"Only a very foolish lawyer will dare guess the outcome of a jury trial."
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"Lawyers are the jackals of commerce."
"Battledore and shuttlecock's a wery good game, vhen you an't the shuttlecock and two lawyers the battledores, in which case it gets too exciting to be pleasant."
"The older I get, the more interesting I find lawyers and accountants."
"Men are men before they are lawyers, or physicians, or merchants, or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and sensible men, they will make themselves capable and sensible lawyers or physicians."
"In one respect at least the Martians are a happy people, they have no lawyers."
"Prosperity: that condition which attracts the lively interest of lawyers, and warrants your being sued for damages, or indicted, or both."
"But the mere truth won't do. You must have a lawyer."
"Shakespeare said, "Kill all the lawyers." There were no agents then."
"You bet I'm shy. I'm a shyster lawyer."
"My lawyers will fricassee your testicles for breakfast. And if you dare board my plane without a warrant, your spleen will follow."
"Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so."
"How many times have I laughed at you telling me plainly that I was too lazy to be anything but a lawyer."
"I am not an accomplished lawyer."
"I don't think being a lawyer is more or less valuable than being a writer."
"The laws I love; the lawyers I suspect."
"Lawyers hold that there are two kinds of particularly bad witnesses--a reluctant witness, and a too-willing witness."
"Well, I really don't want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I'm really passionate about painting."
"Lawyers, doctors, plumbers, they all made the money. Writers? Writers starved. Writers suicided. Writers went mad."
"Life is very tenacious in these lawyers."