Famous Quotes & Sayings

Neal Asher

I've been an engineer, barman, skip lorry driver, coalman, boat window manufacturer, contract grass cutter and builder.

Lolo Jones

I didn't have a big-time contract out of college like most athletes. In fact I had no contract at all.

Jeff Nelson

We're locked into a gas contract right now that's fairly cheap, but we know it's going to go up. We could save $200,000 a year.

We're like a balloon. We expand, we contract to fit the needs of the various programs we're in. That is not fun.

There are people disappointed out there. We thought the last five and a half years of the ESOP would make a difference in these contract negotiations.

The prospect of favorable new energy contracts for PPL as existing long-term contracts expire, in conjunction with sharp increases in forward wholesale energy prices over the past six months, led us to increase our long-term earnings forecast.

The prompt WTI contract seems the weakest in the international oil index, weighed down by immediate high inventory levels in the United States.

Oliver E. Williamson

The lens of contract focuses predominantly on gains from trade whereas orthodoxy is focused on resource allocation.

Wes Brown

When I got back from shooting 'Deception,' I was under contract with NBC, so I can't really do anything.

Anthony Burgess

When we promise to love we really mean that we promise to honor a contract

Mike Nichols

I am drawn to the mystery of marriage. You can never know what the contract is between two people, and that is a very strong subject. I think it may be my subject.

We are currently in the middle of contract negotiations with Craig Gordon over a new deal for him,

Yao Ming has signed a five-year extension contract with the Rockets today.

We are looking for a good contract that reflects good market conditions.

Billie Joe Armstrong

When I signed that major-label contract when I was 20 years old. I did it because I wanted to play music for the rest of my life. That's every 20-year-old's dream - to do whatever the hell you want.

Corin Nemec

I pitched a storyline, and as far as I know it's been picked up. It's for the third and final episode I'm contracted to do. But I can't give any spoilers.

To gut our contracts when you don't know what the future fleet plan is going to be is irresponsible.

We'd like to have this contract and this lawsuit settled. We were doing pretty good until we got to the money situation, but we've been stalled.

We working on getting a contract done. We are also in the process of getting temporary bleachers in the next week or so.

The data are heavily distorted by a large military contract and the surge in vehicle sales. Once these have dissipated, orders and shipments will sag again.

Marianne Williamson

The primary social contract between the people of the United States and their government - quaint though it might seem to even mention it at this point - is that ours is to be a government 'of the people, by the people, for the people.'

Ricky is under contract to the Dolphins, and we're not going to speculate about any hypothetical speculation.

One of the reasons that they feel like they can reduce the exclusive-use contracts . . . is that they've got higher-speed, more mobile and larger-capacity payloads in the contract stream now.

Mr. Blagojevich has been campaigning at taxpayer expense for months. Now he will have to rely on the state contractor and lobbyist contributions to pay for his efforts.

Gary Bettman

My feeling is contracts should always be honored,

Obviously, we're disappointed we didn't get a contract back from Rodriguez. It was a shock to us. We're still hoping he might be back, but at the same time we've had to move forward and look at different directions.

Denis Irwin

Of course he's denying it, he's under contract to United, but that doesn't mean he won't be Republic manager when our next competitive games come round.

LaMont Jordan

My contract doesn't say I'm that kind of runner,

What we're doing is looking for a fair and reasonable return. He's a guy that's under a long-term contract with us, a targeted player, a terrific player. We're just not going to do something for the sake of doing something.

what weight the fight was contracted for and if that was his weight. And if not, why it was contracted.

I am recommending that we do not renew the contract with the chief.

But the contract stipulates that the workers must receive a daily wage of 3000 FCFA,

But the contract probably set up him for life. Other guys see that.