Quotes about Contract

'Contract' succeeded 'status' as the basic organising principle in modern political vs. ancient society. Votes: 3

The movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract. Votes: 3

One of the big mistakes Republicans made with the Contract with America is that they tried to do too much too fast, and people revolted against it. Votes: 3

If the Republicans think that by having stated and even achieved most of the Contract that they are therefore entitled to the acceptance and favor of the American voter, they're crazy. Votes: 3

When God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings standing by, 'Let us,'said he,'pour on him all we can: Let the world's riches, which disperse' d lie, Contract into a span'. Votes: 3

Newt has two transitions behind him. First he had to capture control of the House. He had to get the Republican budget through. He had to get the Contract With America through. He has done that. Votes: 3

It is true, that a Law of Contract based on causae will always be an arbitrary and inelastic law; but it is a kind of law with which some great nations are satisfied at the present day. Votes: 3

Contract law is essentially a defensive scorched-earth battleground where the constant question is, if my business partner was possessed by a brain-eating monster from beyond spacetime tomorrow, what is the worst thing they could do to me? Votes: 3

Contract law is essentially a defensive scorched-earth battleground where the constant question is, "if my business partner was possessed by a brain-eating monster from beyond spacetime tomorrow, what is the worst thing they could do to me?" Votes: 3

The Social Contract is nothing more or less than a vast conspiracy of human beings to lie to and humbug themselves for the general Good. Lies are the mortar that bind the savage individual man into the social masonry. Votes: 3

There's no doubt that when the Republican Party took over in 1994, the 'Contract with America' was an opportunity to implement some things - like welfare reform and some of the other initiatives. Then, it kind of lost its steam. Votes: 3

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself. Votes: 2

The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract. Votes: 2

TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract. Votes: 2

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive. Votes: 2

Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences. Votes: 2

I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed. Votes: 2

A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you. Votes: 2

An easily accessible and transparent database of contract information will bring sunshine into the confusing and sometimes shadowy practice of government contracting. Votes: 2

My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an artist. Votes: 2

It's gonna be a lot of zeroes in that contract. You gonna think it's alphabet soup or something, all those zeroes in there. Votes: 2

You get the part, sign the contract and start to realize millions of people follow this guy and know more about your character than you do. Votes: 2

It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract. Votes: 2

It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word. Votes: 2

When the courts decide that murderers, rapists, and others who maliciously break our social contract deserve health care that most working Americans can't afford, they are condemning good people to death. Votes: 2

People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph. Votes: 2

In my lifetime, as a younger man, you were assumed to be an honest person. Your word was your bond, and a handshake was as good as a contract in business. Votes: 2

Everyone living under the social contract we call democracy has a duty to act responsibly, to obey the laws, and to abandon certain types of self-interested behaviors that conflict with the general good. Votes: 2

I figured, 'If I ever get offered a chance to sign a deal, I'll only do it if I got to do it how I want.' So my contract is structured in such a way that I'm really protected. Votes: 2

A group is as healthy as its 'social contract' is clear; a congregation as faithful as its covenant is mutually understood; a pastor as effective as the pastor's and people's commitment to trust and integrity is honored, guarded, and fulfilled. Votes: 2

I'm still a communist in the sense that I don't believe the world will survive with the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer - I think that the pressures will get so tremendous that the social contract will just come apart. Votes: 2

I'm 0 for 3 with marriage - the scoreboard doesn't lie, never has. So what we all have is a marriage of the heart. To sully or contaminate or radically disrespect this union with a shameful contract is something that I will leave to the amateurs and the Bible grippers. Votes: 2

When a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law cannot divest those rights. The people can act only by their agents and, within the powers conferred upon them, their acts must be considered as the acts of the people. Votes: 2

I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them. Votes: 2

We have soon to have everywhere smoke annihilators, dust absorbers, ozonizers, sterilizers of water, air, food and clothing, and accident preventers on streets, elevated roads and in subways. It will become next to impossible to contract disease germs or get hurt in the city, and country folk will got to town to rest and get well. Votes: 2

The pro athlete is a sad tale. He signs a big contract and thinks he's set for life. I didn't think I was set for life, and I don't now. As athletes, we are important, celebrities, in demand and rich. Then we are out of the game and we are not important, not celebrities, not in demand and not rich. Votes: 2

When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contract that I sign with myself to say, 'I don't care what happens - I'm going to stay on this path. I'm going to try and see this through; I'm going to give it my best shot, my best effort.' Votes: 2

