Quotes about Lawyer

I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five. Votes: 5

A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth. Votes: 4

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. Votes: 4

But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measure character, leadership, creativity, perseverance. Votes: 4

Lawyer even sounds like liar. Votes: 3

Don't misinform your Doctor nor your Lawyer. Votes: 3

Lawyer – One skilled in the circumvention of the law. Votes: 3

Lawyer: one who protects us against robbery by taking away the temptation. Votes: 3

Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country. Votes: 3

Of course I'm smart. What were you expecting-'Lordy, Mr. Lawyer Man, I don't know nuthin' 'bout filin' no injunction'? Please," Alayna muttered. Votes: 3

A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country. Votes: 3

Make crime pay. Become a lawyer. Votes: 2

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer. Votes: 2

The good lawyer is the great salesman. Votes: 2

The law is reason, free from passion. Votes: 2

You are remembered for the rules you break. Votes: 2

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides. Votes: 2

The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. Votes: 2

The events of the day inspired me to become a lawyer. Votes: 2

A lawyer's time and advice are his(her) stock in trade. Votes: 2

Necessity knows no law; I know some attorneys of the same. Votes: 2

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency. Votes: 2

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers. Votes: 2

A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. Votes: 2

The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law. Votes: 2

From your confessor, lawyer and physician, hide not your case on no condition. Votes: 2

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns. Votes: 2

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. Votes: 2

A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000-word document and calls it a "brief." Votes: 2

Whether you're a newspaper journalist, a lawyer, a doctor. You have to organize your thoughts. Votes: 2

People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide. Votes: 2

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity. Votes: 2

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea. Votes: 2

Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect. Votes: 2

I considered going into business or becoming a lawyer - not for the money, but for the thrill of problem-solving. Votes: 2

I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer. Votes: 2

The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that it was drawn up by a lawyer. Votes: 2

I had aspirations to do different things with my life. I wanted to play soccer. I wanted to be a lawyer. Serendipity. Votes: 2

Everyone wants to say they hate lawyers, and yet I've never met a parent who didn't want their kid to be a lawyer. Votes: 2

My uncle's a lawyer and I remember going to see him in court and thinking, 'That's cool, too bad I could never be a lawyer.' Votes: 2

There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth. Votes: 2

Well, I don't know as I want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell how to do what I want to do. Votes: 2

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Votes: 2

A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, anymore than a good mortician wants to finish his job and then have the patient sit up on the table. Votes: 2

In recent years personal injury attorneys and trial lawyers have attacked the food industry with numerous lawsuits alleging that these businesses should pay monetary damages to those who, of their own accord, consume too much of a legal, safe product. Votes: 2

Everybody has a right to be defended, and every lawyer has a duty to defend people accused. And my office is to defend him, to discuss the accusation point by point, as I think this is a normal step in a democracy. Votes: 2

No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time. Votes: 2

I was a litigation lawyer, working in downtown Toronto. I was successful, yet I was very unfulfilled. I had the sense that I really wasn't living according to my values, and I didn't have the passion or sense of mission I was looking for. Votes: 2

Another woman approached me while I was having lunch at the Russian Tea Room in New York and told me that the reason she had become a lawyer was because she had read 'Rage of Angels'. To me, that kind of feedback has more meaning than any sales figures. Votes: 2

My Dad, a small-town lawyer, was also named Paul. Until we lost him when I was 16, he was a gentle presence in my life. I like to think he'd be proud of me and my sister and brothers, because I'm sure proud of him and of where I come from, Janesville, Wisconsin. Votes: 2

I still feel that in India we look upon sports as a recreational activity - which it is - but people have to understand that there is a career in sports. It's not just necessary to be a doctor or a lawyer or an engineer, as most of us Indians appear to think that our children should grow up to be. Votes: 2

When I was growing up, my mother would always say, 'It will go on your permanent record.' There was no 'permanent record.' If there were a 'permanent record,' I'd never be able to be a lawyer. I was such a bum in elementary school and high school... There is a permanent record today, and it's called the Internet. Votes: 2

I was a trial lawyer. At the same time, I was a teacher. I taught about the political and social content of film for American University. Then I left and became a teacher at the University of California at Santa Cruz. I taught about the political and social content of film, but I also taught a course in law for undergraduates. Votes: 2

I have a loyalty that runs in my bloodstream, when I lock into someone or something, you can't get me away from it because I commit that thoroughly. That's in friendship, that's a deal, that's a commitment. Don't give me paper - I can get the same lawyer who drew it up to break it. But if you shake my hand, that's for life. Votes: 2

I started out as a lawyer and came in laterally to Goldman Sachs. So I learned myself that life is unpredictable. That you really should, in terms of your career, try to be excellent at what you're doing. I think if you focus on your job, and you focus on being broad in the context of your job, the next jobs follow from that. Votes: 2

