"Everybody is a potential murderer. I've never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices."
- Clarence Seward Darrow (1857 - 1938)

"I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called agnostic. I do no pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means."
- Clarence Seward Darrow (1857 - 1938)

"I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure-that is all that agnosticism means."
- Clarence Seward Darrow (1857 - 1938)

"Some day I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away."
- Clarence Seward Darrow (1857 - 1938)

"The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children."
- Clarence Seward Darrow (1857 - 1938)

"There is no such thing as justice -- in or out of court."
- Clarence Seward Darrow (1857 - 1938)

"When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it."
- Clarence Seward Darrow (1857 - 1938)

"Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was the fifth."
- Clarence Seward Darrow (1857 - 1938)