A poet's first contract is with truth. Votes: 0

What usually comes first is the contract. Votes: 0

The best thing to break is a contract. Votes: 0

The bigger the contract, the bigger the responsibility. Votes: 0

"The contract's null and void, by the way." Votes: 0

Until the contract is signed, nothing is real. Votes: 0

Love is not a contract between two narcissists. Votes: 0

The oldest theory of contract is I think negative. Votes: 0

Food is a part of our contract with life. Votes: 0

reading is at the beginning of the social contract Votes: 0

Taking on a pet is a contract with sorrow. Votes: 0

A valid contract requires voluntary offer, acceptance, and consideration. Votes: 0

The social contract is starting to unravel in many countries. Votes: 0

Marriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already. Votes: 0

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on. Votes: 0

And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000. Votes: 0

ʺThe contractʹs null and void, by the way.ʺ Votes: 0

I would rather have gotten married than have a Hollywood contract. Votes: 0

Things work once you have property, trade and contract in place. Votes: 0

Maybe I'm old-school, but I always thought you honor a contract. Votes: 0

When I signed a contract, I was here to play 162 games. Votes: 0

Marriage is a legal contract -- it's not a sacred thing. Votes: 0

Early on, they were timing my contract with an egg timer. Votes: 0

The youth of France do not want a new neo-liberal contract. Votes: 0

My agents are busy with the final details of the contract. Votes: 0

I never had a written contract, was never officially a stable jockey. Votes: 0

[Marriage is] like signing a 356-page contract without knowing what's in it. Votes: 0

If I signed a contract that meant someone else wouldn't be playing. Votes: 0

I've never signed any contract and never received a cent from Iraq. Votes: 0

I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty. Votes: 0

Success to me was getting out of that contract in one piece. Votes: 0

I think the very idea of the social contract is in disarray. Votes: 0

Suddenly I had a contract and I was earning lots of money. Votes: 0

To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones. Votes: 0

Titleist has offered me a big contract not to play its balls. Votes: 0

Morality is either a social contract or you have to pay cash. Votes: 0

The sum of all technical knowledge cannot make a master contract player. Votes: 0

The Disney deal created some wrinkles. I'm under contract. But I'm on standby. Votes: 0

Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes. Votes: 0

When you speak and affirm, you are creating a verbal contract with yourself. Votes: 0

It is a major sin to break a contract, especially in military situations. Votes: 0

Writing on a contract for a major studio you get the very best. Votes: 0

Unless the habit leads to happiness the best habit is to contract none. Votes: 0

Yes, they wanted me to sign a contract of exclusivity, and I refused. Votes: 0

If I was roped into a seven-year TV contract I'd probably hang myself. Votes: 0

Technically, at this point we're no longer with the label; we've fulfilled our contract. Votes: 0

A contract for better for worse is a contract that should not be tolerated. Votes: 0

The only way to stop Jim Brown was to give him a movie contract. Votes: 0

A covenant differs from a contract almost as much as marriage differs from prostitution. Votes: 0

The last true punk band to get a major label contract was The Dickies. Votes: 0

I did a lot of personal appearances because I was under contract to ABC. Votes: 0

I quit after my seven-year contract with Universal was up. I quit for 33 years. Votes: 0

Make sure you know what you are signing when you sign a recording contract. Votes: 0

As governor of Lagos, I never signed a cheque and never fixed contract prices. Votes: 0

First of all: no one in their right mind would sign an exclusive contract. Votes: 0

I will sign every contract Arsenal put in front of me without reading it. Votes: 0

Do our government's poorly paid contract killers deserve our 'support' for blindly following orders? Votes: 0

Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation. Votes: 0

I'm hesitant anytime someone puts a contract in front of me that has two-year options. Votes: 0

I'm taking it step by step and not thinking at all about a new contract. Votes: 0

Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones. Votes: 0

Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed. Votes: 0

America's 'social contract' is equal opportunity... yet we have failed in achieving that seminal goal. Votes: 0

Love is giving, marriage is buying and selling. You can't put love into a contract. Votes: 0

The contract like '91 Dan Marino. I swear this guy Michael Rapino's boostin my ego. Votes: 0

We were all ruled by the studio system. I signed a contract for seven years. Votes: 0

It is impossible to unsign a contract, so do all your thinking before you sign. Votes: 0

When you fail to be your own boss, You are giving somebody else the contract. Votes: 0

I want a new contract. I'm happy at United and I see my future here. Votes: 0

Love is a free contract that begins with a spark and can end the same way. Votes: 0

If it's not a contract I want then I won't sign it. That's not a threat. Votes: 0

Some friendships are made by nature, some by contract, some by interest, and some by souls. Votes: 0

The vows one makes privately are more binding than any ceremony or even a Shubert contract. Votes: 0

Well, let's go back to the original intent of Social Security. It is an insurance contract. Votes: 0

It (his contract) has options through the year 2020 or until the last Rocky movie is made. Votes: 0

I have a fun clause in my contract. If I'm not having fun, I can leave. Votes: 0

Every law is a contract between the king and the people and therefore to be kept. Votes: 0

