The Firm Quotes

“Any lawyer worth his salt knew the first offer had to be rejected.”
― John Grisham, The Firm

“I've loved you all my life. Even before we met. Part of it wasn't even you. It was just a promise of you.”
― John Grisham, The Firm

“[you’ll acquire] A certain amount of cynicism. This business works on you. When you were in law school you had some noble idea what a lawyer should be. A champion of individual rights; a defender of the Constitution; a guardian of the oppressed; an advocate for your client’s principles. Then after you practice for six months you realize you were nothing but hired guns. Mouthpieces for sale to the highest bidder, available to anybody, any crook, any sleazebag with enough money to pay your outrageous fees. Nothing shocks you. It’s supposed to be an honorable profession, but you’ll meet so many crooked lawyers you’ll want to quit and find an honest job. Yeah Mitch, you’ll get cynical. And it’s sad, really.”
― John Grisham, The Firm

“I'm being followed so much I'm causing traffic jams.”
― John Grisham, The Firm

“You know, I have a very bad reputation.”
― John Grisham, The Firm

“They were lawyers, trained to argue five sides of every issue.”
― John Grisham, The Firm

“For years he had led the prayer each Sunday at the First Methodist Church in Danesboro, and the other six days he had tirelessly practiced greed and manipulation".”
― John Grisham, The Firm

“He nodded at the big leather bags. “What’s in there?” “Papers.” “Papers?” “Papers.” “What kind of papers?” Toilet paper, she thought. I spend my vacations traveling the Caribbean collecting toilet paper. “Legal documents, crap like that. I’m a lawyer.”
― John Grisham, The Firm

“You’ve been hurt by every person you ever cared for, except Abby. You raised yourself, and in doing so became self-reliant and independent. You don’t need the firm. You can leave it. You’re hardened and calloused beyond your years. And you’re smart enough to pull it off, Mitch. You won’t get caught. That’s why we picked you.”
― John Grisham, The Firm

“I’m happy to see you’ve found a church home, Abby,” her father said piously. For years he had led the prayer each Sunday at the First Methodist Church in Danesboro, and the other six days he had tirelessly practiced greed and manipulation. He had also steadily but discreetly pursued whiskey and women. An”
― John Grisham, The Firm

“He was headed for Wall Street and had been sidetracked by the money. Only the money.”
― John Grisham, The Firm

“Capps earned over nine million last year and paid a pittance in taxes.”
― John Grisham, The Firm

“It was simply unheard of for a member of the firm to ignore his billing.”
― John Grisham, The Firm

“(whom they could not find) and some sympathetic relatives. The poverty hurt, and they assumed, correctly, it had bred the intense desire to succeed.”
― John Grisham, The Firm

“With a six-figure income guaranteed for the rest of his life, Lamar could enjoy the twelve-hundred-dollar tailored suits that hung so comfortably from his tall, athletic frame.”
― John Grisham, The Firm