Subject: Government » Lawyers (Page 2)

Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.

(1860 – 1904) Russian short-story writer, playwright & physician

I've had ample contact with lawyers, and I'm convinced that the only fortune they ever leave is their own.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

If law school is so hard to get through… how come there are so many lawyers?

(1935 – ) columnist, journalist & novelist

A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

Nothing is as dangerous as an unemployed lawyer.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author

Infinity is one lawyer waiting for another.

I have knowingly defended a number of guilty men, but the guilty never escape unscathed; my fees are sufficient punishment for anyone.

(1933 – ) American attorney

Lawyer: Men whom we hire to protect us from lawyers.

Shyster: The other fellow’s lawyer.

I think that after the third marriage Georgie tried to claim his divorce attorney as a dependent.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Lawsuit: A contest generally won by the party that can afford to reimburse the lawyers on both sides of the dispute.

The only thing a lawyer won’t question is the legitimacy of his mother.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

90% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

I'm not an ambulance chaser; I'm usually there before the ambulance.

(1907 – 1996) American attorney

There may be said to be three sorts of lawyers, able, unable, and lamentable.

(1805 – 1864) English editor, novelist & sporting writer

Having your lawyer pay for lunch will be very expensive in the end.

After last week’s preliminary hearing Saddam Hussein was asked if he needed anything while in custody; “Yes,” he said, “Michael Jackson’s lawyer.”

(1972 – ) Irish comedian & television presenter

Goembel John E. – 1867–1946 – "The defense rests."

I called my lawyer and said, ‘Can I ask you two questions?’ He said, ‘What’s the second question?

When an irresistible force meets an immovable object, an unethical lawyer will immediately appear.

Beware of and eschew pompous prolixity.