My father was a lawyer. Votes: 0

I'm an old trial lawyer. Votes: 0

I'm a hard headed lawyer. Votes: 0

Buy a friend; hire a lawyer. Votes: 0

I am not an accomplished lawyer. Votes: 0

Liar: A lawyer with a roving commission. Votes: 0

I always wanted to play a lawyer. Votes: 0

Got a budget for the lawyer though. Votes: 0

A good lawyer is a bad Christian. Votes: 0

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer. Votes: 0

U.S.-China relations doesn't need another lawyer. Votes: 0

Liar, lawyer, mirror show me. What's the difference? Votes: 0

Love has no place in a lawyer's office. Votes: 0

The lawyer's pouch is a mouth of hell. Votes: 0

The day was dark as a lawyer's soul. Votes: 0

Don't mess with me, man, I'm a lawyer! Votes: 0

You bet I'm shy. I'm a shyster lawyer. Votes: 0

Courage is the most important attribute of a lawyer. Votes: 0

They don't need a lawyer, they need a toastmaster. Votes: 0

Incidentally, Boies, I'm sure, is a very fine lawyer. Votes: 0

Kinsey was never a lawyer. She's strictly blue collar. Votes: 0

Rattle a lawyer's door and you get more lawyers. Votes: 0

Obviously I'm a lawyer; I like to have cases. Votes: 0

A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped. Votes: 0

I got a Swede lawyer?!? She's gonna get everything! Votes: 0

Obviously Im a lawyer; I like to have cases. Votes: 0

Don't try to lawyer me out of common sense. Votes: 0

Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet. Votes: 0

I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer. Votes: 0

I'm a lawyer. I make lawyers for a living. Votes: 0

Discipline is part of my professional training as a lawyer. Votes: 0

From the physician and lawyer keep not the truth hidden. Votes: 0

Why does a hearse horse snicker, hauling a lawyer away? Votes: 0

Painting is like being a lawyer and attacking a corporation. Votes: 0

Is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.... Votes: 0

What do you know about music? You're not a lawyer. Votes: 0

No lawyer can afford to be ignorant of the Bible. Votes: 0

The kind of lawyer you hope the other fellow has. Votes: 0

A divorce lawyer is a chameleon with a law book. Votes: 0

I love being a lawyer more than I like writing. Votes: 0

I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress. Votes: 0

A lawyer's brief will be brief, before a freethinker thinks freely. Votes: 0

Rich people bring a lawyer. Latinos and blacks bring their mom. Votes: 0

A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools. Votes: 0

There are few things in life worse than a long-winded lawyer. Votes: 0

You know, there must be happiness somewhere, when a lawyer dies. Votes: 0

If I was a lawyer, I'd be my own best client. Votes: 0

When I was at school, I wanted to be a lawyer. Votes: 0

Immanuel Kant would've made a lousy lawyer, but a great judge! Votes: 0

But the mere truth won't do. You must have a lawyer. Votes: 0

I love my lawyer. I have to say that of course! Votes: 0

People who cost too much: manager, lawyer, publicist, label, music publisher. Votes: 0

You are telling me that your lawyer is a bloodsucking vampire? Votes: 0

I'm a movie star. Can I talk to my entertainment lawyer? Votes: 0

I do not deal with subtleties; I am only a lawyer. Votes: 0

I was a lawyer for 12 years in New York and Sweden. Votes: 0

... the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties driven asunder. Votes: 0

I don't believe man is woman's natural enemy. Perhaps his lawyer is. Votes: 0

As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character. Votes: 0

Learn 2 chords and then get a good lawyer before learning the 3rd. Votes: 0

A lawyer is just like an attack dog, only without a conscience. Votes: 0

A lawyer's job is to manipulate the skeletons in other people's closets. Votes: 0

God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man. Votes: 0

As a child I wanted to be a professional athlete or lawyer. Votes: 0

As a private lawyer, I could bill $750 an hour, but I don't. Votes: 0

Not a lawyer but carries within him the debris of a poet. Votes: 0

The only thing a lawyer won't question is the legitimacy of his mother. Votes: 0

As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. Votes: 0

My own basketball background was ripping up my ACL in a lawyer's league. Votes: 0

As a public interest lawyer, your fund of injustice will never be empty. Votes: 0

A good lawyer knows how to shut up when he's won his case. Votes: 0

Have you ever noticed that the lawyer always smiles more than the client? Votes: 0

I used to be a lawyer, but now I am a reformed character. Votes: 0

I think we may class the lawyer in the natural history of monsters. Votes: 0

As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. Votes: 0

I've raised three kids. I'm a lawyer. I've written books on the Constitution. Votes: 0

Im a soulless lawyer. Give me any opinion and I can argue it. Votes: 0

He aimed at the lawyer's heart but missed it. It was a mistrial. Votes: 0

I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money. Votes: 0

Whoa. He had ghouls on speed dial. My lawyer kicks so much ass. Votes: 0

I'm not a politician. I'm not a lawyer. I'm just a country boy. Votes: 0

I'm better at being a lawyer than I am at being a writer. Votes: 0

As a lawyer you never speak with emotion. It's about the precise facts. Votes: 0

I'm not a lawyer, and maybe I should have used more specific legal language. Votes: 0

Only a very foolish lawyer will dare guess the outcome of a jury trial. Votes: 0

McVeigh's lawyer got him the death penalty, which, quite frankly, I could have done. Votes: 0

While Lincoln thus became a lawyer, he did not cease to remain a politician. Votes: 0

International law? I better call my lawyer; he didn't bring that up to me. Votes: 0

I was determined to become a criminal lawyer and help look after the poor. Votes: 0

A lawyer is a man who helps you get what is coming to him. Votes: 0

The jury consist of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. Votes: 0

I wanted to be a lawyer. I love that job; I dont know why. Votes: 0

I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age. Votes: 0

I had no plans to be ever a lawyer, a crime fighter [in school]. Votes: 0

What I need is a lawyer who specializes in the law of the jungle. Votes: 0

A lawyer's dealings should be just and fair; Honesty shines with great advantage there. Votes: 0

A lawyer is either a social engineer or he is a parasite on society. Votes: 0

A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch. Votes: 0

The government of the United States is and always has been a lawyer's government. Votes: 0

It's every lawyer's dream to help shape the law, not just react to it. Votes: 0

I'm a trained lawyer, after all, so I don't have to admit to anything. Votes: 0

I can't think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer. Votes: 0

I want to be an entertainment lawyer so I'll be in the business still. Votes: 0

I'm a recovering lawyer. The practice of law has changed. Every agreement is a fight. Votes: 0

Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public.... Votes: 0

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade. Votes: 0

Alas! the small discredit of a bribe Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe. Votes: 0

Without alcohol I'd be richer by two million dollars that went to pay lawyer's fees. Votes: 0

Choose your agent as carefully as you would choose your accountant or lawyer. Or dentist. Votes: 0

I heard from my cat's lawyer today; my cat wants $12,000 a week for Tender Vittles. Votes: 0

I think too much of the music industry is for the lawyer and accountant mentality. Votes: 0

Often I play, especially on television, a lot of smart lawyer people and cerebral types. Votes: 0

