Lawyer

A good lawyer is a bad Christian.

— John Lothrop Motley

A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns.

— Marguerite Young

A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped.

— William Dunbar

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

— Mario Puzo

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.

— Walter Scott

As a lawyer and a former prosecutor, I know the limits of the power and authority of the president. I know what is legal and what is not.

— Rodrigo Duterte

As a lawyer, I could engage in killer litigation with the best of them. It was war, after all.

— Megyn Kelly

As a practicing lawyer, I was mediocre, but I worked hard as a law officer of the state government and on the private side. After becoming a judge, I maintained a low profile in other activities and concentrated only on judicial work.

— P. Sathasivam

As a private lawyer, I could bill $750 an hour, but I don't.

— Jay Alan Sekulow

As a trial lawyer, intelligence is important only in the sense that it allows you to play the game, if you will. Without it, you don't even have a ticket into the competitive arena. But beyond that, it doesn't get you very far at all.

— Vincent Bugliosi