11 quotes found
Lawyer · American
American lawyer
“A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.”
“Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.”
“I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds.”
“A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art.”
“When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.”
“In cross-examination as in fishing nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch.”
“Yes, there's such a thing as luck in trial law but it only comes at 3 o'clock in the morning. You'll still find me in the library looking for luck at 3 o'clock in the morning.”
“A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.”
“Once early in the morning, at two or three in the morning, when the master was asleep, the books in the library began to quarrel with each other as to which was the king of the library. The diction...”
“There is an aphorism about a farmer who before sunrise on a cold and misty morning, saw a huge beast on a distant hill. He seized his rifle and walked cautiously toward the ogre to head off an atta...”
