The public regards lawyers with great distrust. They think lawyers are smarter than the average guy but use their intelligence deviously. Well, they're wrong. Usually they are not smarter.

The quality of news coverage has diminished, because giants of the print media are no longer being nurtured properly.

Each lawyer makes somebody unhappy either by beating him, embarrassing him or tying him in knots.

Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him.

I get paid for seeing that my clients have every break the law allows. I have knowingly defended a number of guilty men. But the guilty never escape unscathed. My fees are sufficient punishment for anyone.

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

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