Time is money, especially when you are talking to a lawyer or buying a commercial. Votes: 0

Dylan Jerome," the lawyer admits, "wanted to sue God for not caring enough about him. Votes: 0

Speaking to a lawyer about pictures is something like talking to a butcher about humanity. Votes: 0

"What is the most beautiful word in the language?" The elderly lawyer quickly replied: "Home." Votes: 0

Listen, it's very easy not to be ripped off, you know. Get yourself a lawyer. Votes: 0

I don't think being a lawyer is more or less valuable than being a writer. Votes: 0

Crocodiles have a smile I've seen on the face of every lawyer I've ever met. Votes: 0

Boulez seemed to me to be a guy who wrote laws. Like a company lawyer. Votes: 0

As a lawyer I am before and above all things for the supremacy of law. Votes: 0

When Thurgood Marshall became a lawyer, race relations in the United States were particularly bad. Votes: 0

A little lawyer on the tube, he said, its so easy now, anyone can sue. Votes: 0

I hated being a lawyer and I wanted to like myself and like my job. Votes: 0

Clarence Darrow, America's best-known trial lawyer, was also one of American history's most skilled orators. Votes: 0

A lawyer can steal more money with a briefcase than a thousand men with guns. Votes: 0

I thought I wanted to be a lawyer and was going through this growth phase. Votes: 0

As a lawyer, I hate to use the "on the one hand, but the other". Votes: 0

I think being called a she-devil by a trial lawyer is meant as a compliment. Votes: 0

to speak as black, female, and commercial lawyer has rendered me simultaneously universal, trendy, and marginal. Votes: 0

If you want to get ahead in this world get a lawyer -- not a book. Votes: 0

Well, I really don't want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I'm really passionate about painting. Votes: 0

At one time, I had it notarised that I was from another planet. By a lawyer. Votes: 0

Who calls a lawyer rogue, may find, too lateUpon one of these depends his whole estate. Votes: 0

Modernity has replaced ethics with legalese, and the law can be gamed with a good lawyer. Votes: 0

Each lawyer makes somebody unhappy either by beating him, embarrassing him or tying him in knots. Votes: 0

The trial lawyer does what Socrates was executed for: making the worse argument appear the stronger. Votes: 0

(Brin) 'How good is your lawyer, on a scale of Atticus Finch to Franklin and Bash? Votes: 0

A judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail. Votes: 0

The law is a system that protects everybody who can afford to hire a good lawyer. Votes: 0

I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman. Votes: 0

Money is the sovereign queen of all delights - for her, the lawyer pleads, the soldier fights. Votes: 0

When you're an agent or a lawyer; its about service, not for yourself, but for your clients Votes: 0

After I'd been a lawyer for about five or six years, I started playing around with fiction. Votes: 0

One cannot have "success" in poetry. If I wanted to be successful, I'd have become a lawyer. Votes: 0

Maybe we can change some kid's life & stop him from becoming a welder or a sleazy lawyer. Votes: 0

No one's calling me for lawyer roles. I still have a lot to do to prove myself. Votes: 0

I always wanted to be a lawyer,but I certainly never wanted to be a trapeze performer. Votes: 0

Besides, you want the unvarnished and ungarnished truth, and I'm no hand for that. I'm a lawyer. Votes: 0

When I grow up, I want to be an honest lawyer so things like that can't happen. Votes: 0

Being a lawyer in New York sucks because you're working eighty, sometimes a hundred hours a week. Votes: 0

To succeed as a lawyer, a man must work like a horse and live like a hermit. Votes: 0

One minute I was a clapped-out, two-guinea, legal-aid lawyer, and the next minute I was in parliament. Votes: 0

The office of the lawyer ... is too delicate, personal and confident to be occupied by a corporation. Votes: 0

I know a lawyer who'd love to retire and be an assistant coach. I mean, it's fun. Votes: 0

My parents would have loved it if my brother or I had become a doctor or lawyer. Votes: 0

It's the duty of a lawyer to represent anyone for whom a responsible argument could be made. Votes: 0

I was a litigation lawyer, following the crowd off the proverbial cliff, when I pressed the pause button. Votes: 0

I had actually studied political science in college. I had dreams of being a lawyer at one time. Votes: 0

And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your lawyer. Votes: 0

A lawyer is a gentleman that rescues your estate from your enemies and then keeps it for himself. Votes: 0

My decision to become a lawyer was irrevocably sealed when I realized my father hated the legal profession. Votes: 0

The cliché organizes life; it expropriates people's identity; it becomes ruler, defense lawyer, judge, and the law. Votes: 0

Im a transactional lawyer; I negotiate all types of things, but with a particular focus in software licenses. Votes: 0

I'm a transactional lawyer; I negotiate all types of things, but with a particular focus in software licenses. Votes: 0

I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am. Votes: 0

It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there is no law. Votes: 0

I have heard that a man might be his own lawyer, but you can't be your own judge. Votes: 0

I'm always an agent or a lawyer or a doctor or a banker. I'm always wearing a tie. Votes: 0

Even when I'm playing a lawyer or a doctor, I want to play a person. A human being. Votes: 0

When you see a lawyer trying to pick a smart jury, you know he's got a strong case. Votes: 0

Nobody wants to be a lawyer - it's hard work. But it was kind of my academic route. Votes: 0

I toyed with the idea of pursuing a career as a lawyer just because I like to argue. Votes: 0

I shall not rest until every German sees that it is a shameful thing to be a lawyer. Votes: 0

A man may as well open an oyster without a knife, as a lawyer's mouth without a fee. Votes: 0

I dont want to stay a singer forever. I want to fulfill my dream career as a lawyer! Votes: 0

I don't want to stay a singer forever. I want to fulfill my dream career as a lawyer! Votes: 0

I look back on my years as a Wall Street lawyer as time spent in a foreign country... Votes: 0

My father still is a lawyer, and my mom was a teacher and then later a career counselor Votes: 0

My father still is a lawyer, and my mom was a teacher and then later a career counselor. Votes: 0

