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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Lawyers'

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I wouldn't pretend to tell you we don't pay our lawyers well.
Jay Alan Sekulow, American Lawyer (1956-  )
I don't sell enough books to pay for the lawyers, however. And these various problems finally became too much.
Peter Sotos, American Writer (1960-  )
Actually lowering the cost of insurance would be accomplished by such things as making it harder for lawyers to win frivolous lawsuits against insurance companies.
Thomas Sowell, American Economist (1930-  )
Government lawyers have a duty to disclose evidence of wrongdoing in the government.
Ken Starr, American Lawyer (1946-  )
Lawyers claim that their clients have been grossly mistreated, which is what criminal defense lawyers are paid to do.
Kenneth Starr, American Lawyer (1946-  )
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, American Artist (1936-  )
There are some lawyers who think of themselves as basically instruments of whoever their clients are, and they pride themselves on their professional craft.
Cass Sunstein, American Lawyer (1954-  )
It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind.
Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer (1667-1745)
In Palm Springs, they think homelessness is caused by bad divorce lawyers.
G. B. Trudeau, -
There's lots of stuff about me being a fan of Cliff but not being gay. Which suggests that he is, but he's not. Anyway, this is Channel 4, let their lawyers sort it out.
Johnny Vegas, British Comedian (1971-  )
You can, if you wish, think of it like the universe: Each case is a sun, and all the judges, lawyers and administrative personnel represent planets revolving around the case in fixed orbit, never getting closer.
Sol Wachtler, American Judge
I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years both as a cop and a defendant in defamation cases.
Joseph Wambaugh, American Writer (1937-  )
Today, lawyers are attacking more; they're attacking everything. A good example is the O.J. Simpson case.
Joseph Wambaugh, American Writer (1937-  )
As for lawyers, it's more fun to play one than to be one.
Sam Waterston, American Actor (1940-  )
We felt often that we were perceived as mothers trying to be lawyers, while a male colleague of ours who had a young child was perceived as a lawyer who also happened to be a father.
Anne C. Weisberg, -
As a rule lawyers tend to want to do whatever they can to win.
Bill Williams, American Celebrity
Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something.
Bob Woodward, American Journalist (1943-  )
Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
Lin Yutang, Chinese Author (1895-1976)
 
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