Vincent Bugliosi Quotes

I am a trial lawyer. Matilda says that at dinner on a good day I sound like an affidavit.

I'm an old trial lawyer.

I'm a lawyer; I win arguments for a living.

And I've always felt comfortable certainly in a courtroom because you're just performing. And there was a time in my life when I thought when I grew up I'd be a trial lawyer myself.

I think the lawyers are such incredible actors. Can you imagine the performance they have to do every day?

My dream job would be a lawyer. I can talk my way out of anything, and I love cross-examining people. I think I'd be a really good lawyer.

My uncle's a lawyer and I remember going to see him in court and thinking, 'That's cool, too bad I could never be a lawyer.'

I wanted to be a barrister for a long time.

A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.

I toyed with the idea of pursuing a career as a lawyer just because I like to argue.

From childhood on, I did sit in the courtroom watching my father argue cases and talk to juries.

Being a trial lawyer sounds like glamorous work, but most of your time is spent pushing paper and arguing.

Most lawyers aren't trial lawyers. Most lawyers, even trial lawyers, don't get their problems solved in a courtroom. We like to go to court. It seems heroic to go to court. We think we're the new, great advocates, better than anything we've seen on TV, and we come home exhilarated by having gone to court.

My father was a lawyer.

Some writers hate to go to trials, but I love trials.

The events of the day inspired me to become a lawyer.

When I was at school, I wanted to be a lawyer.

I enjoyed practicing law.

The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.

Obviously I'm a lawyer; I like to have cases.

I often heard about his cases and I often sat in on his trials. In the late 1960s when I was growing up I wanted to be a crusader like him but I didn't want to wear a suit and commute.

I've always had an affinity for lawyers. My dad is a lawyer. He's retired now. My brother is a lawyer.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

I said that if I hadn't been a politician, I'd have liked to be a barrister, or an academic. My beloved wife said: 'You'd be a very good barrister and a hopeless academic.' I said 'Why?' She said: 'Because you're not an original thinker.'