You have a sacred contract with the Universe, and no one can fulfill it except you. Votes: 0

First of all, it was in my contract. I knew I would be directing an episode. Votes: 0

Marriage is by nature a covenant, Not just a private contract one may cancel at will.. Votes: 0

The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop. Votes: 0

Wall Street sees a social fabric or social contract as inefficiencies, which need to be removed. Votes: 0

The marriage bond is more than a civil contract. It is a reward for loving well. Votes: 0

You can't put passion and obsession into someone's employment contract - either you are or you aren't. Votes: 0

The rolling contract was designed to specifically take away some of that retirement talk and retirement issue. Votes: 0

Ive been an engineer, barman, skip lorry driver, coalman, boat window manufacturer, contract grass cutter and builder. Votes: 0

The state operates in a legal vacuum. There exists no contract between the state and its citizens. Votes: 0

I've proposed a contract with the American voter that will give the government back to the people. Votes: 0

I have a contract but it's not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It's our ongoing conversation. Votes: 0

My name is Alex Riley and I've been signed to a personal services contract for The Miz. Votes: 0

I keep expectations so embarrassingly low that I broke my contract and went and got a hair-cut. Votes: 0

Oh my God, no, no chance, no chance. That [kissing her co-stars]s not in my contract! Votes: 0

With your breath, issue words of a new contract. Become the law creator of a new prosperity. Votes: 0

Dick Moss, my agent. Dick became my agent in 1979 when I signed my contract with the Houston Astros. Votes: 0

I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contract. Votes: 0

It is your birthright to discover your sacred contract. It will guide you to find your divine destiny. Votes: 0

I have never discussed a player contract with an agent and I like to think I never will. Votes: 0

If you sit down with me, I guarantee I will accept any terms you offer for a contract. Votes: 0

Our very contract with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity. Votes: 0

When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything. Votes: 0

If they ask you to sign a contract up front or for money, that's usually a bad sign. Votes: 0

You can't live on the hope of a television contract and play in a stadium with nobody there. Votes: 0

Love is like epidemic diseases. The more one fears it the more likely one is to contract it. Votes: 0

Stress is when you're 29 years old, playing for Rochdale, with an expiring contract and a mortgage to pay. Votes: 0

Disassociating, mindfulness, transcendence-whatever the label-it's a sort of loophole in our contract with reality, a form of self-rescue. Votes: 0

I never talk about a job before the contract is signed and I've shot the first three days. Votes: 0

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair. Votes: 0

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. Votes: 0

If you avoid your truthful emotions and pain you will implode and contract into a diminished and feeble state. Votes: 0

At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge. Votes: 0

Those who pass their lives in foreign travel find they contract many ties of hospitality, but form no friendships. Votes: 0

When Paul Brown talked contract, the championship game was part of it. We took the championship game for granted. Votes: 0

Any relationship that you have is about negotiation - anything - whether there is a written contract or not. Votes: 0

Every divorce is the result of selfishness on the part of one or both parties to a marriage contract. Votes: 0

I never stopped working, but I did let my contract run out. And I didn't really actively pursue it. Votes: 0

This contract is so one-sided that I am astonished to find it written on both sides of the paper. Votes: 0

we should contract our ideas of education, and expect no more from it than it is able to perform. Votes: 0

You can't do good work on a short-term contract. You need to be engaged over a period of time. Votes: 0

I've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject. Votes: 0

The Yankees' Facebook page was hacked. The hacker was immediately purchased and signed to a 5 year contract with the Yankees. Votes: 0

His four year contract renewal: As always, I remain hopeful that Don Cherry won't be offered the same length contract. Votes: 0

In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt reminded us that the Constitution is, and I quote, "a layman's document, not a lawyer's contract." Votes: 0

A futures contract is a derivative, but the futures exchange doesn't call them 'derivatives,' they call them 'futures.' Votes: 0

If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across. Votes: 0

Charles Laughton signed me to my first movie contract at 17. He later asked my parents if he could adopt me. Votes: 0

A player cannot be part of the training camp experience as a rookie unless he is signed to a contract. Votes: 0

It took a long time to get out of my contract. The producers thought I was negotiating for more money. Votes: 0

I guess I've learned that there's really no such thing as a bad label, there is only a bad contract. Votes: 0

I can't see. I used to wear glasses off stage. Now I'm thinking of getting a pair of contract lenses. Votes: 0

I hope you don't listen to this. I hope you choose to broaden, and not contract, your ambit of concern. Votes: 0

Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I want in my own way. Votes: 0

I didn't have a big-time contract out of college like most athletes. In fact I had no contract at all. Votes: 0

My hope is next year Terry and I can work out a contract. I have no problem with the Minnesota Twins. Votes: 0