I don't ever get the great looking lawyer roles because I've got a thick neck from playing football. Votes: 0

To become a lawyer you must discard your ethics and become an eloquent devil that views justice as god. Votes: 0

If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already. Votes: 0

An incompetent lawyer can delay a trial for months or years. A competent lawyer can delay one even longer. Votes: 0

I was taught that a lawyer was supposed to be a custodian of the community's legal and ethical sense. Votes: 0

When there is war, the poet lays down the lyre, the lawyer his law reports, the schoolboy his books. Votes: 0

As a lawyer, money was my driving force. As the years passed, I accumulated more but was less happy. Votes: 0

I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer's job better than any other. Votes: 0

To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him. Votes: 0

Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian. Votes: 0

I used to want to be a lawyer, but I didn't want to have half my brain sucked out. Votes: 0

My father was a lawyer and to my best knowledge nobody in my family before had interest in science. Votes: 0

My lawyer has been a good friend of mine for a long time. He and I continuously have conversations. Votes: 0

One listens to one's lawyer prattle on as long as one can stand it and then signs where indicated. Votes: 0

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea Votes: 0

I was a lawyer for about ten years. The law teaches one to see things from all different angles. Votes: 0

I am a trial lawyer. Matilda says that at dinner on a good day I sound like an affidavit. Votes: 0

Each investigation team has a lawyer attached to it and there was a lawyer attached to me and my assistant. Votes: 0

In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt reminded us that the Constitution is, and I quote, "a layman's document, not a lawyer's contract." Votes: 0

It is a horrible demoralizing thing to be a lawyer. You look for such low motives in everyone and everything. Votes: 0

Like a human rights lawyer who uses the law to rectify wrongs, I use filmic storytelling for the same effect. Votes: 0

When asked to borrow money: "I'll see what my lawyer says. . . . And if he says yes, I'll get another lawyer. Votes: 0

Now I have an agent, a manager, a lawyer, a publicist, all the king's horses and all the king's men. Votes: 0

When a criminal breaks into your home I'll let the liberals call the lawyer. I'm going to call Smith & Wesson. Votes: 0

On some planet, I probably could have been a lawyer. On some planet, I could have been somebody in advertising. Votes: 0

The Constitution gives you the right to a lawyer, but it doesn't allow you the right to a good reputation. Votes: 0

Louis Kelso of San Francisco, a lawyer-economist, has for years felt that he has a radical answer to the problem. Votes: 0

The problem is not that you can buy a congressman for $10000 but that you can buy a Washington lawyer for $100000. Votes: 0

Hollywood was invented by hoodlums from central Europe. And today a Hollywood lawyer is not a hoodlum. He's a bureaucrat. Votes: 0

I never lost an argument and my parents assumed I would be a lawyer. They cast me in that role. Votes: 0

I have realised that my worst day as an artist is still better than my best day as a lawyer. Votes: 0

I call my lawyer and say, 'Can I ask you two questions?' He says, 'What's the second question?' Votes: 0

Especially from the legal end of things, the easiest thing for a big corporation or lawyer to say is no. Votes: 0

Ive always had an affinity for lawyers. My dad is a lawyer. Hes retired now. My brother is a lawyer. Votes: 0

When I was a young lawyer, working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously. Votes: 0

King Henry VIII, who said to his lawyer, Forget the alimony, I've got a better idea. Never got a dinner! Votes: 0

"I don't know whether you are a saint or a fool" said my lawyer. I replied "Is there a difference?" Votes: 0

The thing about commuting internationally is that you have to be a lawyer or an airline steward to do it successfully. Votes: 0

In 1974, the modeling world changed. Jerry Ford and my lawyer negotiated the deal for the first exclusive contract in modeling history. Votes: 0

I think I would have been a reasonably good lawyer. I have a faculty for making sense of mountains of information. Votes: 0

When it comes to giving advice, never do so unless you've first received a request in writing, signed by a lawyer. Votes: 0

About half the practice of a decent lawyer is telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should shut up. Votes: 0

I have the best agent, manager, publicist, acting coach, and lawyer. Without them, I wouldn't have the opportunities that I've had. Votes: 0

I was a lawyer and I loved it, but my Francesca was born, and a divorce followed way too soon after, Votes: 0

I consider myself sort of like a pseudo lawyer. Like, I'm convinced I can solve every case and argue my way. Votes: 0

At the trial Stubbs chose to act as his own lawyer, but a conflict over his fee led to ill feelings. Votes: 0

Learn your audience and know how to reach them and don't sign anything without a good lawyer and a capable agent. Votes: 0

A dog who thinks he is a man's best friend is a dog who obviously has never met a tax lawyer. Votes: 0

If you expect me to believe that a lawyer wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream, I must be dafter than I look. Votes: 0

I was a lawyer and I loved it, but my Francesca was born, and a divorce followed way too soon after. Votes: 0

I've never worked on a lawyer show for a long time, but I imagine the actors all start acting like lawyers. Votes: 0

If I did not believe in God, I should still want my doctor, my lawyer and my banker to do so. Votes: 0

When your parents are Middle Eastern immigrants, you have three choices. You can become a doctor, a lawyer or an engineer. Votes: 0

When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader. Votes: 0

Oh no, no, no! Are you going to suck my blood? (Amanda Do I look like a lawyer to you? (Kyrian) Votes: 0

If you're a doctor or a lawyer or teacher, if you only get three things right out of 10, you're considered a failure. Votes: 0

Don't go to the doctor with every distemper, nor to the lawyer with every quarrel, nor to the pot for every thirst. Votes: 0

Medical liability reform is not a Republican or Democrat issue or even a doctor versus lawyer issue. It is a patient issue. Votes: 0

Mars and Venus are at it again. This time, Hephaestus is standing by with a private detective, a photographer, and a lawyer. Votes: 0

Did you hear about the woman who sent out 40,000 Valentine Cards doused in perfume and signed, "Guess Who?" She's a divorce lawyer. Votes: 0

