Louis Nizer Quotes & Sayings

Oh, I get lucky a lot. I get lucky at four in the morning in the law library. — Louis Nizer

We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings. — Louis Nizer

I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds. — Louis Nizer

A speaker who does not strike oil in ten minutes should stop boring. — Louis Nizer

Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man. — Louis Nizer

True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess. — Louis Nizer

A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art. — Louis Nizer

In cross examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch. — Louis Nizer

Preparation is the be-all of good trial work. Everything else - felicity of expression, improvisational brilliance - is a satellite around the sun. Thorough preparation is that sun. — Louis Nizer

A father is a thousand schoolmasters. — Louis Nizer

A man's life is colored by the dye of his imagination. — Louis Nizer

A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults. — Louis Nizer

A fine artist is one who makes familiar things new and new things familiar. — Louis Nizer

Luck usually visits me at 2 am on a cold morning when, red-eyed and bone-weary, I am pouring over law books preparing a case. It never visits me when I am at the cinema, on a golf course or reclining in an easy chair. — Louis Nizer

Where there is no difference, there is only indifference. — Louis Nizer

Education is not the accumulation of knowledge, but the ability to find it. — Louis Nizer

The best reply to an atheist is to give him a good dinner and ask him if he believes there is a cook. — Louis Nizer

When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself. — Louis Nizer

Yes, there's such a thing as luck in trial law but it only comes at 3 o'clock in the morning. You'll still find me in the library looking for luck at 3 o'clock in the morning. — Louis Nizer

Most lawyers who win a case advise their clients, "We have won," and when justice has frowned upon their cause ... "You have lost. — Louis Nizer