Marriage is not simply a romantic union between two people; it's also a political and economic contract of the highest order. Votes: 0

Taxi drivers all over the world, by the way, are under Newspaper Guild contract to give easy quotes to foreign correspondents. Votes: 0

I wish to be cremated. One tenth of my ashes shall be given to my agent, as written in our contract. Votes: 0

Top Model' is pretty good, because it gives these girls an opportunity to chase their passion and possibly get a contract. Votes: 0

It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing I'd ever seen, that California sunshine. Votes: 0

I had to get back to work. NBC has me under contract. The baby and I only have a verbal agreement. Votes: 0

They wanted to buy out my contract, but I couldn't make change for a $20, so they had to let me stay. Votes: 0

No generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own existence. Votes: 0

I've signed a contract with the Dutch national team until 2006. So I can win the World Cup not once but twice. Votes: 0

I'm just grateful my dad never got a contract with Donald Trump, because I don't know what we would have done. Votes: 0

In our social contract, we have provisions that see to it that you take care of people who need some help. Votes: 0

In 1974, the modeling world changed. Jerry Ford and my lawyer negotiated the deal for the first exclusive contract in modeling history. Votes: 0

Sometimes if your only approach is cutting spending at a time when the economy's contracting, then the economy will contract further. Votes: 0

I really wanted to go onstage. Not movies. But I ended up under contract to Paramount. Now I adore film work. Votes: 0

If Japanese companies don't reform drastically and implement English as their daily business language, the economy will only continue to contract. Votes: 0

I believe in libertarian options because they allow an interesting management of the capital and are based on co-operation, reciprocity, contract, federation. Votes: 0

Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away. Votes: 0

I am not blonde, yes. Have I dreamt about having a model contract? No. But have I dreamed about winning Wimbledon? Absolutely. Votes: 0

A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement. Votes: 0

Also, when you escape a Communist regime, you treasure liberty and you understand that as government and state expand, liberty must contract. Votes: 0

When an apparent miracle happened.it proved divine mission to the credulous, and proved a contract with the devil to the skeptical. Votes: 0

When people make a contract with the devil and give him an air-conditioned office to work in, he doesn't go back home easily. Votes: 0

We are the slaves of objects around us, and appear little or important according as these contract or give us room to expand. Votes: 0

I came close to signing Elvis Presley. I offered $25,000 for his contract and they asked for $45,000 and I just didn't have the other $20,000. Votes: 0

There is a contract between the reader and the writer. The readers give me their hard-earned cash, and I have to entertain them. Votes: 0

Any time you sign a big contract, you get in those later years, the expectations are high to play at a high level. Votes: 0

There are so few barriers to working with artists because the contract is brief and straightforward, it allows us to just move instantly. Votes: 0

For me, I don't even like to promote my films but I have to because it's in the fine print of my contract. Votes: 0

Most of us are now free to walk away from our marital commitments more easily than from any other contract in our lives. Votes: 0

I think I signed some contract, early on in my career, that I will only kiss Steve Carell when I do a movie. Votes: 0

Obviously, the closer you get to that moment, the more you start to realize 'this is the last year of my contract.' Votes: 0

Success isn't always going to be a huge contract; success is going to be if you just live out your purpose in life. Votes: 0

For me to forgive my ex, he would have to sign a marriage contract with his tears and seal it with his blood. Votes: 0

If your goal is to be the biggest movie star in the world, a 10-movie contract is gold. It was never my goal. Votes: 0

Just give a drum roll, announce my name & I come out & sing. I have a contract that says I'm a singer. So I sing. Votes: 0

Therefore, when you enter into anything, as a frightened being, that contract you make with another person out of fear, has to fall apart. Votes: 0

And it is a folly to try to craft a novel for the screen, to write a novel with a screen contract in mind. Votes: 0

To pray together, in whatever tongue or ritual, is the most tender brotherhood of hope and sympathy that man can contract in this life. Votes: 0

I don't believe in marriage. It's bloody impractical. 'To love, honor, and obey.' If it weren't, you wouldn't have to sign a contract. Votes: 0

But I'm good to go through my contract with Childress, and my determination is to win races and try to win that other championship. Votes: 0

I wouldn't write any kind of book without a contract and an advance. You can't invest that amount of time and effort without one. Votes: 0

In my experience, people are usually fired for reasons having to do with budgetary constraints, incompetence or not fulfilling the terms of a contract. Votes: 0

You should never form judgments from front page headlines. As with a contract, the fine print on the inside pages should be carefully studied. Votes: 0

Work is born in us. We take to it kindly or unkindly. The terms may be easy or harsh, but the contract is binding. Votes: 0

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! Votes: 0

Kobe [Bryant] had the biggest contract for a high school kid. He was the first one to get more than a million a year. Votes: 0