While I have served in public office for 30 years, my professional training is as a pharmacist, not a lawyer or an accountant. Votes: 0

Any good trial lawyer knows that if you've got one credible expert or scientific study, then you can let the jury decide. Votes: 0

Your attitude will go a long way in determining your success, your recognition, your reputation and your enjoyment in being a lawyer. Votes: 0

Every man should know something of law; if he knows enough to keep out of it, he is a pretty good lawyer. Votes: 0

I'm a lawyer. I go for due process; I go for fairness and equity - these values mean a lot to me. Votes: 0

I'm not an angry person. When I write, the lawyer in me tries to make it as easy to read as possible. Votes: 0

One lawyer told me that he never drinks water or eats in front of the jury because they can't do either one. Votes: 0

Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the one who best prepares his case, who wins. Votes: 0

I don't usually get to play somebody who is, at least, nominally in charge. I'm usually playing somebody's lawyer or a doctor. Votes: 0

How many times have I laughed at you telling me plainly that I was too lazy to be anything but a lawyer. Votes: 0

Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrell to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot. Votes: 0

So that in 1974, when I graduated as a lawyer, I figured I'm not going to be a lawyer under a military regime. Votes: 0

When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose. Votes: 0

When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, my mom was, like, I think I heard you say lawyer. Votes: 0

Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer. Votes: 0

The Book of Air and Shadows' was born during a conference with an intellectual property lawyer on a particular afternoon in November of 2003. Votes: 0

Like a lawyer, the human brain wants victory, not truth; and, like a lawyer, it is sometimes more admirable for skill than virtue. Votes: 0

I'm a big Bruce Lee fan, and if I saw Bruce Lee try to be some namby-pamby lawyer, I'd want my money back. Votes: 0

A lawyer's duty is to read the law well himself, then tell the people what it is, and let them act upon it. Votes: 0

There must be some point, at which the lawyer's own personal and social morality will rebel against his traditional allegiance to his client. Votes: 0

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers. Votes: 0

If you imitate someone, you owe them a royalty check. If you emulate them, you don't. There's a big difference. Check your lawyer. Votes: 0

The mole rat is the only rodent born without a fur coat. With a good lawyer, someone would pay for that little oversight. Votes: 0

My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia. Votes: 0

I didn't save my money for a lawyer. I was a very young man, and saved my money for having a good time. Votes: 0

There are two ways to read Scripture - the way a lawyer reads a will and the way an heir reads a will. Votes: 0

I never looked at being a musician any different than waking up one day and wanting to be an accountant or a lawyer. Votes: 0

But do not give it to a lawyer's clerk to write, for they use a legal hand that Satan himself will not understand. Votes: 0

As a government lawyer, Samuel Alito wrote that he personally believe very strongly the Constitution does not protect the right to an abortion. Votes: 0

My father wasn't absolutely delighted. He wanted me to become a lawyer. I studied law, but I thought the shoe business was more exciting. Votes: 0

Every peasant has a lawyer inside of him, just as every lawyer, no matter how urbane he may be, carries a peasant within himself. Votes: 0

Al Qaeda has declared war on the Somali pirates. That is awesome! Evil against evil. Like Alien versus Predator or Cheney versus his lawyer. Votes: 0

Even after working at 'MarketWatch' and loving journalism and loving business news, I still wanted to be a lawyer because it was my plan. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, Florida is a mecca for the shyster element, and there are apparently no rules on the kinds of advertising a lawyer can do. Votes: 0

He was a lawyer and he knew that it would be best to trust his journalist friend, but not to tell his own lawyer Votes: 0

A reputable lawyer will advise you to keep out of the law, make the best of a foolish bargain, and not get caught again. Votes: 0

My father was an immigrant from Austria and he became a lawyer and became a judge and I think he was a good judge. Votes: 0

So, in a way I was hedging and saying that if the Olympic stuff doesn't work out at least I can be a lawyer. Votes: 0

A man cannot be a good doctor and keep telephoning his broker between patients nor a good lawyer with his eye on the ticker. Votes: 0

My dad is my biggest source of inspiration. He's a lawyer, and when he'd get home, we always sat down and listened to music. Votes: 0

It seems a lot of straight men need a word coach or a lawyer when it comes to discussing 'Sex and the City.' Votes: 0

If you have a legal problem, guess how you determine whether or not you need a lawyer. You see a lawyer. Isn't that weird? Votes: 0

Ask any experienced defense lawyer: the real risks are for an accused person who is innocent. A guilty defendant has many more options available. Votes: 0

I happen to like debating, and I like to debate like a lawyer, and I can argue any points to death, and I will. Votes: 0

You just got to be really logical when you're a comedian - to a fault. Like a lawyer's got to believe in the law. Votes: 0

The worst enemy of good government is not our ignorant foreign voter, but our educated domestic railroad president, our prominent business man, our leading lawyer. Votes: 0

I find that when I tell lawyer jokes to a mixed audience, the lawyers don't think they're funny and the non-lawyers don't think they're jokes. Votes: 0

In general, salary for land surveyors is often similar to that of a professional engineer or lawyer - surveyors are often "comfortable" but not "wealthy." Votes: 0

The inherited tradition is that we don't tell stories about slavery from the perspective of the slave. It's told through the president or the lawyer. Votes: 0

These days baseball is different. You come to Spring Training, you get your legs ready, you arms loose, your agents ready your lawyer lined up. Votes: 0

The religion of my doctor or my lawyer cannot matter. That consideration has nothing in common with the functions of the friendship they owe me. Votes: 0

You're staring.''You're my wife. I'm allowed to stare.''Is that the rule?''Yes. Stare, leer, ogle, anything I want. Trust me. I'm a lawyer. Votes: 0

These days baseball is different. You come to spring training, you get your legs ready, you arms loose, your agents ready, your lawyer lined up. Votes: 0

As a lawyer who has dealt in defamation, I know that someone's reputation has to be lowered in the eyes of right-thinking people to sue. Votes: 0

