F Lee Bailey Quotes

#1. F. Lee Bailey had been an inspiration to me. It was my desire to have him behind the scenes, to rely on his great wisdom and his brainpower, but I did not feel he should be in the courtroom.

Robert Shapiro

#2. Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him.

F. Lee Bailey

#3. Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s acquittal.

F. Lee Bailey

#4. I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.

F. Lee Bailey

#5. By the streets of 'by and by,' one arrives at the house of 'never'.

Miguel De Cervantes

#6. We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we going to barter. We are here to extend our hands to build peace and harmony.

Feisal Abdul Rauf

#7. What we've got to do is keep hope alive. Because without it we'll sink.

John Lennon

#8. I get paid for seeing that my clients have every break the law allows. I have knowingly defended a number of guilty men. But the guilty never escape unscathed. My fees are sufficient punishment for anyone.

F. Lee Bailey

#9. Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.

F. Lee Bailey

#10. I can get a firestorm going anywhere in the United States by saying 'O.J.'

F. Lee Bailey

#11. I'm a big fan of the Foo Fighters, Ben Harper, Amos Lee, Coldplay, Corinne Bailey Rae and Chris Thile ... to name a few.

Jimi Westbrook

#12. I like The Erised for the harmony of their addictive beats mix, and I like Allie X for her distinct style and incredible lyrics - they are pure art.

Connor Franta

#13. You have a lot of faith in luck, don't you? (Shahara)
Not at all. She's a vicious bitch who seldom knocks on my door. (Syn)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#14. I enjoy personal injury cases. I've tried quite a few of those. And, frankly, any kind of litigation that is trouble-shooting, whether it's equities, suits and injunctions, or whatever.

F. Lee Bailey

#15. Americans are fickle. And what constitutes the enemy is always changing. Believe it or not, at one time Blacks were the favored model minority over Asian Americans.

Ishmael Reed

#16. There are no major cities I haven't been in - at least once. I'd be just as happy not to go out of town for a couple of months and play with toys.

F. Lee Bailey

#17. When words fail to express the exalted sentiments and finer emotions of the human heart, music becomes the sublimated language of the soul, the divine instrumentality for its higher utterance.

Hans Hinrich Wendt

#18. Shit for brains," Leo's father said. "That's what you got ... shit for brains.

Janet Evanovich

#19. The memory of the American public is about six weeks.

F. Lee Bailey

#20. Fear is something you have to throw into a corner. Constantly. Because it never goes away.

F. Lee Bailey

#21. If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.

F. Lee Bailey

#22. Those who think the information brought out at a criminal trial is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth are fools. Prosecuting or defending a case is nothing more than getting to those people who will talk for your side, who will say what you want said.

F. Lee Bailey

#23. The public regards lawyers with great distrust. They think lawyers are smarter than the average guy but use their intelligence deviously. Well, they're wrong. Usually they are not smarter.

F. Lee Bailey

#24. Thought tends to collect in pools.

Wallace Stevens

#25. To try and imagine that I'm another person is always going to be hard - whether I'm writing about a truck driver or someone who is gay, who's trans, who is of a different ethnicity or creed. But it would be boring if I always had to write about myself and my limited viewpoint.

Brian K. Vaughan

#26. I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules.

F. Lee Bailey

#27. In America, an acquittal doesn't mean you're innocent, it means you beat the rap. My clients lose even when they win.

F. Lee Bailey