To grab the attention of a military jury, smart litigators  are always on the lookout for clever ideas, eye-catching devices, or and clever sayings Here are some  creative bits of philosophy we came across recently….

  ~ Robin Hall…
Lawyers believe a person is innocent until proven broke.

~ John Glenn…
As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind – every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.

~ Desmond Tutu…
When the white missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land.
They said ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes.
When we opened them we had the Bible…and they had the land.

~ David Letterman…
America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling is real but the moon landing was faked.

~ Howard Hughes…
I’m not a paranoid, deranged millionaire.  I’m a billionaire.

~ Old Italian proverb…
After the game, the King and the pawn go into the same box.

~ Betsy Salkind…
Men are like linoleum floors. Lay ’em right and you can walk all over them for thirty years.

~ Prince Philip…
When a man opens a car door for his wife, it’s either a new car or a new wife.

 ~ Emo Philips…
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing.

 ~ Harrison Ford…
Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself.

~ Jean Rostand…
Kill one man and you’re a murderer, kill a million and you’re a conqueror

  ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger…
Having more money doesn’t make you happier. I have 50 million dollars but I’m just as happy as when I had 48 million.

 ~ Jonathan Katz…
In hotel rooms I worry. I can’t be the only guy who sits on the furniture naked

 ~ Warren Tantum…

I don’t believe in astrology. I am a Sagittarius and we’re very skeptical

 ~ Steve Martin…
Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can be fired by a man wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap

~ George Roberts…
The first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs  to anyone