Top 28 Quotes by David Boies

About David Boies

These are some quotes by American author David Boies Lawyer, who was born on March 11, 1941.

The Audio Home Recording Act directly says that noncommercial copying by consumers is lawful.

The Audio Home Recording Act directly says that noncommercial copying by consumers is lawful.

David Boies

We're now segregating our schools based on economics; we're segregating our schools based on where a child's parents live. And it has the same corrosive effect of destroying people's opportunity as racial segregation did.

David Boies

Once I take a case, I'm stuck with it.

Once I take a case, I'm stuck with it.

David Boies

I win virtually every case I should win, and I win a number of cases that people think I shouldn't.

I win virtually every case I should win, and I win a number of cases that people think I shouldn't.

David Boies

When you think of Napster, you think of music. But the first thing that struck me was that this was an important case not only for the music industry but for the whole Internet.

When you think of Napster, you think of music. But the first thing that struck me was that this was an important case not only for the music industry but for the whole Internet.

David Boies

In any profession, whether it's teachers or doctors or lawyers, the more we say we're not going to evaluate those people on the merits, I think that's when the profession goes into decline.

In any profession, whether it's teachers or doctors or lawyers, the more we say we're not going to evaluate those people on the merits, I think that's when the profession goes into decline.

David Boies

The very purpose of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution is to protect minority rights against majority voters. Every court decision that strikes down discriminatory legislation, including past Supreme Court decisions, affirming the fundamental rights to marry the person you love, overrules a majority decision.

David Boies

Here you have a new technology, and if that technology is going to work, you must allow people to provide central indexes of the data. It's just like a newspaper that publishes classified ads.

Here you have a new technology, and if that technology is going to work, you must allow people to provide central indexes of the data. It's just like a newspaper that publishes classified ads.

David Boies

I made a penny for each paper delivered every day, plus 2 cents for Sunday papers. I had 120 customers. For a 10-year-old kid in the 1940s, that was a lot of money.

I made a penny for each paper delivered every day, plus 2 cents for Sunday papers. I had 120 customers. For a 10-year-old kid in the 1940s, that was a lot of money.

David Boies

It's a matter of priorities. Do you want to win, or would you like to sleep? Do you want to win, or would you like to take a day off?

It's a matter of priorities. Do you want to win, or would you like to sleep? Do you want to win, or would you like to take a day off?

David Boies

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