In the shaded portions where the two spheres of different lives meet, certain fundamentals- moods, loves, fears, angers- can't be hidden. That's the contract. Votes: 0

What our Lord said about cross-bearing and obedience is not in fine type. It is in bold print on the face of the contract. Votes: 0

As a little girl I always dreamed of having a cosmetics contract, which was the cherry on top of 'making it' in my opinion. Votes: 0

Democracy is an experimental system. I like it when states try out new ideas. I think we ought to expand, not contract, our federalist system. Votes: 0

What does one prefer? An art that struggles to change the social contract, but fails? Or one that seeks to please and amuse, and succeeds? Votes: 0

To demonize state authoritarianism while ignoring identical albeit contract-consecrated subservient arrangements in the large-scale corporations which control the world economy is fetishism at its worst. Votes: 0

Democracy is an experimental system. I like it when states try out new ideas. I think we ought to expand, not contract, our federalist system." Votes: 0

Did Alan Moore get screwed on his contract? Of course. Lots of people get screwed, but we still have Spider-Man and lots of other heroes. Votes: 0

The notion that employees and companies have a social contract with each other that goes beyond a paycheck has largely vanished in United States business. Votes: 0

I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is. Votes: 0

I have found by experience that they who have spent all their lives in cities contract not only an effeminacy of habit, but of thinking. Votes: 0

I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing. Votes: 0

When you go in to do a screen test, you negotiate your contract and sign all your paperwork before you even get on a plane. Votes: 0

I was under the impression I had signed a three-year contract. I want to be back. I expect to be back. I will be back. Votes: 0

Columbia tried to put me behind other groups, so I didn't wanna wait, they let me out of the contract and I'm glad they did. Votes: 0

When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent. Votes: 0

That's a powerful lucky rabbit's foot. I got the part in Gone With the Wind because of it. I got my Warner contract, thanks to it. Votes: 0

Society is indeed a contract. ... It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. Votes: 0

If I told you that the big contract had nothing to do with my signing, Id be lying. It made the future secure for my family. Votes: 0

Wafah Dufour bin Laden, niece of Osama bin Laden has signed a contract to star in a reality show... called Skating with the Nieces of Terrorists. Votes: 0

In terms of my work with Nike, obviously signing Michael Jordan to a $500,000 contract in 1984 set a new precedent for the business side of the game. Votes: 0

In the contract days, the big studios groomed us to play particular roles and we would stay with the image they gave us and insisted on. Votes: 0

And okay, fair enough, but there is this unwritten contract between author and reader and I think not ending your book kind of violates that contract. Votes: 0

I had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff. Votes: 0

We believe that peace is not just signed papers, but rather a contract between generations for the building of a more promising and less threatening future. Votes: 0

When a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law cannot divest those rights. Votes: 0

I've never been good with deadlines. My early novels, I wrote by myself. No one knew I was writing a novel; I didn't have a contract. Votes: 0

I have always believed that the only way to cope with a cash crisis is not to contract but to try to expand out of it. Votes: 0

You get the part, sign the contract and start to realize millions of people follow this guy and know more about your character than you do Votes: 0

At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through tax payments and citizenship. Votes: 0

I was very briefly under contract to Disney Animation, to develop ideas for animated features. They don't like you to use the word "cartoon" around there. Votes: 0

In fact, the capitalist class in the '50s was sort of part of a social contract. It was part of the tenor of the times. Votes: 0

My feeling is that contracts should always be honored. ... This is a situation where a legally binding contract is not being honored and that's not right... Votes: 0

You cannot contract to sell a baby. If they legalize this contract they may soon start bringing poor women in from other countries just to be breeders. Votes: 0

If you neglected to warn Djetth beforehand that you were going to shoot him down, Your Highness, he may consider you in breach of contract...-- Rhett Votes: 0

After one year in the Texas League, the American League bought the rights to my contract. They optioned me back to the Texas League for the 1970 season. Votes: 0

If you repress rather than unlock the potential of large groups of Americans, what's that going to do to our economy? It's going to contract, not expand. Votes: 0

How clear the realization one is going mad -- the mind has a silence, nothing happens in the physique, urine gathers in your loins, your ribs contract. Votes: 0

All readers come to fiction as willing accomplices to your lies. Such is the basic goodwill contract made the moment we pick up a work of fiction. Votes: 0

By my third year of Law and Order, I was climbing the walls. But you don't leave a hit show, especially when you have a five-year contract. Votes: 0

Society is indeed a contract ... it becomes a participant not only between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. Votes: 0

If I found the right guy, I think I would get married. Maybe. I just feel like it's just a contract. Why sign any more contracts, really? Votes: 0

In 1938, I was given a one-year teaching appointment, which was sensational for British universities. This was converted into the usual four-year contract for an Assistant Lecturer in 1939. Votes: 0

