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a5e3a71 It is a pleasant world we live in, sir, a very pleasant world. There are bad people in it, Mr. Richard, but if there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers. lawyers Charles Dickens
e8c34ef [Hazel] hissed in frustration. 'I hate eidolons. I thought Piper made them promise to stay away.' 'Oh...' Frank said, like he'd just had his own daily happy thought. 'Piper made them promise to stay off the ship and not possess any of us. But if they followed us, and used other bodies to attack us, then they're not technically breaking their vow...' 'Great,' Leo muttered. 'Eidolons who are also lawyers. Now I really want to kill them. lawyers frank-zhang hazel-levesque leo-valdez Rick Riordan
36fbaef "Has he come armed, then?" she asked anxiously. "Has he brought a pistol or a sword?" Ian shook his head, his dark hair lifting wildly in the wind. "Oh, no, Mam!" he said. "It's worse. He's brought a lawyer!" lawyers Diana Gabaldon
876bca2 My biggest problem with modernity may lie in the growing separation of the ethical and the legal court-system courts ethical-behaviour governement modern-society the-supreme-court modern-life modernity-is-a-sickness law-and-order corruption lawyers law ethics government modernity Nassim Nicholas Taleb
3c874de Any lawyer worth his salt knew the first offer had to be rejected. lawyers John Grisham
07b9733 "Mister Rob Anybody and sundry others?" said one of the figures in a dreadful voice. "There's naebody here o' that name!" shouted Rob Anybody. "We dinna know anythin'!" "We have here a list of criminal and civil charges totaling nineteen thousand, seven hundred and sixty-three separate offenses-" "We wasna there!" yelled Rob Anybody desperately. "Isn't that right, lads?" "-including more than two thousand cases of Making an Affray, Causing a Public Nuisance, Being Found Drunk, Being Found Very Drunk, Using Offensive Language (taking into account ninety-seven cases of Using Language That Was Probably Offensive If Anyone Else Could Understand It), Committing a Breach of the Peace, Malicious Lingering-" "It's mistaken identity!" shouted Rob Anybody. "It's no' oour fault! We wuz only standing there an' someone else did it and ran awa'!" lawyers Terry Pratchett
2d1ea10 Lawyers were notorious for finding cases in the most unlikely places, especially ones with huge potential damagers awards. lawyers Jodi Picoult
7857bc1 We broke up in eighth grade when Tara-Mae Forrester offered to let me touch her boobs. And I did. lawyers stanton-shaw sexy Emma Chase
1f9f376 A nonhuman animal had better have a good lawyer. In 1508, Bartholome Chassenee earned fame and fortune for his eloquent representation of the rats of his French province. These rats had been charged with destroying the barley crop and also with ignoring the court order to appear and defend themselves. Bartholome Chassenee argued successfully that the rats hadn't come because the court had failed to provide reasonable protection from the village cats along the route. history humour lawyers law rats karen joy fowler
fbad83e All suspects should be given the chance to telephone their lawyers or their mothers, and it would not be surprising if they chose to call their mothers. After all, your mother is fall more likely to believe in your innocence than your lawyer. mothers lawyers Alexander McCall Smith
9069a8a "(Temeraire:) "Can one hire a translator to say things properly?" "Yes; they are called lawyers," Tharkay said, and laughed softly to himself." lawyers Naomi Novik
b9702c4 In answer to which, I assured his honor that in all points out of their [lawyers'] own trade, they were usually the most ignorant and stupid generation among us, the most despicable in common conversation, avowed enemies to all knowledge and learning; and equally disposed to pervert the general reason of mankind, in every other subject of discourse as in that of their own profession. houyhnhnmland houyhnhnms yahoos lawyers Jonathan Swift
86a9e3e The lawyer's world is entire unto itself, the human pared away. lawyers Hilary Mantel
ded63d5 Guilo, although a lawyer, never lied; at least not to his friends. liars lawyers Donna Leon