Mike Ramsey Quotations

She's got no case. Never has and never will. If Ms. Pirro had kept her mouth shut, none of this would have happened.

I am arrogant enough to believe that if I can talk to a juror, I have a pretty good chance of finding out whether they have an agenda.

If a school wants our financial aid office to speak to their students about how to fill out the application or any other concerns about financial aid, they can contact us and we can set up a day and time for them to come out.

We're one week away from trial, and they are adding things. I don't think the judge will tolerate it at this late date.

What we fear, in a situation as radioactive as this one, is that we'll have a so-called stealth juror.

Hopefully, this prosecution and the significant sentences that were imposed today send a message that hazing is a crime that has serious consequences for its perpetrators,

Ken Lay acted as any reasonable CEO would have acted in the same circumstances. He made correct, proper and reasonable decisions in what he said.

We have a good group of girls, and that makes (the transition) easier. They're helping me quite a bit, and the older kids already know the system.

We are interested in winning. And to do that you want a lawyer who knows the present state of the law who can help you win the close plays at the plate.

We're not talking about people who sweat a lot after a good workout. These are adults who while sitting at their desk in a cool office, sweat through their T-shirt, their shirt, and maybe even their jacket. These are teenagers who avoid going to dances and parties and on dates because they are afraid to be seen dripping in sweat. These are children who continually drop their bottles or sippy cups because their sweaty palms won't allow them to maintain a good grip.

We are ready for trial. We don't even need to go through the discovery process. We don't need their documents. We've got them all.

We obviously have gotten a dangerous person off of the streets,

We considered torture, but since it was a life term we felt hazing was a more appropriate charge,

Failure is not a crime. Bankruptcy is not a crime. If it were we would have to turn Oklahoma back into a penal colony because there would be so many people to lock up.

You can't blame Burnsie for sitting on a lead,

We're going to win on the defense side, because unlike the poor people who were afraid to go to trial, afraid of consequences for family, fortunes or anything else, we're here to stay.

(Ellis is) left-handed and lighting fast and reminds me of a young Leslie Fakes. The pair will be exciting to watch get to balls you just don't expect them to get to because they're both willing to lay out for it.

There's no question that we have fodder in the questionnaires that we've already reviewed to renew the motion for change of venue.

I've talked to Rick Causey myself, and I don't believe he willfully did anything wrong. I don't believe he would agree to plead guilty to a crime when he didn't commit one.

The technique is highly practical, safe and effective, it takes just a minute a day to perform and can be easily worked into anyone's daily routine.

At any rate, this is a wild card indictment, ... There's a wild card prosecutor and a wild card defendant.

It's a bad time and a bad venue to try to pick a jury.

It's absurd to think 97 or 100 people participated in a secret conspiracy. This frightens witnesses, freezes them from testifying and opens the case to all sorts of unfair hearsay.

It makes you think that whoever wrote it has a nervous disorder.

It's pretty rich fodder for cross-examination. I think they are a treasure.

It's clear in my mind and it's clear in most people's minds, ... a fog of words.

The feel of the case is as important as the 'think' of the case.

I have never seen a jury panel like this. Eighty percent gave negative answers, heated or emotional to their perception on Enron. We have to fight not only the indictment on the case but the perception.

He's pleading guilty to something that may very well not be a crime.

The District Court indisputably abused its discretion. Other than the venue transfer in the Oklahoma City bombing case, there has perhaps not been a single criminal case in America in the last half century that so cried out for a change of venue.

You were very proficient at looking him (Lay) right straight in the face and telling you were loyal and he could count on you, but you knew in your heart you were stealing from the house. You were successful in your lying and your deceit from 1997 all the way up to 2001, weren't you sir?

The law is the law, and you are here to enforce the law. There are two competing theories of reality here as to what happened ... This is an odd situation. It's not a murder situation.