Even though I had a lucrative contract with MGM, I had a husband who was drinking and gambling our money away faster than I could make it. Votes: 0

But if it comes down to next year, I'll be picketing outside of Halas Hall for a new deal, a new contract, because I'm not going anyplace. Votes: 0

Society is indeed a contract it becomes a participant not only between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. Votes: 0

I made the contract with God years ago, that no matter what came through, I would say it, but if I ever hurt someone, I would stop. Votes: 0

We need to renegotiate our contract with nature. Ecology is a unifying force that can diminish intolerance and expand our empathy towards others"”both human and animal. Votes: 0

The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards. Votes: 0

What kind of moron would go to work for half the amount of money, when they could sit at home and collect what's written in a contract? Votes: 0

At 17, I signed a recording contract right out of high school, so I started touring and traveling the world. I sort of missed out on the college experience. Votes: 0

A publisher saw one of my historical novels and thought I would write an admirable detective story, so she offered me a two-book contract, and I grabbed it. Votes: 0

You would be amazed at the pompadour that I was rocking in the first job I had on the soap opera called 'Loving,' my first contract job. Votes: 0

It hurts a lot when you cannot really comprehend what a person is saying in a meeting, or you don't even understand what you're reading in your contract. Votes: 0

Nowadays, in the contract that actors sign, you have to agree that you're going to do a certain amount of publicity-the hard part they don't pay you for. Votes: 0

We value the devotedness of friendship rather as an oblation to vanity than as a free interchange of hearts; an endearing contract of sympathy, mutual forbearance, and respect! Votes: 0

One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to organize them for you. Votes: 0

The first principle of contract negotiations is don't remind them of what you did in the past - tell them what you're going to do in the future. Votes: 0

When I first heard Ray Charles, he was a flop artist on a small label in California. He hadn't sold any records. And I bought his contract for $2,500. Votes: 0

It's a great day for Sarah Palin. She was hired as a commentator for Fox News. She signed a multi-year contract, which means she'll probably quit after a year. Votes: 0

On his contract negotiations with the Devils: It's beyond money at this point. They're not even treating him as a member of their family, unless it's a dysfunctional family. Votes: 0

I think our relationship with Epic had run its natural course, and it happened to coincide with the fulfillment of our contract. We decided not to resign with them. Votes: 0

I believe democracy requires a 'sacred contract' between journalists and those who put their trust in us to tell them what we can about how the world really works. Votes: 0

Faith is not a contract. Faith is surrender. If no other relationship in our experience is one of self-surrender, if it's all contractual, people won't know how to believe. Votes: 0

In all my years of being with Pittsburgh, I never encountered a player taking a contract dispute into the season and letting that dispute affect the way he played. Votes: 0

Digital books and music are often different from their physical counterparts in that consumers buy licences to a work, revocable under an ongoing contract, rather than their own copies. Votes: 0

If he wants to get that next contract, he's going to have to go to the New York Athletic Club three times a day and just ride the bike. Votes: 0

Our combination of great research universities, a pro-risk business culture, deep pools of innovation-seeking equity capital and reliable business and contract law is unprecedented and unparalleled in the world. Votes: 0

I believe wholeheartedly in marriage. I don't exclusively mean a marriage with a legal contract, but any relationship that constitutes a marriage because of the quality of their relationship. Votes: 0

Lena made a face. She almost never wore makeup; she didn't have to. "You know, it's not like we all sign a contract with Maybelline when we turn thirteen. Votes: 0

Sordid selfishness doth contract and narrow our benevolence, and cause us, like serpents, to infold ourselves within ourselves, and to turn out our stings to the entire world besides. Votes: 0

I've been under contract since I was 18 and it's all I've ever known. To me, I'm NOT different from anyone else other than the way I make a living. Votes: 0

No matter what your spiritual condition is, no matter where you find yourself in the universe, your choice is always the same: to expand your awareness or contract it. Votes: 0

Always I was dreaming of a record contract. From 10 to 13, it was all I could think of. I worked hard for this dream. Nobody could say I didn't try. Votes: 0

I always have a contract with a character. Even when he's unappealing. The contract is to give him his due. To tell his story. And to keep his secrets. Votes: 0

I think women think a lot about cycles, biological and personal. This year another cycle came around: my contract was up. It seemed an opportunity to take a life audit. Votes: 0

The Judas of the West has closed the contract and will receive the thirty pieces of silver. . . . Was there ever witnessed such a bare faced corruption in any country before? Votes: 0

Fame came quickly. I was only 19 when I secured my initial recording contract and my first two hit records - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and 'Cars' - were number ones. Votes: 0

I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me." His pupils contract to pinpoints, dialate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. "Always," he murmurs. Votes: 0

