The money doesn't really matter. I've been a multi-millionaire for a long time. My sons are rich.
The Depression did more to me than being a little Lebanese kid did.
I sent people to the penitentiary as fast as I could, never thinking about whether they deserved it.
I can't describe the feeling I got the first time I won a jury award for an injured person.
I don't think the trial practice is dead. But it is very ill. There are some days you could throw a hand grenade down the hall of the Harris County Courthouse and not hit anybody.
Do you know what the root of mediation is? Mediocrity!
Ever since I was a kid, I've known I could talk to people.
For every dollar we have given to athletics, we have given about 27 to higher education or medical research.
If you start comparing my practice of law to what I could have been - selling bananas - you'll know why I gave money to the University of Texas.
I spent a year at Southwestern Louisiana Institute, then transferred back to the University of Texas, where I majored in English and history.
I didn't do too well until my second year, when I realized that there were no right or wrong answers and that my professors were interested only in how well I could develop an argument.
I don't want corporate America to think they can continue their duplicitous double-dealing.
What did I know about lawyering? I just thought it was another way to stay in Austin for another three years.
I love the system. Let me tell you why. People love it... The people, by and large, have great respect for our law and our system... Why do you think they go to that courthouse instead of killing each other in the streets, taking the law into their own hands?
That's a good feeling, to save your clients two billion dollars.
It has been pointed out to me, more than once, that for someone who chose a profession steeped in procedure and protocol, I had little use for either.
For me, being a lawyer means to help those in need.
I was taught that a lawyer was supposed to be a custodian of the community's legal and ethical sense.
I'm a very egotistical person.
I think I'm doing some good. Obviously, I don't need any more money.
