Lawyer Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old lawyer quotes, lawyer sayings, and lawyer proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Imagine the appeals, dissents and remandments, if lawyers had written The Ten Commandments. Harry Bender
Lawyers are men who will swear black is white if they are paid for it. Edward Counsel
Lawyers are the foot soldiers of our Constitution. Rennard Stricklan
A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns. Mario Puzo
Where there's a will, there's a lawyer. ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES
Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
A lawyer is basically a mouth, like a shark is a mouth attached to a long gut. The business of lawyers is to talk, to interrupt one another, and to devour each other if possible. Joyce Carol Oates
It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour. Thomas Jefferson
The law, as manipulated by clever and highly respected rascals, still remains the best avenue for a career of honourable and leisurely plunder. Gabriel Chevallier
The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that it was drawn up by a lawyer. Will Rogers
A countryman between two lawyers is just like a fish between two cats. Benjamin Franklin
If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers. Charles Dickens
The good lawyer is the great salesman. Janet Reno
Lawyers are operators of toll bridges which anyone in search of justice must pass. Jane Bryant Quinn
Lawyers are just like physicians: what one says, the other contradicts. Sholom Aleichem
I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer. Anita Hill
I don't think you can make a lawyer honest by an act of legislature. You've got to work on his conscience. And his lack of conscience is what makes him a lawyer. Will Rogers
The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers. H. L. Mencken
In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls. Lenny Bruce
The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency. Henry David Thoreau
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbor to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Abraham Lincoln
God works wonders now and then: Behold! A lawyer and an honest man! Benjamin Franklin
Anybody who thinks talk is cheap should get some legal advice. Franklin P. Jones
Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger. Horace
A good lawyer is a bad neighbor. French Proverb
Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke. Oliver Wendell Holmes
A lawyer is a learned gentleman who rescues your estate from your enemies and keeps it himself. Henry Peter Brougham
If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get books, sit down anywhere, and go to reading for yourself. That will make a lawyer of you quicker than any other way. Abraham Lincoln