Telephone Tactician Gifts

"Miss. Wilcox, get me the coast."

'Is he in? Being an intensely private person, Mr. Harlow says it's none of your business.'

'I'll have to go - someone's knocking at the door.'

'conference call on line one. Your wife, your mistress and your wife's lawyer.'

"Our new associate asks how much of a fee is too much. Do you want to handle this or shall I laugh in his face?"

"Gimme a 'D'! Gimme an 'N'! Gimme an 'A'!"

Genius

'So far, sir, we've rejected plans A,B, C, D, E, F, and right now we're evaluating'G'.'

"I must protest, M'Lud. Prosecurity counsel is blantantly attempting to wheedle the truth from the accused."

"Huddleston, I admire your hands-on approach to everything, but get the hell out of my office!"

Telephone message - 'This is a recording. If you'd like to speak to a real live human being, forgetaboutit.

War never felt the same after the Great Puppy Ambush.

'Your Honor, we've finally agreed on a verdict.'

"May I treat him as a hostile lawyer?"

"No, it hasn't anything to do with my presentation. But wait until you see how I hold everyone's attention with it sitting next to me at the podium."

"I really wanted to get you off but I didn't want to make a mockery of Justice."

The Use of Cavalry

'Well, I'm glad to have you with us!'

"The change management consultant wants to move the meeting."

'Some executives have within them the seeds of greatness. Others are just seedy.'

"Tell us again — a little less graphic."

Kosovo.

'With your permission sir... checkmate.'

Being unable to clearly articulate responses to interview questions is a common mistake...

"I said, 'Don't worry, I still have a few tricks up my sleeve.' That's when he called my bluff."

'There is something I have been meaning to mention since I was named to the Supreme Court... I've never actually read the Constitution.'

'You didn't 'win' anything, just declared not guilty.'

Good news, I reduced your sentence from 250 years to 150 years!

"I didn't mean to burn any bridges behind me. It was just a part of my crumbling infrastructure."

'Oi, do you mind, trying to speak to my colleague - two self service tills having a chat together.'

"I know I told you to fool him into thinking you've got nothing left, but now you've got me convinced."

"The defendant wishes to change his plea, from 'not guilty' to 'no collusion'."

'My client is requesting a little more wiggle room,your Honor.'

"My client got twenty years, yet he paid me in full. It just shows the system works."