Grisham Quotes & Sayings

Critics should find meaningful work. — John Grisham

Greed is a strange animal — John Grisham

You're beautiful," he said. "When was the last time I told you that you are beautiful?" "About two hours ago." "Two hours! How thoughtless of me!" "Don't let it happen again." He — John Grisham

unduly influenced — John Grisham

I learned a long time ago not to waste time analyzing why judges do the things they do. — John Grisham

Never trust a white person black people don't like. — John Grisham

me in the bribe? — John Grisham

whispered because Barney heard everything, was to drag a case or a hearing past lunch and into the afternoon when he always took his nap. — John Grisham

O. J. Simpson theory of legal fees: I'm not paying you; you're lucky to be here; go make a buck with your book. — John Grisham

Every company of a certain size must have committed egregious sins to succeed in the cutthroat world of Western capitalism. — John Grisham

It must be pretty cool being a lawyer," she said in awe.
"Cool" was not an adjective Jake would use. He was forced to admit to himself that it had been a long time since he viewed his profession as something other than tedious. — John Grisham

Mentally than the other guy, and you're tougher mentally because — John Grisham

There had been so many. He had hired young ones because they were more plentiful and worked cheaper. The better of those got married and pregnant and wanted six months off. The bad ones flirted, wore tight miniskirts, and made suggestive comments. He had hired more mature women to negate any physical temptation, but, as a rule, they had been bossy, maternal, menopausal, and they had more doctors' appointments, as well as aches and pains to talk about and funerals to attend. — John Grisham

The one's who want to make a difference, the people who can change the world for the better, are laughed out of the game by the players. — Joshua Grisham

Pizzerias in big cities benefit from Italian natives or descendants thereof, people who understand that real pizza comes from Naples where the crusts are thin and the toppings simple. Samantha's favorite was Lazio's, a hole-in-the-wall in Tribeca where the cooks yelled in Italian as they baked the crusts in brick ovens. Like most things in her life these days, Lazio's was far away. So was the pizza. The only place in Brady to get one to go was a sub shop in a cheap strip mall. Pizza Hut, along with most other national chains, had not penetrated deep into the small towns of Appalachia. — John Grisham

But Paul has a problem. He has a tumor in the right frontal lobe of his brain, about the size of a hen's egg. — John Grisham

A person who commits suicide is not thinking rationally, — John Grisham

Love yourself,.,.,.,for the sake of
your better future — John Grisham

Capps earned over nine million last year and paid a pittance in taxes. — John Grisham

An outline is crucial. It saves so much time. When you write suspense, you have to know where you're going because you have to drop little hints along the way. With the outline, I always know where the story is going. So before I ever write, I prepare an outline of 40 or 50 pages. — John Grisham

Litigation funders are private companies that raise money from their investors to buy into big lawsuits. — John Grisham

Answered his knock with a smile, a short one forced through because she was at heart a warm person, not given to the dark mood swings which now plagued her. — John Grisham

[you'll acquire] A certain amount of cynicism. This business works on you. When you were in law school you had some noble idea what a lawyer should be. A champion of individual rights; a defender of the Constitution; a guardian of the oppressed; an advocate for your client's principles. Then after you practice for six months you realize you were nothing but hired guns. Mouthpieces for sale to the highest bidder, available to anybody, any crook, any sleazebag with enough money to pay your outrageous fees. Nothing shocks you. It's supposed to be an honorable profession, but you'll meet so many crooked lawyers you'll want to quit and find an honest job. Yeah Mitch, you'll get cynical. And it's sad, really. — John Grisham

the eight warrior cops and their chief are terminated before the civil trial, they would likely become hostile witnesses against the City. — John Grisham

The coffee arrives, and we backslide into what lawyers do best
talking about other lawyers. — John Grisham

I don't have sophisticated tastes. I have average tastes. If you looked in my collection of DVDs, you'd see 'Jaws' and 'Star Wars.' In the book library, you'd see John Grisham and Sidney Sheldon. And if you look in my fridge, it's, like, children's food - chips, milkshakes, yogurt. — Simon Cowell

Ladies and Gentlemen, King of the Stupid Question: Todd Grisham! — John Cena

was in the Gray family forever, way back to the early — John Grisham

Towns with redbrick buildings and whitewashed — John Grisham

Miranda v. Arizona, the most famous of all self-incrimination cases, the Supreme Court imposed procedural safeguards to protect the rights of the accused. A suspect has a constitutional right not to be compelled to talk, and any statement made during an interrogation cannot be used in court unless the police and the prosecutor can prove that the suspect clearly understood that (1) he had the right to remain silent, (2) anything said could be used against him in court, and (3) he had a right to an attorney, whether or not he could afford one. If, during an interrogation, the accused requests an attorney, then the questioning stops immediately. — John Grisham

