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

To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect — Jane Austen

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

I've done a lot of plays before where I had to do a New York accent, but never a Philly one before. They do the rhotic 'r' - where you say the 'r' - where most New Yorkers don't. — Jacki Weaver

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

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

Thus, discipline is the creation of boundaries that keep time and space open for God. Solitude requires discipline, worship requires discipline, caring for others requires discipline. They all ask us to set apart a time and a place where God's gracious presence can be acknowledged and responded to. — Henri J.M. Nouwen

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

Some people die accidentally. It's a fact. — Sue Grafton

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

A father is a thousand schoolmasters. — 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

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

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all logic, nor all mathematics, but is somewhat beauty and poetry. — Maria Mitchell

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

Nations warred over anthills and pride. — Peter Tieryas

You sign for a sequel for everything these days, just in case, options. In the past, you avoided them like the plague because it meant somewhere down the road you couldn't take a job because you had to do a sequel. Now it's a feature of pretty much any feature you do. — Mark Strong

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

The maximum, that is what has always interested me. — Josef Koudelka