Contracts Quotes - Page 4

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.

Samuel Goldwyn

Funny, Movie, Silly

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It is a major sin to break a contract, especially in military situations.

John Walker Lindh

Military, Sin, Break

"Walker: Prison uprising was 'a mistake'". www.cnn.com. December 20, 2001.

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It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing I'd ever seen, that California sunshine.

Angela Carter

Sunshine, California, Democratic

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An easily accessible and transparent database of contract information will bring sunshine into the confusing and sometimes shadowy practice of government contracting.

Tom Coburn

Sunshine, Practice, Government

"Tracking Federal Hurricane Aid Poses a Challenge" by Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. October 11, 2005.

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I had been warned not to get on a motorcycle, sort of. I think there is a clause in most general basic contracts to keep yourself in one piece and not alter your looks without telling them first.

Charisma Carpenter

Thinking, Motorcycle, Looks

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I am one day going to be working openly in the motion picture industry. When that day comes, I swear to you that I will never sign a term contract with any major studio

Dalton Trumbo

One Day, Motion Pictures, Term

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We think the managed security services opportunity is enormous and so we have been an active participant and probably the largest firm in this space outside of an IBM or EDS, which does large outsourcing contracts.

John W. Thompson

Opportunity, Thinking, Space

"Interview: Symantec's John Thompson talks about big picture security". Interview with Ed Scannell, www.infoworld.com. June 16, 2004.

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It took a long time to get out of my contract. The producers thought I was negotiating for more money.

Sherry Stringfield

Long, More Money, Producers

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The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.

Patrick Stewart

Stars, Ships, Shows

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Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past.

Jacques Delors

Past, Employment, Unions

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Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind.

Paul Theroux

Travel, Feelings, Mind

Paul Theroux (2006). “The Great Railway Bazaar”, p.229, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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In those days, man, in the '50s, black people in the South... We didn't recognize contracts that much. And we didn't recognize marriages that much, either.

Ike Turner

Men, People, Black

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From cutting back on state contracts to reducing the number of state cars, We're making state government smaller, smarter, more efficient, and more accountable.

Jim Doyle

Cutting, Government, Numbers

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I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contract.

Hermione Gingold

Writing, Needs, Actresses

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I don't pitch for contracts.

Curt Schilling

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I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18!

Angela Lansbury

Mean, Awards, Age

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TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.

Tom Brokaw

Fake People, Fickle, Television

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A contract of eternal bond of love, Confirm'd by mutual joinder of your hands, Arrested by the holy close of lips, Strength'ned by the interchangement of your rings, And all the ceremony of this compact Seal'd in my function, by my testimony.

William Shakespeare

Marriage, Hands, Bonds Of Love

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We are the slaves of objects around us, and appear little or important according as these contract or give us room to expand.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Motivational, Success, Giving

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann, Frédéric Jacob Soret (1850). “Conversations of Goethe with Eckermann and Soret”, p.70

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Nikah is a contract that transfers responsibilities. Therefore know the man you're thinking of marrying, and be sure that he is able to take care of you, more than your dad did. Islam empowers women with honor and dignity. Don't settle for anything less.

Nouman Ali Khan

Couple, Dad, Responsibility

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The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.

Robert A. Heinlein

Government, Make Sense, Suspects

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[T]he influence of the German school is most obvious in relation to the contract theory of the origin of the state and the idea of the function of the state. The theory that the state originates in an agreement between men was assailed by the German thinkers and the historical, organic, evolutionary idea substituted for it.

Charles Edward Merriam

School, Men, Ideas

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The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

Government, Crime, Duty

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Understand that relationships are more important than contracts. Business deals are relationships between people. The signed piece of paper is important, but it's merely the result of the relationship, not the cause. If the relationship crumbles, the contract won't save you, although it could be very lucrative for your lawyer.

Steve Pavlina

Business, People, Important

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There are so many musicians, friends of mine, who play shows for ten people a night, or always desperately wanted a record contract. So even if every person on the planet loathes me, I have nothing to complain about. My job is not a bad job, so I can't complain.

Moby

Jobs, Night, Play

"'The Humility That Comes From Being Hated': Moby Interviewed". Interview with Stephen Dalton, thequietus.com. May 9, 2011.

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