Boone suggested Theo go home, take — John Grisham

Every morning I wake at 6am or 6.30am, champing at the bit. — John Grisham

way, please call. — John Grisham

They found Seth Hubbard in the general area where he had promised to be, though not exactly in the condition expected. He was at the end of a rope, six feet off the ground and twisting slightly in the wind. — John Grisham

Some of his transactions involved Ada policemen, specifically one Dennis Corvin, whom Gore described as a primary supplier — John Grisham

I don't want to force my politics on my readers. — John Grisham

Since he does not yet have the name of the killer, — John Grisham

There are few things in life worse than a long-winded lawyer. — John Grisham

Once again I had asked an innocent question, and because of it, I was banished from the conversation. — John Grisham

The worst letters come from retired high school English teachers. They will literally take a book and pick it to pieces and send me 14 pages of notes. — John Grisham

I've had nine of my books adapted to film, and almost all were enjoyable. I've been very lucky with Hollywood, and look forward to more movies being adapted. But I don't get involved in that process. I know nothing about making movies and I stay away from it and hope for the best. — John Grisham

If John Grisham, Harper Lee, and Larry the Cable Guy were penned up in a remote cabin for a weekend with nothing but good bourbon, fine wine, and a couple of cases of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, something like Common Pleas (A Tale of Whoa!) might result... — J. Randolph Cresenzo

into many major trials. For a handsome fee, Pankey and his staff would work all sorts — John Grisham

In his haste to get his client on and off the stand with as little damage as possible, Barney neglected to rebut most of the allegations from the state's witnesses. Ron could have explained his "dream confession" to Rogers and Featherstone the night after his arrest. — John Grisham

I always do book signings with the same blue pen. That way, if I add a personalised message to a book I've already signed, it'll be in the same colour as my signature. — John Grisham

Keeping a guy in prison costs 50,000 bucks a year. Executing one costs a couple million. — John Grisham

He sketches a world of Darwinian struggle where all the savages wear three-piece suits. — Stephen King

I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am. My clients were little people fighting big corporations, so it was a natural thing to not only represent the little guy but also to pull for him - it's the American way. — John Grisham

Has a new father and a new life. I cannot — John Grisham

I can't change overnight into a serious literary author. You can't compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius. I am not. — John Grisham

Relief, fear, and humiliation. Her parents paid for a pricey prep school education in D.C. She graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown with a degree in political science. She breezed through law school and finished with honors. A dozen megafirms offered her jobs after a federal court clerkship. The first twenty-nine years of her life had seen overwhelming success and little failure. To be discharged in such a manner was crushing. To be escorted out of the building was degrading. This was not just a minor bump in a long, rewarding career. — John Grisham

I was shameless in my supermarket-shelf mass-market taste. I loved King, Evanovich, Grisham and Brown. I won't lie; the oficial-looking filing cabinet in the corner is actually stuffed full of my paperbacks. — Molly Harper

There are a few good ones, but most are losers who are too stupid to realize they are losers. And who are we to tell them? They are vastly superior to us, regardless of their stupidity, and they enjoy reminding us of this. — John Grisham

My children know nothing of Christmas. They have so little, and want so little, it makes me feel guilty for the mindless materialism of our culture. — John Grisham

At the moment, I'm enjoying John Grisham quite a bit. — Danielle Steel

Said, her eyes suddenly darting from David's to Wally's. "That's the deal. Who is it?" "There's a man two blocks over, used to play poker with Percy, croaked last year in the shower two months after my Percy passed. I know for a fact he was on Krayoxx." Wally's eyes were wild. "What's his name?" "You said cash, right? Five hundred cash. — John Grisham

Writing was not a childhood dream of mine. I do not recall longing to write as a student. I wasn't sure how to start. — John Grisham

impulsively as his shoulders sagged. "Reputation, — John Grisham

I will read anything by Laura Hillenbrand, Walter Isaacson, Barbara Kingsolver, John le Carre, John Grisham, Hilary Mantel, Toni Morrison, Anna Quindlen and Alice Walker. — Hillary Clinton

She was pondering the option of law school, the great American baby-sitter for directionless postgrads. — John Grisham

I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my first and primary goal. Sometimes I can tackle an issue-homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty-and wrap a good story around it. — John Grisham

