110 Movie Quotes about Lawyers (+ Sound Clips) - page 8

Updated: Mar 29, 2026

Memorable quotes about lawyers, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

71 Tell that shyster of yours to shut up, or I'll drag you down to the hall of justice.

William Powell as Nick Charles in After the Thin Man (1936)

72 You're their lawyer, not mine! How do I know you won't leave me holding the bag?

William Powell as Nick Charles in After the Thin Man (1936)

73 Hey... I'm a rich nigger. I got lawyers, you beat-walking mother_er.

Max Julien as Goldie The Mack in The Mack (1973)

74 Lawyers don't surf. -This one does.

Patrick Swayze as Bodhi in Point Break (1991)

75 You don't think that lawyer's going to be stupid enough to let him admit anything, do you? He's naturally going to deny everything. And I'll bring witnesses, and he'll bring witnesses.

Maureen O'Hara as Doris Walker in Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

76 Oh, but he is, Your Honor. -Is what? -I intend to prove that Mr. Kringle is Santa Claus.

John Payne as Fred Gailey in Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

77 Then I'll open my own office. -And what kind of cases will you get? -Oh, probably a lot of people like Kris that are being pushed around. That's the only fun in law anyway.

John Payne as Fred Gailey in Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

78 It even makes sense to believe in me now. I must be a pretty good lawyer. I take a little old man and legally prove to the world that he's Santa Claus. Now, you know that...

John Payne as Fred Gailey in Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

79 Oh... And we're supposed to be defending you? -Aye aye wooowoo! -Your honor, we plead guilty but insane!

Peter Sellers as Henry Crun in The Goon Show

80 How many of me do you see? -One. One cheap, chiseling, shyster lawyer who, of all people, had to marry my sister.

Walter Matthau as Whiplash Willie Gingrich; Jack Lemmon as Harry Hinkle in The Fortune Cookie (1966)