#lawyer

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. ↗

— JoBeth Williams

#because #clock #could #felt #her

Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#involved #late #lawyers #quite #realized

In the courtroom, it's where a lawyer really becomes an actor. There's a very fine line between delivering a monologue in a play and delivering a monologue to a jury. I've always felt that way - I've been in a lot of courtrooms. The best lawyers are really theatrical. ↗

— Woody Harrelson

#always #becomes #been #best #between

While Lincoln thus became a lawyer, he did not cease to remain a politician. ↗

— John George Nicolay

#cease #did #lawyer #lincoln #politician

The wars of the future will be fought by computer technicians and by lawyers and high-altitude specialists, and that may mean war will be increasingly abstract, hard to think about and hard to control. ↗

— Michael Ignatieff

#abstract #computer #control #fought #future

After 25-plus years as a lawyer, prosecutor, and defense attorney, I have developed a deep appreciation for both the wisdom of the law and the role that jurists play in framing the rights and responsibilities that define our society. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#appreciation #attorney #both #deep #defense

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. ↗

— Vincent Bugliosi

#happens #i #jury #lawyer #like

What do lawyers learn in law school? They learn to win... What we've got to start thinking about is how do we solve problems. ↗

— Benjamin Carson

#got #how #law #law school #lawyers

Up until 35 I had a slightly skewed world view. I honestly believed everybody in the world wanted to make abstract paintings, and people only became lawyers and doctors and brokers and things because they couldn't make abstract paintings. ↗

— Frank Stella

#became #because #believed #brokers #doctors

Jurors want courtroom lawyers to have some compassion and be nice. ↗

— Johnnie Cochran

#compassion #courtroom #jurors #lawyers #nice