My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing.
Young men do not want to have to take a consent form and a lawyer on a date, just as young women have every right to go on a date and to say 'No', having it respected.
Hank Palmer: Everyone wants Atticus Finch until there's a dead hooker in a bathtub. Note: Atticus Finch is the lawyer in "To Kill a Mockingbird."
My grandfather was a very elegant individual. My father also. He was a lawyer and farmer in Cuba. In Miami, he had to go to work wherever he could. But whenever it was time to go out, you saw how they cared for how they looked.
I met with my lawyers. They gave me all the wrong advice. For a long time I refused to accept the child was mine. I should have met her, arranged a DNA test and accepted my responsibility.
We had been working. We had a bunch of songs written and it came time to make the record, so we had our lawyer make the call to Elektra and ask for our advance. Then, we got dropped. It was actually exciting.
Lawyers enjoy a little mystery, you know. Why, if everybody came forward and told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth straight out, we should all retire to the workhouse.
Jake Gittes: There's no point in getting tough with me. I'm just... Evelyn Mulwray: I don't get tough with anyone, Mr. Gittes. My lawyer does.
John Milton: Law is the ultimate backstage pass. There are now more students in law schools than lawyers walking the streets.
Kaffee: Why are you always giving me your resume? Galloway: [pauses] Because I want you to think that I'm a good lawyer.
Tobacco Lawyer: Mr Motley, we have rights here. Ron Motley: Oh you have rights, and lefts, ups, downs and middles. So what?
Landlord: [commenting on Sing's newfound abilities] If he studies hard, he could be a doctor or a lawyer. Landlady: A stuntman, more likely.
David: Yeah, where's our lawyer? Big Bob: Oh, I think we want to keep these proceedings as pleasant as possible.
Red: You're gonna fit right in. Everyone in here is innocent, you know that? Heywood, what you in here for? Heywood: Didn't do it. Lawyer fucked me.
The music rights at the time cost me $12,000 in 1964 money, which is about double now or whatever. But I cleared everything. I had a lawyer in New York. And it was cleared for use in a short subject, not a feature.
Protect IP (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) are a step towards a different kind of Internet. They are a step towards an Internet in which those with money and lawyers and access to power have a greater voice than those who don't.
After 25-plus years as a lawyer, prosecutor, and defense attorney, I have developed a deep appreciation for both the wisdom of the law and the role that jurists play in framing the rights and responsibilities that define our society.
I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitarist was my secretary of my law society; the lead guitarist and writer worked at the law firm that I worked.
There's this old saying that, if you aren't particularly gifted in natural sciences, if you don't want to become a teacher or pastor or doctor, and don't know what else to do, then you become a lawyer. But I've never regretted it.
When I look at 55 percent of our black men dropping out of school, how bad off are we going to be when we need some lawyers?
Paul Biegler: As a lawyer, I've had to learn that people aren't just good or just bad. People are many things.