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day. Votes: 0

The Devil needs a very good lawyer to prove that it is not the Satan but the people themselves who have committed so many evils! Votes: 0

No man can be a sound lawyer in this land who is not well read in the ethics of Moses and the virtues of Jesus. Votes: 0

A lawyer art thou? Draw not nigh! Go, carry to some fitter place The keenness of that practised eye, The hardness of that sallow face. Votes: 0

From your confessor, lawyer and doctor, hide not your case on no condition. [Is this a way of saying that honesty is the best policy?] Votes: 0

I was a lawyer for 10 years, and when you're in law, things really have to get done, or somebody sues you. It's a great trick. Votes: 0

I was a lawyer for 10 years, and when youre in law, things really have to get done, or somebody sues you. Its a great trick. Votes: 0

Then a lawyer said, But what of our laws, master? And he answered: 'You delight in laying down laws. Yet you delight more in breaking them. Votes: 0

For a couple of years at the end of the 1970s, Dustin Hoffman was a fixture in our family. My father was his lawyer and friend. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Over the years I have learned that creating art has made me happy. I used to be a lawyer and I'm much happier being an artist. Votes: 0

People have said I can come off a little trial-lawyerish. I tell people I never actually became a lawyer, but I play one at City Hall. Votes: 0

I liked to go to court. I became a lawyer because of the allure of the courtroom, not necessarily to be chained to an office desk. Votes: 0

I was a lawyer and I have been married to a lawyer. I think one lawyer per household is plenty. It's a good quota for us. Votes: 0

My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing. Votes: 0

New York state ethics rules prohibit lawyers from soliciting gifts from clients 'for the benefit of the lawyer or a person related to the lawyer.' Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Just think, if I had understood my lawyer and if he and I had communicated properly in January 1958, this whole history would have been entirely different . Votes: 0

And I went off to Stanford, I was pretty young and pretty naive. And I had a professor I really loved, who was himself a lawyer. Votes: 0

Extrapolating from the statistical growth of the legal profession, by the year 2035 every single person in the United States will be a lawyer, including newborn infants. Votes: 0

When I finished school, everyone wanted to go to a good university and become a lawyer or a doctor. My A-levels were sort of chosen for me. Votes: 0

My beautiful Win. I wanted to kiss him on every last broken place, but his mother and my lawyer were there. So, instead I started to cry. Votes: 0

Rarely in my 45 years as a civil rights lawyer have I been so angry about an injustice as I am about what happened to Billy Ray Johnson Votes: 0

The last time I was charged by the FA they had a murder lawyer in against me, so it's going to be a hard case to win. Votes: 0

When actors go onstage, you know immediately if they can do their job. You can be a lawyer or an accountant for years and not find out. Votes: 0

It was helpful to be able to call a lawyer...it turns out, that not only did they help me, but they really helped the whole community... Votes: 0

I await the hour when a journalist can be driven from the press room for venal practices, as a minister can be unfrocked, or a lawyer disbarred. Votes: 0

...commerce, which is mistakenly classified among the productive forms of work, ought to be ranked first among the parasitical professions like those of monk, soldier, lawyer etc. Votes: 0

It takes a long time to become a lawyer because you need three things - a bachelor's degree, a law degree, and a desire to worship Satan. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Gaining my education from practical experience certainly benefited me. If I had gone on to be a lawyer, my life wouldn't have been anywhere near as interesting. Votes: 0

The acme of judicial distinction means the ability to look a lawyer straight in the eyes for two hours and not hear a damned word he says. Votes: 0

I got to play a real D-bag lawyer, and comb my hair really awfully and kiss Emma Stone, so it was a really wonderful day on set. Votes: 0

Don't give me paper - I can get the same lawyer who drew it up to break it. But if you shake my hand, that's for life. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I surely haven't only dealt with film people. As a lawyer, I also fought against evictions, or worked on leases - the unglamorous side of the business. Votes: 0

The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help. Votes: 0

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect. Votes: 0

I was interested in getting courtroom experience. When I was a young lawyer, the only way I could get real courtroom experience was in the criminal law field. Votes: 0

The matter of fees is important, far beyond the mere question of bread and butter involved. Properly attended to, fuller justice is done to both lawyer and client. Votes: 0

A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns. Votes: 0

I considered law and math. My Dad was a lawyer. I think though I would have ended up in physics if I didn't end up in computer science. Votes: 0

John Kerry described his Republican critics as 'the most crooked, lying group I've ever seen.' Now, that's saying something, because Kerry's both a lawyer and a politician. Votes: 0

There were a lot of choices to make and I always picked artist. I never once picked doctor, lawyer, firemen or something like that. It was always artist. Votes: 0

He addressed a black lawyer as "boy". That`s why Jeff Sessions couldn`t get through Senate confirmation process under the old rules followed by Democrats and Republicans. Votes: 0

A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer. Votes: 0

If my mother hadn't tried to sell me chicken Kiev cutlets for $1.40 after I graduated from college, maybe I would've been the lawyer she wanted me to be. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I wanted to be a lawyer. I realized I don't really want to be a lawyer. I want to play a lawyer. Thank God I figured that out. Votes: 0

My dream job would be a lawyer. I can talk my way out of anything, and I love cross-examining people. I think I'd be a really good lawyer. Votes: 0

I am married to a happy camper. He's a criminal lawyer who thinks people are inherently good and will befriend him. His father, at 93, is the same way. Votes: 0

I don't judge the character at all. It's a bit like being someone's defense lawyer - you have to believe in their innocence in order to defend them. Votes: 0

During the integration meetings between Sun and Oracle, where we were being grilled about the patent situation between Sun and Google, we could see the Oracle lawyer's eyes sparkle. Votes: 0

Most lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his cases does not have many. Votes: 0

When I entered college, I thought that I wanted to be a lawyer, but by the time I was set to graduate, I was not too sure of that. Votes: 0

There's a whole generation that's retiring. It is unconscionable that the average salary of a lawyer is $79,000 a year and the average salary of a teacher is $39,000 a year. Votes: 0

