- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
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
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm low key at times and really learning as a political figure to give more - show more of myself and be less buttoned down, which I was when I was a lawyer and I was when I was a federal regulator.
- Queen
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- Nov 07, 2020
Money is the sovereign queen of all delights - for her, the lawyer pleads, the soldier fights.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
The announcement that I was going to be an actor was made when was I was 10 years old. And that didn't go down all that well, but I had a lot of years to butter up my parents. My parents have mellowed quite a bit, but, growing up, there was a sense that the only real professions were doctor, engineer, lawyer. Those were your choices.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played a lawyer in a movie, so, many times I think I am a lawyer. And clearly I'm not a lawyer, because I got arrested.
- Seriously
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lawyer who makes an impression as credible, competent, and civil is one whose thoughts I'll take seriously.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let's just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous.
- Defendant
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- Nov 07, 2020
To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even after working at 'MarketWatch' and loving journalism and loving business news, I still wanted to be a lawyer because it was my plan.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had aspirations to do different things with my life. I wanted to play soccer. I wanted to be a lawyer. Serendipity.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thomas More's birth was noted by his father upon a blank page at the back of a copy of Geoffrey of Monmouth's 'Historia Regum Britanniae'; for a lawyer John More was remarkably inexact in his references to that natal year, and the date has been moved from 1477 to 1478 and back again.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a transactional lawyer, which involves a lot of negotiation. If nothing else, that's given me a good eye for human motivation and frequent case studies in peculiar psychological quirks. I think that's served me fairly well as a writer.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm from Iowa Falls, Iowa. My dad was a small-town lawyer, and my mom was a pharmacist. She worked at Swartz Drug. I have five older brothers.
- Truth
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- Nov 07, 2020
A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
- Difference
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an old trial lawyer.
- Nov 07, 2020