician, though I'm glad I am not any of these. ...
Tom Glazer
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I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer. ...
Anita Hill
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It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers. ...
Carol Burnett
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It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins. ...
Bugs Baer
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Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught. ...
Honore de Balzac
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Lawsuit abuse is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and services to consumers. ...
Charles W. Pickering
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Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage. ...
Ambrose Bierce
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Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom. ...
Don Henley
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Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character. ...
Robert E. Lee
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One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now. ...
Anita Hill
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People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide. ...
Will Rogers
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