Life is short..Live to the fullest.. — John Grisham

Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types. — John Grisham

It's nine o'clock in the morning. — John Grisham

Did you know that some of the counties in the coalfields have the highest rates of cancer in the country? — John Grisham

Judith insisted he attend some crunchy little granola academy where all plastic is forbidden and all the teachers wear thick wool socks and old sandals. — John Grisham

I'm here to tell you, separate was never equal. — John Grisham

If you're not nervous, son, then something is wrong. — John Grisham

She was forty-one years old, and she was tired. But the fatigue would pass. The old dreams of full-time motherhood and a cushy retirement were forever forgotten. — John Grisham

The potluck started the way most potlucks do, with a mad dash to the table by the starving and the obese, quickly — Austin Grisham

If the video camera was loaded with a tape, it was never seen. If Detective Smith made a report of the interview, it was never produced in the legal proceedings that followed. — John Grisham

Hubbard obtained the land from Sylvester's widow. — John Grisham

Underwriting, an odious but not illegal practice. When a claim — John Grisham

The proliferation of the federal criminal code, now at twenty-seven thousand pages and counting. — John Grisham

The reason is obvious. You're my grandfather, okay. Like it or not, you're who you are and i'm who i am. And i'm here right now, so what are we going to do about it? -Adam Cayhall- — John Grisham

and quickly shut down completely. Happens — John Grisham

Who'll try it?" Samantha asked. — John Grisham

If a prosecutor gets caught cheating, he either gets reelected or elevated to the bench. Our system never holds a bad prosecutor accountable. — John Grisham

In 1960, in Blackburn v. Alabama, the Court said, "Coercion can be mental as well as physical." In reviewing whether a confession was psychologically coerced by the police, the following factors are crucial: (1) the length of the interrogation, (2) whether it was prolonged in nature, (3) when it took place, day or night, with a strong suspicion around nighttime confessions, and (4) the psychological makeup - intelligence, sophistication, education, and so on - of the suspect. — John Grisham

Karen was only five minutes late. She hugged Samantha, pecked — John Grisham

There's always such a rush to judgment. It makes a fair trial hard to get. — John Grisham

Dear Mrs. Black: On seven prior occasions this company has denied your claim in writing. We now deny it for the eighth and final time. You must be stupid, stupid stupid, stupid! — John Grisham

As in any war, the truth is the first casualty. I — John Grisham

(whom they could not find) and some sympathetic relatives. The poverty hurt, and they assumed, correctly, it had bred the intense desire to succeed. — John Grisham

In one long glorious acknowledgment of failure, he laid himself bare before God. — John Grisham

past. The Taybers in Alabama are not even — John Grisham

It wasn't a romance; they were too young for that. Theo did not know of a single thirteen-year-old boy in his class who admitted to having a girlfriend. — John Grisham

Dear Miss Sam: Thanks so much for your lovely epistle. You've gotten so soft in only three months. Must be all those cookies. If I read you right, you want some assurances that you'll be (1) adored by your bosses, (2) worshipped by your colleagues, (3) appreciated by your clients, (4) virtually guaranteed a partnership which will lead to a long, full, happy life, and (5) given enough office space to make you happy, in spite of the obscene prices per square foot now being demanded by Manhattan landlords (our clients), recession or not. — John Grisham

I thought they were honest.' 'They are, but they're bankers, remember. — John Grisham

Life is too short to despise people who simply can't help what they've done. — John Grisham

A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin. — Charlotte Rampling

This woman has had the hell beaten out of her. — John Grisham

He's busy taking the fifth — John Grisham

I was a lawyer for 10 years, and several of my clients had the misfortune, through no fault of my own, of going to prison. I visited them occasionally. — John Grisham

After a leisurely slide into second, Joe bounced to his feet, looked at Marichal, shrugged, smiled, and spread his arms as if to say, You throw at me, I'll make you pay. — John Grisham

When you wake up tomorrow, another day is behind you. The days add up; the weeks run together; the months become years. — John Grisham

As Mike Roberts watched Tommy enter the building, he could not imagine that the boy was taking his last steps in the free world. The rest of his life would be behind prison walls. — John Grisham

At 1:00 a.m., they were in the Welsh pub again, having drinks and talking opera and football. — John Grisham

of the eighth graders, boys and girls, liked April but found her difficult to hang out with. She was quiet, dressed more like a boy than a girl, had no interest in the latest fashions or the weekly teen-gossip magazines, and as everyone knew, came from a weird family. The bell rang for first period, and Theo, already — John Grisham

The relief came from the sudden realization that she had just been freed from a job she despised. — John Grisham