Stephan Pastis Quotes

I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.

And I spent that time working as an insurance adjuster and going to law school in the evening, and then when I left law school, I joined the Department of Justice in Washington.

After you get what you want you don't want it.

I was quite convinced that I didn't want to be a lawyer. But I felt that law school would be a useful way to understand public policy and to understand business in this environment.

What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough.

I am a genius. Then it amused me to keep saying so, but now it does not. I expected to be happy sometime. Now I know I shall never be.

For me, law school was a time of joy and hope. Joy in learning my way around the law - learning how to orbit a problem and to ask myself hard questions and to be asked hard questions. Hope that I could be of some use, to be part of the greater good - to make the world a little bit better.

I got into law school to supplement my business background. I'm not planning to practice law.

I was attracted to law school because I believed it would help me prepare for a career in the real world.

I always wished for this, but it's almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.

I don't really know why I went to law school.

But here's the thing: I had this great job, and I would still feel terribly depressed. I would just be like, 'This isn't the sweet spot. I thought this would be it, and I don't feel happy.'

I think our vision heretofore has been and should continue to be to have Cardozo be the kind of law school that we can be proud of. I would like to see it gain recognition as one of the three best law schools in New York City.

I'm just deeply disappointed that once again we may have to settle for the lesser of two evils.

Some people will always be disappointed.

A competent knowledge of the laws of that society in which we live, is the proper accomplishment of every gentleman and scholar

I was a sociology major. And it had nothing to do necessarily with law, which is ultimately - I went to law school. But what I tried to do was choose something that I was passionate about or something that I cared about.

Going back to coach in Green Bay was the biggest mistake I ever made in my life. I was approached by the organization, and it turned out to be an enormous mistake. I was extremely disappointed. I disappointed the Packers and their fans.

If I've only got a career if I bring David Brent back, you can have it.

It must be horrible to do things that you don't like hoping to please other people, and they don't like it either, and you've got to eat it.

When the only thing you look forward to in life is lunch, you know you have had your just desserts, and it is time to call it a day.

There's nothing worse than doing something you really don't enjoy.

Every time I lose a final, I am disappointed.

I don't know what I'm going to do with my law degree. Hopefully I'll get the law degree - that's the first step.

Manchester United was a sad experience. Things didn't go as I had hoped. I was disappointed, and it didn't help me to rise to the surface.