Diana Gabaldon Quotes

Don't mess with me, man, I'm a lawyer!

I didn't save my money for a lawyer. I was a very young man, and saved my money for having a good time.

Each investigation team has a lawyer attached to it and there was a lawyer attached to me and my assistant.

The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney.

Buy a friend; hire a lawyer.

Rattle a lawyer's door and you get more lawyers.

If you have a lawyer, sometimes you can get out of trouble. I've gotten into a lot of trouble because I didn't have a lawyer. I've also had some bad lawyers, too. But the good ones, the ones I liked, they became me. They became whatever situation I was involved in. When I felt pain, so did they. When I succeeded, so did they. They became me. They became whatever the situation was that they became involved with.

Who's next?

When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.

I do think we're on the edge of a terrifying world, and that many young people know that but don't know how to talk about it.

This is the war I fear.

I only worry about those who want to fight.

You in trouble?” Sam asks. The way he says it, I wonder if he’s thinking about how to get out of here if I am.

The root of war is fear.

I had always been so much taken with the way all English people I knew always were going to see their lawyer. Even if they have no income and do not earn anything they always have a lawyer.

I am under obligations to most of those advisers for the pains and interest they took in my case; but only to one for an effectual remedy.

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape.

The right to be heard would be, in many cases, of little avail if it did not comprehend the right to be heard by counsel. Even the intelligent and educated layman has small and sometimes no skill in the science of law.

If you want to get ahead in this world get a lawyer -- not a book.

I'd probably say to my younger self, get yourself a whole collection of lawyers. Which is what I have now. I don't have any friends; I just have lawyers.

Every lawyer, no matter whom they represent, is trying to help someone, whether it's a person, a corporation, a government entity, or a small or big business. To me, lawyering is the height of service - and being involved in this profession is a gift.

Now it was just the three of us: the leader, the warrior, and the kid about to wet his pants. Guess who I was.

If you're not nervous, it means you don't care.

Lawyers are like spiders, they've eat up all the flies, and I guess they'll have to eat each other soon.

Lawyer: one who protects us against robbery by taking away the temptation.