The legal profession is a business with a tremendous collection of egos. Few people who are not strong egotistically gravitate to it.

Most people think that 'I don't recall' is a clever answer. But it isn't that clever. You might not recall that you had bacon and eggs for breakfast- but if you killed your mother, you'll remember it.

I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules.

Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.

I enjoy personal injury cases. I've tried quite a few of those. And, frankly, any kind of litigation that is trouble-shooting, whether it's equities, suits and injunctions, or whatever.

When you see a lawyer trying to pick a smart jury, you know he's got a strong case.

A person in the business of defending criminal cases is going to live in controversy all of his or her life.