Lawyer Quotes and Sayings - Page 2
Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they serve.
- Clarence Darrow
Judge – A law student who marks his own examination papers.
- Henry Louis Mencken
He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.
- Charles Lamb
A good lawyer is a bad Christian.
- John Lothrop Motley
A lawyer is a learned gentleman who rescues your estate from your enemies and keeps it himself.
- Henry Peter Brougham
It was so cold last winter that I saw a lawyer walking down the street with his hands in his own pockets.
Laws are like spiderwebs.They catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
Lawyers are always more ready to get a man into troubles than out of them.
A good lawyer is a great liar.
No brilliance is required in law, just some common sense and relatively clean fingernails.
- John Mortimer
A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.
- Mario Puzo, The Godfather
Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.
- Will Rogers
A lawyer must be a great author.
A good lawyer knows the law. A better lawyer knows the judge. But the best lawyer knows the judge’s mistress.
What have lawyers and rhinos got in common, both are thick skinned and charge whatever the hell they like.
A good lawyer never give up, until he wants to, or until he gets what he wants.
99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name
Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.
- Jeremy Bentham
Any society that needs disclaimers has too many lawyers.
~Erik Pepke