Lawyer Quotes - Page 25

• My grandfather was a lawyer, my dad was a lawyer, my mum was a lawyer, I got an uncle who's a lawyer, I got cousins that are lawyers.

  Benicio Del Toro

  Cousin, Uncles, Dad

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• Litigation only makes lawyers fat.

  Wilbur Smith

  Law, Fats

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• The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquaintance with art and literature, should be for lawyers and engineers as well as for those who study in arts faculties.

  Terry Eagleton

  Art, Philosophy, Literature

  "The death of universities" by Terry Eagleton, www.theguardian.com. December 17, 2010.

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• I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am.

  John Grisham

  Who I Am, Years, Short Time

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• I was a lawyer for 10 years, and several of my clients had the misfortune, through no fault of my own, of going to prison. I visited them occasionally.

  John Grisham

  Years, Faults, Clients

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• People go to restaurants for so many different reasons. To court a girl, to make some deal. Maybe to talk to some lawyer about how to get an alimony settlement better than they got last week.

  Gay Talese

  Girl, People, Lasts

  Interview with Robert Birnbaum, themorningnews.org. July 6, 2006.

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• I think too much of the music industry is for the lawyer and accountant mentality.

  Chuck D

  Thinking, Too Much, Music Industry

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• If I wanted to know what a certain future would feel like to me, I would find someone who is already living that future. If I wonder what it's like to become a lawyer or marry a busy executive or eat at a particular restaurant, my best bet is to find people who have actually done these things and see how happy they are.

  Daniel Gilbert

  People, Done, Wonder

  "Happiness: The elusive emotion". CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. November 20, 2006.

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• From the law firm's perspective, billing by the hour has a certain appeal: it shifts risk from the firm to the client in case the work takes longer than expected. But from a client's perspective, it doesn't work so well. It gives lawyers an incentive to overstaff and to overresearch cases.

  Robert Pozen

  Law, Giving, Perspective

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• As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice.

  David Baldacci

  Citizens, Injustice, Vindicated

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• I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers.

  Eli Broad

  Bored, Bankers, My Time

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• Listen, we all have to agree that there is too much litigation going on in this world. But every year it seems to multiply tenfold. Why can't we stop it? Well, it's because the lawmakers in Congress and the Senate are almost all lawyers, too!

  James Belushi

  Years, World, Too Much

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• When I first saw a Fellini movie, I came out of the movie theatre and decided to become a lawyer! I thought to myself, it's impossible to make something so beautiful!

  Roberto Benigni

  Beautiful, Theatre, Saws

  "Benigni interviewed by Adrian Wootton". Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 1998.

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• And I've always felt comfortable certainly in a courtroom because you're just performing. And there was a time in my life when I thought when I grew up I'd be a trial lawyer myself.

  Scott Bakula

  Trials, Grew, Performing

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• With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.

  Sonny Bono

  Degrees, Goes On, Sometimes

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• Incidentally, Boies, I'm sure, is a very fine lawyer.

  Vincent Bugliosi

  Fine

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• I'm a trained lawyer, after all, so I don't have to admit to anything.

  Clive Anderson

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• I grew up in Queens, in New York City, in a middle class Jewish family. My mother was a public school teacher, my father was a lawyer. They were Democrats - kind of middle-of-the-road democrats.

  Elliott Abrams

  Mother, Teacher, Queens

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• I am really impressed by lawyers who write books and tell us that they never lost a case. Most lawyers who have never lost a case have not had enough hard cases. But there are very difficult cases out there.

  Floyd Abrams

  Book, Writing, Had Enough

  "First Amendment Attorney Floyd Abrams Talks with CFIF’s Corporate Counsel About Three Decades of Free Speech". "Your Turn - Meeting Nonsense with Common Sense" with Renee Giachino, www.cfif.org. June 15, 2005.

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• Dozens of America's wealthiest taxpayers - including hedge fund legend Michael Steinhardt, super trial lawyer Guy Saperstein, and Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's fame - have appealed to President Obama not to renew the Bush tax cuts for anyone earning more than $1 million a year.

  Joe Conason

  Cutting, Years, America

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• On January 10, 1963, I was sworn in as a lawyer, so next January 10 I will have practiced law for 40 years, and I've loved every minute of it.

  Johnnie Cochran

  Years, Law, Next

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• When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader.

  P. Chidambaram

  School, Leader, India

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• Unless you have a perception of who you are as a lawyer, you will never be at ease in dealing with legal matters, clients, or courts. But if you know who you are and why you're there, all you need is the expertise and the information.

  Samuel Dash

  Perception, Needs, Ease

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• If you want to be a doctor, a lawyer you must go to college. But if you want to be a musician or such, study your craft. Study music.

  Billy Eckstine

  College, Doctors, Musician

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• I was a lawyer for about ten years. The law teaches one to see things from all different angles.

  Alex Flinn

  Years, Law, Different

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