A British lawyer would like to think of himself as part of that mysterious entity called The Law; an American lawyer would like a swimming pool and two houses. Votes: 0

Look at the number of cop shows and lawyer shows and forensics shows... I think there could be room for two quite different examinations of the same political office. Votes: 0

Every lawyer shall tell his or her client that becoming involved with the legal system is like three years of experimental chemotherapy, one hundred percent guaranteed not to work." Votes: 0

In violation of the Habeas Corpus Act and the fundamental laws of our constitution these men have never been brought to trail or even allowed to see a lawyer. Votes: 0

Education is worth a whole lot. Just think - with enough education and brains the average man would make a good lawyer - and so would the average lawyer. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

In seeking a lawyer, you are looking for an advocate, an expert advisor on the law and on your rights and responsibilities, a strategist, a negotiator, and a litigator. Votes: 0

I got interested in the justice system. If I was, I'd probably be a defense lawyer. I was headed that way, but luckily changed my track to film school. Votes: 0

What a holler would ensue if people had to pay the minister as much to marry them as they have to pay a lawyer to get them a divorce. Votes: 0

I came from a traditional immigrant family where education meant there were only a few valid paths: doctor or lawyer - and I didn't want to be either one. Votes: 0

I had many of the trappings of success. I was a lawyer. I drove a nice car and I had nice things. But "things" don't make a rich life. Votes: 0

Right now I'm trying to help my sister with her school situation, 'cause she's real smart. Besides me, my other brother's a lawyer... my parents stressed education a lot. Votes: 0

Like Hillary Clinton before her, Mrs. Obama has always been a working woman. She is a lawyer turned hospital administrator turned political right hand. It is a unique resume. Votes: 0

I came from a traditional immigrant family where education meant there were only a few valid paths: doctor or lawyer - and I didnt want to be either one. Votes: 0

I will release my tax returns - against my lawyer's wishes - when she releases her 33,000 e-mails that have been deleted. As soon as she releases them, I will release. Votes: 0

Oftentimes, when people write me 4,000-word letters, I write them back and tell them if their problem's that complicated, they probably need a lawyer or a cop, and not me. Votes: 0

The TV commercials, which are endless and fairly crass, gave birth to Brock, the bad-lawyer character in Razor Girl. In real life you can find even sleazier examples than him. Votes: 0

Even after going to law school, following the footsteps of my father (an accomplished lawyer and judge at the time); I realized that the suit would never replace the kimono! Votes: 0

Steve Dallas...a frat-boy lawyer who I knew in school. He's never written me. I suspect he was shot by an annoyed girlfriend, which has saved me many legal fees. Votes: 0

Well, I think that there is a connection between being a lawyer and a doctor and an actor. They kind of, in some ways, have the same appeal, I suppose. Votes: 0

I wanted to be a doctor, but my mom was like "It's really hard and it's going to take 10 years, so I was like "OK, I'll just be a lawyer." Votes: 0

When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer. Votes: 0

My brother Cody is 19. He wants to stay out of the limelight and become a lawyer. I want him to be an entertainment lawyer, so he can help me out! Votes: 0

I wanted to play the part that Mary Kay played, the lawyer who wanted to have baby and felt her clock ticking, because it was something I could relate to. Votes: 0

My parents were very traditional Nigerians who wanted doctor, lawyer, teacher [children], but when I actually had a dream and I presented the dream to them, they were 100 percent supportive. Votes: 0

If a person is not talented enough to be a novelist, not smart enough to be a lawyer, and his hands are too shaky to perform operations, he becomes a journalist. Votes: 0

A lawyer from Africa wants to marry Malia Obama in exchange for goats, sheep, and cows. In response, President Obama said, 'Don't be ridiculous. My daughter isn't marrying a lawyer.' Votes: 0

Every culture feels like their parents are the most stringent as far as, "We came to this country to work hard, we want you to be a doctor or a lawyer." Votes: 0

Later, at Stanford University, I thought I'd become a lawyer or businessman, but my father came to me and said he thought there was a big future in the fine-wine business. Votes: 0

You been to school, you say you are a lawyer, you walked out of a magazine. I've been a drifter and a low-life loser, you can learn a lot from me. Votes: 0

I've argued in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. I've argued in almost every circuit. And I tried, as a personal lawyer and U.S. attorney, over 50 cases. Votes: 0

No matter how successful I become as a playwright, my mother would be thrilled to hear me tell her that I'd just lost twenty pounds, gotten married and become a lawyer. Votes: 0

As a defense lawyer, he refused to condemn his clients. Everyone else in the system-the cops, the prosecutors, the juries and judges-would take care of that; they didn't need his help. Votes: 0

He saw a lawyer killing a viper on a dunghill hard by his own stable; And the Devil smiled, for it put him in mind of Cain and his brother Abel. Votes: 0

I seriously doubt I would ever have written the first story had I not been a lawyer. I never dreamed of being a writer. I wrote only after witnessing a trial. Votes: 0

I absolutely reject that idea that the press is liberal and what it does is liberal. In my view, it's like accusing a doctor of malpractice or a lawyer of malfeasance. Votes: 0

When I was little, I thought about becoming a lawyer like my parents, and my mother would always tell me, "You can do anything you want - except be a lawyer." Votes: 0

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! Votes: 0

Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It's a marathon. Votes: 0

John Adams was a farmer, Abraham Lincoln a small town lawyer. Plato and Socrates were teachers. Jesus was a carpenter. To equate wisdom and judgement with occupation is at best insulting. Votes: 0

Being from a very traditional Chinese-American family, my parents believed the only options to have a successful life were to be a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer or a business person. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I find the term 'workaholic' to be distasteful because it reminds me of the harried-looking lawyers I recall chained to their desks through nights and weekends during my lawyer days years ago. Votes: 0

The mere title of lawyer is sufficient to deprive a man of the public confidence. ... The most innocent and irreproachable life cannot guard a lawyer against the hatred of his fellow citizens. Votes: 0

