Book: Gray mountain

I demand respect, and it can be achieved in only one way - to make money.
I want respect, and the only way to get it is to earn it.

If the FBI set out to get you, they will always find. Intrigue and double - dealing is their element.

To know is not a crime.
Knowledge is not a crime.

Lawyers participating in the process, is a special breed. They manage to walk on a thin wire, on the border between great success and catastrophic failure, and the most outstanding of them are not afraid to take a chance.
Trial lawyers were a strange breed. They walked a fine line between big verdicts and catastrophic failures, and the great ones were not afraid of the risks.

They say that a woman marries a man believing that it can be changed, but really can't. A man marries a girl hoping she will not change, and it changes. We all change.
They say a woman marries a man with the belief she can change him, and she can't. A man marries a woman with the belief that she won't change and she does. We do.

Pizzerias in big cities usually keep immigrants from Italy or their descendants, people who know what real pizza is from Naples. And what a crust it should be thin and crispy, and the filling uncomplicated.
Pizzerias in big cities benefit from Italian natives or descendants thereof, people who understand that real pizza comes from Naples where the crusts are thin and the toppings simple.

At lunch no talking about work.
Over dinner there would be no shop talk.

A meeting room at the court -- It's the only place where the little man can fight on equal terms with large fraudulent Corporation. The man who has nothing - no money, no power. Nothing, except for a set of facts, allowing you to file a lawsuit, win it in a fair fight and expose this company account for a billion dollars.
Courtroom... It's the only place where the little guy can go toeto-toe on a level field with a big, crooked corporation. A person with nothing - no money, no power - nothing but a set of facts can file a lawsuit and force a billion-dollar company to show up for a fair fight.

If you play by the rules, you lose, even if the truth is on your side.
If you play by the rules, you lose, even when you're on the right side.

Deny, deny, deny everything - that is the main rule of a lawyer in criminal cases.
Deny, deny, deny - the first rule for a criminal defense lawyer.

Coal roller pass on the land and the people because they have money and power.
The coal companies run roughshod over the land and the people because they have the money and the power.

The first impression is often wrong.
First impressions are often wrong.

All too vague, all around is changing too fast, and no one can say what will happen in a year.
Things were too unsettled, and changing rapidly, and, well, no one could say where they might be in a year.

Every child wants his parents together. This is a basic survival instinct. And when the parents leave, the child dreams that they remained at least friends. One succeeds, others may not.
Every child wants their parents to stay together. It's a basic survival instinct. And when they split, the child wants them to at least be friends. Some are able to do this, some are not.