#courtroom

It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#courtroom #doing #else #important #lose

You are going to use this courtroom to kill me? I am going to fight for my life one way or another. You should let me do it with words. ↗

— Charles Manson

#another #courtroom #fight #going #i

I think if somebody is so set in their ways about what they feel about something - and you get this a lot in academia, of course, and also different sorts of journalism too - you're going to sweep under the carpet the facts that don't suit your thesis. And I think that happens quite a lot in the courtroom, for instance. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#academia #also #carpet #course #courtroom

This is the time that I really miss being in my courtroom because I believe that that's the last place in this country where there's supposed to be fairness. ↗

— Star Jones

#being #believe #country #courtroom #fairness

Mr Lorry asks the witness questions: Ever been kicked? Might have been. Frequently? No. Ever kicked down stairs? Decidedly not; once received a kick at the top of a staircase, and fell down stairs of his own accord. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#dickens #humor #lie #witness #humor

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#evidence #hear #jail #jury #laughing

There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill. ↗

— Fred Thompson

#courtroom #degree #law #law degree #lot

One of the local reporters assured me Garrison would put in an appearance for the cross-examination, but as the courtroom settled down and the rear doors were closed, there was no sign of him. ↗

— James Kirkwood

#assured #closed #courtroom #doors #down

To play a lawyer and have one year of law school under your belt, you sort of know what you're talking about! I'm able to memorize the legal courtroom stuff a lot faster than I would have been able to otherwise. ↗

— Jerry O'Connell

#about #been #belt #courtroom #faster

Having a Congress with a more diverse educational and professional background would serve the country well. And given the budget challenges facing America today, we might benefit from a few more cold, calculating problem solvers, and fewer courtroom impresarios. ↗

— John Sununu

#background #benefit #budget #calculating #challenges