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Lawyer Quotes
On practicing law, and what makes a lawyer worth trusting.
These quotes take the profession seriously — a call for justice to be delivered quickly and affordably in every case, and an observation that courtroom and medical dramas fascinate audiences because they show ordinary people under real pressure. See Jokes for a lighter companion.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Big Difference
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- Nov 07, 2020
Scientists want to know the evidence behind a statement; they want reproducible tests and verifiable facts. There is a big difference in the thought process of a trial lawyer who is interested not in what's true but what he can convince a jury is true.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It used to be that what was going to be written on my tombstone was 'Benjamin Wittes, former 'Washington Post' editorial writer,' or 'Benjamin Wittes, who wasn't even a lawyer.' Now it's just, like, 'Benjamin Wittes, who's a friend of Jim Comey's.'
- Lawyers
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee.
- Nov 07, 2020
And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your lawyer.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think a lot of writers spend years just getting up the courage to write because it seems like such a fantasy of a profession. My dad saved me all that time by making me think, 'Oh, anyone can be a writer. It's like being a firefighter or a lawyer.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a lobbyist sets up shop, or a lawyer, in which they're receiving income through what is something like a tax loophole so that it's not counting as corporate income, that is what this is counting as a small business.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a lawyer, many a time I took up difficult and sensitive cases dealing with minorities' and women's rights. Yes, I constantly receive threats, and to be very honest, at times it is very scary. But I have to continue my work.
- Medical
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- Nov 07, 2020
The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was more interested in journalism and fact-finding than other things, so I didn't plan to work 30 years as a lawyer.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like any good lawyer, I'm going to maintain a confidentiality of advice offered in confidence.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
My brother was a radio jockey while I was studying law. I have assisted a lawyer at the High Court. But I decided to give it up. I cleared auditions for radio jockey in the first go, and within a week, I was on air.
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- Nov 07, 2020