Ben Domenech Quotes

Read your contracts. Up and down, left and right.

A man's 'original and natural right' to make all contracts that are 'intrinsically obligatory,' and to coerce the fulfillment of them, is one of the most valuable and indispensable of all human possessions.

I was a lawyer for 10 years, and when you're in law, things really have to get done, or somebody sues you. It's a great trick.

In a litigation-happy society, clear agreements often prevent small disagreements from becoming big ones.

If you're going to sign a contract, there are things you have to understand you might have to do. If you don't, then you walk away.

Not that pleading can be taken as a test, for the forms of action, notably Debt, ignore the fundamental difference between duties imposed by law and duties created by the will of the parties.

I'm a recovering lawyer. The practice of law has changed. Every agreement is a fight.

Just think, if I had understood my lawyer and if he and I had communicated properly in January 1958, this whole history would have been entirely different .

I've always hated litigation, and I continue to hate it.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

Lawyers are like beavers: They get in the mainstream and dam it up.

Litigation solves everything.

I didn't sign any contracts, and I didn't see any oil.

Every unfortunate event does not give rise to lawsuit.

The courts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputes begins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternative methods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Of course I've got lawyers. They are like nuclear weapons, I've got em 'cause everyone else has. But as soon as you use them they screw everything up.

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.

If you haven't signed anything, you cant be ripped off.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

In India, nobody sues anybody.

Lawyers are like rhinoceroses: thick skinned, short-sighted, and always ready to charge.

So, in the last year, the whole cast sued for release from our contracts.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

Thoroughly read all your contracts. I really mean thoroughly.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser -- in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.