I've never signed a contract, so never have a deadline. A deadline's an unnerving thing. I just finish a book, and if the publisher doesn't like it, that's his privilege. Votes: 0

I'd love to sign a contract for the soundtracks to every Wes Anderson movie, you know what I'm saying? Things like that, I have no spots on my conscience about. Votes: 0

A covenant energy is anchored on the planet at this time, and it carries the new contract for the Earth plane in this second phase of this new dawning era. Votes: 0

Rage is caused by a conviction, almost comic in its optimistic origins (however tragic in its effects), that a given frustration has not been written into the contract of life. Votes: 0

Make no mistake about it: once a band has signed a letter of intent, they will either eventually sign a contract that suits the label or they will be destroyed. Votes: 0

Make no mistake about it: once a band has signed a letter of intent, they will either eventually sign a contract that suits the label or they will be destroyed Votes: 0

Marriage is a psychological condition, not a civil contract and a license. Once a marriage is dead, it is dead, and it begins to stink faster than a dead fish. Votes: 0

Which to this day is a source of enormous guilt, because I left with three classes to go in the business school to sign a contract with 20th Century Fox. Votes: 0

We are not going to be the agency where large businesses can masquerade as a small business and get a contract. We are closing down on fraud, waste and abuse. Votes: 0

In fall 1967, I was given leave of absence by the National Public Affairs Research Foundation to move to Redondo Beach, California, to work on a short-term research contract with TRW. Votes: 0

Even the evil-looking bird perched on a rod in the bar had stopped screeching out the names and addresses of local contract killers, which was a service it provided for free. Votes: 0

Great! I've written something stupid, but I haven't signed a contract with anyone to produce solely wise and perfect works. I gave vent to my stupidity...and here I am, reborn. Votes: 0

A social contract is the way out of this dilemma for corporations that want to lead in the 21st century by showing consumers how seriously they take customer loyalty and goodwill. Votes: 0

I felt I was duty-bound under contract to stick with Cleveland, and I can truthfully say, in all my playing days there and everywhere, I never shirked a duty to baseball. Votes: 0

One doesn't have an agreement to that effect written down on parchment and sealed; but it is as well understood and ought to be as faithfully kept as any legal contract. Votes: 0

There is a physics to the world, which non-fiction has a contract to stand in awe of, otherwise it becomes completely self-centered and ego-driven, which is the death of a memoir. Votes: 0

In many ways, it was much, much harder to get the first book contract. The hardest thing probably overall has been learning not to trust people, publicists and so forth, implicitly. Votes: 0

He felt his heart, which no longer beat, contract, and he wondered if there was anything in the world as painful as not being able to protect the people you loved. Votes: 0

We have rejected such spectacles as the Coliseum. How then, when we do not even look on killing lest we should contract guilt and pollution, can we put people to death? Votes: 0

There is a crisis in America. That crisis is divorce. It is easier to get out of a marriage than (to get out of a) contract to buy a used car. Votes: 0

I was denied a record contract for 15 years, so I'm not going to be too picky about what I do. I don't have the juice to say no too many times. Votes: 0

In a memoir, I think, the contract implies a certain degree of truth. I think you have to be as true to your memory and your experience as you possibly can. Votes: 0

When Im not training day in and day out I love to go out and dance, even though it is potentially in my contract that Im not allowed to do that. Votes: 0

I quit law in 1988 to start writing, and it took me 17 years from that point to get a book contract. I guess you can say I was on the slow train. Votes: 0

When I'm not training day in and day out I love to go out and dance, even though it is potentially in my contract that I'm not allowed to do that. Votes: 0

What any writer hopes for is that the reader will stick with you to the end of the contract and that there is a level of submission on the reader's part. Votes: 0

You just never know with contract situations and the whole business side of it. I'm here now and I'm happy to be here now. The future will take care of itself. Votes: 0

The rumors are lies. There were a lot of people said we're not going to play that we don't have a contract. ... We got it worked out got it hammered out. Votes: 0

My own perception was that although it kind of sucks to be stuck in a contract you signed a long time ago, when you're having success, it gives you some leverage. Votes: 0

I have made a contract with my body. It has promised to accept harsh treatment from me on earth, and I have promised that it shall receive eternal rest in heaven. Votes: 0

Do you have a record contract? I have a recording agreement. What's the difference? One is an agreement and one is a contract! I am a man who deals by ear. Votes: 0

Would we be a better society if we made marriage simply a private contract between two individuals, with no wider implications of kinship and family? I do not believe that we would. Votes: 0

My deal with Marvel is I have a consulting deal with them as well as a contract to make 'Avengers.' That means I'll read all the scripts, I'll look at cuts. Votes: 0

CeNation. Wwe reports that last night at approximatley 9pm est. It terminated its contract with cousin of john cena, juan. The wwe wishes juan the best of luck in his future endeavors. Votes: 0

