Red Adair
Red Adair
Paul Neal "Red" Adair was an American oil well firefighter. He became notable as an innovator in the highly specialized and hazardous profession of extinguishing and capping oil well blowouts, both land-based and offshore...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionOther
Date of Birth18 June 1915
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
cut time
I've got cut half in two, once, and blowed up a time or two, but nothing permanent.
gas good lord oil
The good Lord put oil and gas there for us to find and use, and we'd better do it.
belief believe best deal group including mind people pleasure presence share throughout
Throughout my years, I've had the pleasure of assembling and training what I believe to be the best group of people in the world. People with the presence of mind to deal with any flare-up, including my own. People who share the belief that nothing is impossible.
smile hurt scare
It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and packing, it's the best smile in the world; and there's nobody hurt, and the well's under control.
mean men long
Retire? I don't know what that word means. As long as a man is able to work and he's productive out there and he feels good - keep at it.
home years half
I've got too many of my friends that retired and went home and got on a rocking chair, and about a year and a half later, I'm always going to the cemetery.
jobs doors may
Never fear a job, always respect it, and always leave yourself a hind door to escape. May your hind door always be open.
devil done made
I’ve done made a deal with the devil,
hiring expensive
The only thing more expensive than hiring a professional, is hiring an amateur.
air fire giving
I've done made a deal with the devil. He said he's going to give me an air-conditioned place when I go down there, if I go there, so I won't put all the fires out.
thinking trying hiring
If you think that hiring professionals is expensive, try hiring amateurs
mistake fire bombs
With bombs and fires, you get only one mistake.
thinking texas world
I’ve traveled all over the world, but I don’t think there is any place better than Texas,
jobs thinking design
If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.