#lawyers

Lawyers enjoy a little mystery, you know. Why, if everybody came forward and told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth straight out, we should all retire to the workhouse. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#enjoy #everybody #forward #know #lawyers

Lawyers were notorious for finding cases in the most unlikely places, especially ones with huge potential damagers awards. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#lawyers #funny

America’s been ruined by one word: Bankers. No, two words: Bankers and lawyers. Make that three words. Add politicians to that list. Oh, and don’t forget the lobbyists. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#banksters #humor #lawyers #lobbyists #politicians

Sometimes a word, a sound, triggers an image or recollection of something forgotten. A search for the truth sounds romantic, a thoughtful quest. As often as not, it is as mind numbing as reading a list of names or looking through scores of obtuse documents in the hope of finding a clear pattern, divined by not much more than intuition and observation. A shrugged-off remark can lead to more truth than studied responses to severe cross-examination. ↗

— Jackson Burnett

#jackson-burnett #lawyers #the-past-never-ends #the-search-for-truth #romantic

If you don't start playing by my rules, you'll be lucky to be licking stamps in some lowly, legal aid office. ↗

— Linda Pohl

#lawyers #love #power #romance #secret

You look at the pillars of the state: politics, the media, police, lawyers - they've all got their formal role, and then nestling above that is that power elite who are networked in through soft, social links, that are actually running the show. Why didn't I know that 10 years ago, and why didn't I rail against it? Why did I become part of it? ↗

— Tom A. Watson

#actually #against #ago #become #did

If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place. ↗

— Lord Halifax

#complain #could #first #laws #lawyers

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

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#deal #great #great deal #lawyers #smoke

It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#bad #costs #lawyers #losing #lot