Was this all part of your plan as my lawyer? I don't recall explosive escapes being part of the legal training." "Well, I'm sure it wasn't part of Damon Taru's legal training. Votes: 0

A lawyer's relationship to justice and wisdom is on a par with a piano tuner's relationship to a concert. He neither composes the music, nor interprets it-he merely keeps the machinery running. Votes: 0

When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I became a lawyer. Votes: 0

I say get an education. Become an electrician, a mechanic, a doctor, a lawyer, anything but a fighter. In this trade, it's the managers that make the money and last the longest. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

My father was very chic. My mum was always encouraging me. Some parents would say, 'Why don't you be a lawyer, a doctor, or something more important?' They never said that. Votes: 0

When one wanted one's interests looking after whatever the cost, it was not so well for a lawyer to be over honest, else he might not be up to other people's tricks. Votes: 0

It was an injured worker finding a lawyer on a contingent fee in a little town in Texas that blew the top off one of the greatest industrial disasters in American history. Votes: 0

I would love to be in a Jimmy McGovern drama on TV, but there is no way he would ever ask me unless it would be to play a lawyer or something. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I wanted to be a prosecutor - a criminal lawyer - because there's nowhere where the stakes are higher, where you can wake up every day and believe in what you're doing. Votes: 0

I don't think you can make a lawyer honest by an act of legislature. You've got to work on his conscience. And his lack of conscience is what makes him a lawyer. Votes: 0

I've always wanted to write comic books, my earliest memories are of waiting for Dad to come home from work, and, secreted in his lawyer's leather briefcase, would be comics from the store. Votes: 0

Your lawyer is your true mercenary. Under his code honor consists in making the best possible fight in exchange for the biggest possible fee. He is frankly for sale to the highest bidder. Votes: 0

I always wanted to be a fireman, a cop, an Indian chief, a doctor, a lawyer. I always wanted to be all these things, so I am drawn to these kinds of characters. Votes: 0

I have two writer daughters, and a psychoanalyst daughter, and a lawyer daughter, and they wish we didn't write, I'm sure, but we write. If we were a painting family, we would paint. Votes: 0

Let us suppose you become a craneman. Suppose you become a clerk in a lawyer's office. Give the best that is in you. Let nothing stand in the way of your going on. Votes: 0

My friends in the Congress, I have known Coretta King since I went south during the civil rights movement as a lawyer. She was a vibrant, consistent, totally dedicated partner with her husband. Votes: 0

I feel like I'm a professional. I've been a professional for a number of years. I'm a businesswoman and a tax lawyer and a professional and so that's how I treat other people. Votes: 0

It's the beauty and curse of doing a daily show. Some days you've got nothing to talk about and other days Dick Cheney shoots his lawyer in the face and everyone is happy. Votes: 0

I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful. Votes: 0

I'm real bent on dialogue. I'm just a little bit crazy and when you put that along with 20 years as a criminal lawyer, it's pretty easy to come up with some interesting plots. Votes: 0

Every form of power comes down to language. In law, there's all kinds of words you don't know if you're not a lawyer and that gives them power. In business, it's the same thing. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Without really trying to, I've become a sort of jailhouse lawyer of relationships - someone who's had to do so much work on her own case that I can now help you with yours. Votes: 0

I view myself primarily as a trial lawyer who happens to be writing, as opposed to a writer who happens to be a trial lawyer, so the audience is like a jury to me. Votes: 0

I may look like an American WASPy doctor or lawyer, but I feel just like Woody Allen. Don't cast me for my looks - I have a very ironic, existential, crazy Jew in me. Votes: 0

Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That's a platform we use, or a priest. You know, anywhere you lecture and pontificate to people. Votes: 0

I worked as a lawyer; as a member of the teaching staff of a technical college; and then I worked principally as legal adviser to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Party. Votes: 0

I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presiding judge too: I've had the misfortune to sleep with his wife. He was specially picked. Votes: 0

Dear my brothers there is no more room for wanting to be a thug, BUT there is PLENTY of room for being a father, lawyer, doctor and a teacher. Please take this in consideration! Votes: 0

Well, I guess most people would only know me from The O.C. I did a few episodes of Gilmore Girls before that. I was also a client on a lot of lawyer shows. Votes: 0

I was quite convinced that I didn't want to be a lawyer. But I felt that law school would be a useful way to understand public policy and to understand business in this environment. Votes: 0

Computer science … jobs should be way more interesting than even going to Wall Street or being a lawyer--or, I can argue, than anything but perhaps biology, and there it's just a tie. Votes: 0

Complainin' to my lawyer how this rookie tried to frisk me... Jealous of my jeep, I gave his badge to the chief, And got his ass directin' traffic in the heat for a week. Votes: 0

I worked as a lawyer as a member of the teaching staff of a technical college and then I worked principally as legal adviser to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Party. Votes: 0

When I chose to leave a career as a young lawyer in Washington to move to Arkansas to marry Bill and start a family, my friends asked, 'Are you out of your mind?' Votes: 0

I thought I would, you know, go to college, get to law school, finish, and then get a job and work as a lawyer, but that proved to be not a good fit for me. Votes: 0

A lawyer is basically a mouth, like a shark is a mouth attached to a long gut. The business of lawyers is to talk, to interrupt one another, and to devour each other if possible. Votes: 0

Writing is not "the establishment of a professional reputation" as if one were a doctor or lawyer; it is not properly in the sentence with creation of a family and the purchase of a home. Votes: 0

Let's put it this way: if you need to ask a lawyer whether what you do is right or not, you are morally corrupt. Let's not go there. We don't base our morality on law. Votes: 0

As a child, I actually wanted to be a lawyer. That was the goal. I didn't plan to be an author, and then even less, did I plan to produce movies. It all just happened. Votes: 0

I've been a military lawyer for 33 years. A member of al Qaeda or their affiliate group can be detained under a law of war as long as their threat to our nation without a trial. Votes: 0

I never had an existential moment when I asked myself what I was going to do. I always wanted to be a lawyer, and I knew exactly the kind of lawyer I wanted to be. Votes: 0