Attorney Quotes

Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed. (Earl Warren)
The attorney general would call at 5 o'clock in the evening and say: 'Tomorrow morning we are going to try to integrate the University of Mississippi. Get us a memo on what we're likely to do, and what we can do if the governor sends the National Guard there.' View quote
Harold H. Greene
Johnson observed that he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney. View quote
Samuel Johnson
If the events of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, it's that the terrorists can attack us, but they can't take away what makes us American - our freedom, our liberty, our civil rights. No, only Attorney General John Ashcroft can do that. View quote
Jon Stewart
Jesus! Did I SAY that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me? I glanced over at my attorney, but he seemed oblivious... View quote
Hunter S. Thompson
As an attorney, I assure you the law isn't a line engraved in marble, immovable and unchangeable through the centuries. Rather the law is like a string, fixed at both ends but with a great deal of play in it very loose, the line of the law so you can stretch it this way or that, rearrange the arc of it so you are nearly always short of blatant theft or cold-blooded murder safely on the right side. That's a daunting thing to realize but true. View quote
Dean Koontz
You're an attorney! It's your duty to lie, conceal, and distort everything, and slander everybody. View quote
Jean Giraudoux
Is it not remarkable that the common repute which we all give to attorneys in the general is exactly opposite to that which every man gives to his own attorney in particular? Whom does anybody trust so implicitly as he trusts his own attorney? And yet is it not the case that the body of attorneys is supposed to be the most roguish body in existence? View quote
Anthony Trollope
Moviegoers like to believe that those they have made stars are great actors. People used to say that Gary Cooper was a fine actor - probably because when they looked in his face they were ready to give him their power of attorney. View quote
Pauline Kael
You get a lawyer whether you're in a military tribunal or whether you're in a federal court, number one. The attorney general decided that the court with the biggest - with the greatest venue, with the best jurisdiction was the New York court. That was the right decision to make. View quote
Joe Biden
I was attorney general; my name is Meese. I say, go to college. Don't carry a piece. (Edwin Meese)
When you're a cartoonist, you sort of have to be, like, sensitive – or maybe open's a better word – to what's going on around you. When you're an attorney, you're just like a bulldog with your head down. View quote
Stephan Pastis
Mr. Robinson was a polished sort of person. He was so clean and healthy and pleased about everything that he positively shone - which is only to be expected in a fairy or an angel, but is somewhat disconcerting in an attorney. View quote
Susanna Clarke
What woman would not appreciate a God who becomes her attorney, assumes her case, requires no fee, and wins her the victory? View quote
T.D. Jakes
Tom Cruise's attorney said he is going to sue anyone who claims he is gay. In a related story, Ricky Martin's attorney has been hospitalized for exhaustion. View quote
Conan O'Brien
For the past 25 years as an adoption attorney, I have witnessed the extraordinary courage and compassion of women - from age 14 to 40 - facing unplanned pregnancy. Not once did I believe that the government should interfere with their personal and private decision. View quote
Ann McLane Kuster
You cant be a practicing attorney without being very disciplined and detail-oriented and having good time management. View quote
Charles Soule
It's too late for that - trying to second guess it. It's over. I'm worried about how to get the kids through school and still write and practice law and take power of attorney. View quote
Christopher Darden
The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment into law during my tenure as Attorney General. View quote
Dick Thornburgh
You don't lie to your own doctor. You don't lie to your own attorney, and you don't lie to your employees. View quote
Gordon Bethune
The traditional practice is that the justices don't ask the attorney general any questions, so as not to embarrass him. But Bobby Kennedy had let them know that he didn't mind if they asked him questions and they did. (Harold H. Greene)
Every state in America has an end of life directive or durable power of attorney provision. For the peace of mind of your children and your spouse as well as the comfort of knowing the government won't make these decisions, it's a very popular thing. Just not everybody's aware of it. View quote
Johnny Isakson
I am not a member of any organization listed by the Attorney General as subversive. In any instance where I lent my name in the past, it was certainly without knowledge that such an organization was subversive. I have always been essentially and foremost an American. View quote
Judy Holliday
As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence gathering. View quote
Kelly Ayotte
If I am going to pick and choose the laws I defend, I wouldn't be doing my duty as attorney general. View quote
Kelly Ayotte