“The best compliment that has ever been given to me was, I was at the airport one day and a guy came in and said, 'Lionel, my wife loves you, the kids love you, my mother-in-law loves you, the family loves you.” SaidKidsLawMotherGuyGivenWifeLove YouOne DayMy WifeComplimentAirportsIn-lawsFamily LoveMother In LawKids LoveWives Love Author:Lionel Richie
“Barack Obama said he may negotiate with the Taliban. A lot of people are saying okay, but be careful. But I said this guy has experience negotiating with the enemy. For gosh sake, he lives with his mother-in-law, you know.” PeopleKnowsMaySaidLawMotherGuyEnemyOkaySakeCarefulBarackBe CarefulThis GuyIn-lawsTalibanNegotiatingMother In Law Author:David Letterman
“I wasn't the class clown, but I was starting to become the "crazy guy" at law school, which is the guy who is not so much "crazy" as "annoying."” SchoolLawGuyClassCrazyStartingAnnoyingClownLaw School Author:Demetri Martin
“I always believe, with any kind of hero, that you want to believe that their decision-making is right. That ultimately, I can trust what that guy's sense of right and wrong will be. Even in a vigilante movie, where you are going against the law by definition, you still want to agree with the fact that your character is breaking the law.” WantBelieveKindStillsI CanCharacterFactsLawGuyDecisionHeroAgreeDefinitionsDecision MakingWhere You AreAlways BelieveThat GuyWhere You Are GoingBreaking The LawVigilante Author:Lorenzo di Bonaventura
“I was always attracted to the type of cinema hero as an adolescent growing up in Ireland. Robert Mitchum springs to mind. Later on, it was Steve McQueen to a certain extent and Charles Bronson. They're these types of grizzled characters who had one foot on the side of law and order and the other foot in the bad guy's camp.” MindCharacterLawGuyCertainOrderSidesGrowing UpGrowingFeetTypeHeroSpringCinemaCampsIrelandBad GuysLaw And OrderMcqueen Author:Liam Neeson
“Let's give it up for the Secret Service. I don't want to be too hard on those guys. You know, because they're the only law enforcement agency that will get in trouble if a black man gets shot.” IfsKnowsMenWantGivingHardLawGuyBlackSecretTroubleShotsAgencyLaw EnforcementEnforcementSecret Service Author:Cecily Strong
“My name recognition has opened doors on the research side. I used to go into crack houses and drug markets and really bad neighborhoods by myself, routinely, and hang out. Sometimes I still do, because I don't want to attract attention. But lately, I've been riding with cops and gaining access to other types of law, like the ATF guys, just because of my name. I guess it's a smarter way to work.” WayWantStillsSometimesLawUsedGuyHouseNamesSidesAttentionDoorsTypeDrugResearchAccessRecognitionNeighborhoodHanging OutCracksRidingCopSmarterOpened Doors Author:George Pelecanos
“You got an all-out prize fight, you wait 'til the fight's over, one guy's left standing and that's how you know who's won.” KnowsLawGuyFightingWinningLeftWaitingStandingPrize Author:David Mamet
“All my brothers, my brothers-in-law, they're always telling me what a good-hearted guy I am. You don't get to be good-hearted by accident. You get kicked around long enough, you get to be a real professor of pain.” LongRealEnoughPainLawGuyBrotherAccidentsBe GoodMy BrotherProfessorsHeartedIn-lawsGood HeartedBrother In Law Author:Paddy Chayefsky