Fear is something you have to throw into a corner. Constantly. Because it never goes away.

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

In America, an acquittal doesn't mean you're innocent, it means you beat the rap. My clients lose even when they win.

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.

I have never seen a major trial which lacked significant perjury, and I have yet to see that perjury punished.

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

I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.

Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s acquittal.

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.

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.

The memory of the American public is about six weeks.

Writers are alphabet artists. The blank page becomes their canvas as they paint pictures with words.

You should *have* an experience

Hope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier.

The great rule of moral conduct is next to God to respect Time.

Lawyers earn a living by the sweat of browbeating others.

A better thing to grow up with is to be funny I think, and if I had, if I had my choice I would still pick that.

Sunday's my favorite day - that one matinee in the middle of the day!

All of humanity is searching for truth, justice, and beauty.

You either hate losing enough to change, or you hate changing enough to lose.

Even if you make a mistake, you can go back and do the right thing.