Melvin Belli quotes

“A lawyers performance in the courtroom is responsible for about 25 percent of the outcome; the remaining 75 percent depends on the facts.”
-- Melvin Belli

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“I had headaches for over 30 years until I tried chiropractic. They have completely disappeared.”
-- Melvin Belli

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“Except perhaps to our God, we all have a facade, even to our closest friends; some of us even to ourselves. . . . . It may not be good that we have it, but I don't believe the state or anyone else has a right to pierce that facade without the individual's consent.”
-- Melvin Belli

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“I'm not an ambulance chaser. I'm usually there before the ambulance.”
-- Melvin Belli

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“There is never a deed so foul that something couldn't be said for the guy; that's why there are lawyers.”
-- Melvin Belli

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“Getting kicked out of the American Bar Association is like getting kicked out of the Book-of-the-Month Club.”
-- Melvin Belli

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“It's a lot about the individual and it's really up to you, how much you dedicate to the fight and how hard you are working and that's where the outcome will come.”

“I detach myself from preconceived outcomes and trust that all is well. Being myself allows the wholeness of my unique magnificience to draw me in those directions most beneficial to me and to all others. This is really the only thing I have to do. And within that framework, everything that is truly mine comes into my life effortlessly, in the most magical and unexpected ways imaginable, demonstrating every day the power and love of who I truly am.”

Source : FaceBook post by Anita Moorjani from Apr 24, 2014

“The very fact that the jaguar can become extinct while the Pekingese survives indicates to me that someone hasn't thought this thing through.”

“I liked the fact she understood how we all have little secret habits that seem normal enough to us, but which we know better than to mention out loud.”

“I dared not trust the case on the presumption that the court knows everything. In fact, I argued it on the presumption that the court didn't know anything.”

“I'm always honored, but I think for every 100 of those that come along, one of them is actually going to happen. And, the fact that this was an offer on a major film that had a start date, was pretty impressive.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“The coolest toys don't have to be bought; they can be built. In fact, sometimes the only way they'll ever exist is if you make them yourself.”

Source : "Adam Savage on becoming a maker". www.wired.com. July 4, 2012.

“While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.”

“Alas! the small discredit of a bribe Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe.”

“I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.”