#lawyer

Every trial lawyer knows what it is like to sit patiently while the other side puts on its case. Inevitably they make a few points that appeal to the jury, and waiting for the opportunity to respond can be painful. The desire to jump up immediately - to point out the flaws in logic or the factual distortions - is often overpowering. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#case #desire #distortions #every #factual

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

— Jon Stewart

#death #death penalty #done #frankly #got

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

— Jeremy Sumpter

#drinks #eats #either #front #jury

Divorce lawyers stoke anger and fear in their clients, knowing that as long as the conflicts remain unresolved the revenue stream will keep flowing. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#divorce #divorce-lawyers #fear #lawyers #money

My father, who was from a wealthy family and highly educated, a lawyer, Yale and Columbia, walked out with the benefit of a healthy push from my mother, a seventh grade graduate, who took a typing course and got a secretarial job as fast as she could. ↗

— George Weinberg

#benefit #columbia #could #course #educated

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. ↗

— William Julius Wilson

#businessman #character #creativity #doctor #lawyer

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. ↗

— Dave Winfield

#arms #baseball #come #days #different

The two men were greedily hunched over the table, like two wolves disputing a carcass, but their muttered speech in the echoing hall resembled more the grunting of pigs. One was less than a wolf: he was a public prosecutor. The other was more than a pig, he was a chief commissioner of police. ↗

— Jan Neruda

#police #men

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. ↗

— Spike Lee

#doctor #dramatically #everybody #faults #film

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. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#being #business #compromise #discourage #enough