“A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a w...” — Louis Nizer Quote

A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art.

We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.

I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds.

Yes, there's such a thing as luck in trial law but it only comes at 3 o'clock in the morning. You'll still find me in the library looking for luck at 3 o'clock in the morning.

A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.

I feel that contemporary music, with very few exceptions, is missing the voice. You see an award show, you see a hundred extras on set dancing and special effects, and you don't see that solo voice that was the trademark of Adele. It's no accident that it was her album that ended up selling 27 million copies worldwide.

In 1927, if you were stuck with idle time, reading is what you did. It's no accident that the 'Book-of-the-Month Club' and 'The Literary Guild' were founded in that period as well as a lot of magazines, like 'Reader's Digest,' 'Time,' and 'The New Yorker.'

You don't score 20 goals a season by accident!

My father lost a lung in a chemical accident at General Motors, and after a while, he got a settlement that sort of changed all of our lives and moved us from, what we say, 'ashy to classy' in some aspects.