By the time I was successful with covers of 'Vogue' and 'Harper's Bazaar' and 'Vanity Fair' and the Lancome contract, someone asked how old I was. They almost fainted when I said 33. Votes: 0

It should be remembered that the foundation of the social contract is property; and its first condition, that every one should be maintained in the peaceful possession of what belongs to him. Votes: 0

I like the laid-back, polite, respectful courteous personality cowboys have. Guys almost lay down their life for you if they're your friends. You exist on a handshake rather than a signed contract. Votes: 0

I was under contract to Paramount. They wanted to make me into somebody which I was not. So I got so scared and rebelled, so they threw me out of the studio. Votes: 0

In ordinary life, the action of a third party does not free the contractor from an obligation; but the advantage of making a contract with heaven is that intentions are valid currency. Votes: 0

I would have had a clause in my contract; I would've definitely put some fine print in my contract that said, "If the president leaves, I'm leaving." That'd be the bottom line. Votes: 0

When you lose the title, that doesn't mean you lose the contract to what you had. Just like when you win the title, it doesn't mean you win brains, PhDs and MAs. Votes: 0

Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and jazz in the home all the time. Votes: 0

Calcifer," Sophie said, "I shall have to break your contract. Will it kill you?" "It would if anyone else broke it," Calcifer said hoarsely. "That's why I asked you to do it. Votes: 0

If you hate your enemies, you will contract such a vicious habit of mind that it will break out upon those who are your friends, or those who are indifferent to you. Votes: 0

I directed the first "Twilight" movie. It was in my contract that I could have gone on to do the other films, but I didn't feel as connected to the other books. Votes: 0

It's no secret I was willing to commit to Minnesota for five years. I'm very happy with my contract. I'd love to be in Minnesota. But like anybody else, I want to win. Votes: 0

At the Bangalore air show, we got a contract from Boeing for supplying structural components, and we are already supplying jet engine components to Rolls Royce. Both these are titanium-based, not steel components. Votes: 0

Very good wine was bought at ten pounds per pipe, the contract price; but the superior quality was fifteen pounds; and some of this was not much inferior to the best London Madeira. Votes: 0

Rights are either God-given or evolve out of the democratic process. Most rights are based on the ability of people to agree on a social contract, the ability to make and keep agreements. Votes: 0

Absolute brain size does not tell you everything or possibly sometimes even much. Elephants and whales both have brains larger than ours, but you wouldn't have much trouble outwitting them in contract negotiations. Votes: 0

You sign an agreement; you make a contract, you live up to it. You never get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate. You got a right to say yay or nay. Votes: 0

People who live together naturally catch the looks and air of one another and without having one feature alike, they contract a something in the whole countenance which strikes one as a resemblance Votes: 0

MSNBC has abruptly ended their relationship with Keith Olbermann, and according to his contract he's not allowed back on television for at least six months. Or as industry experts call it, The Conan. Votes: 0

People who live together naturally catch the looks and air of one another and without having one feature alike, they contract a something in the whole countenance which strikes one as a resemblance. Votes: 0

There is grim irony in speaking of the freedom of contract of those who, because of their economic necessities, give their service for less than is needful to keep body and soul together. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

When anybody and everybody registers to vote, they do so under the penalty of perjury. They're signing a contract that they are 18 years of age or older and they're citizens of the United States. Votes: 0

Like the marriage contract you entered into, your divorce is a legal transaction. Treat it that way. Try not to let emotion, hurt, fear or anger dictate the circumstances of your discussions or negotiations. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Most of the contract people at MGM stayed and stayed and stayed. Why? Because the studio looked after them. Warner Brothers wouldn't - they were always spanking somebody or selling them down the river. Votes: 0

Spiritual growth is like childbirth: you dilate, then you contract, you dilate, then you contract again. as painful as it all feels, it's the necessary rhythm for reaching the ultimate goal of total openness. Votes: 0

The question is where are business ethics and morality if one of the parties wants to dishonor a binding contract, just because in retrospect it realizes it could perhaps have got a better price! Votes: 0

The "social contract," in the only sense in which it is not completely mythical, is a contract among conquerors, which loses its raison d'être if they are deprived of the benefits of conquest. Votes: 0

It is a natural impossibility for any man to make a binding contract, by which he shall surrender to others a single one of what are commonly called his 'natural, inherent, inalienable rights.' Votes: 0

I'm legally unable to ride motorcycles. It's a contract that I have with my life insurance, so whenever I get a chance to do a movie and ride a bike I go for it. Votes: 0

A winner fulfills his contract with the world and with himself. That is, he sets out to do something, says that he is committed to doing it, and in the long run does it. Votes: 0

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 Votes: 0

At the end of the day, if you don't have a record contract, a studio or a guitar, you can still write songs. You're still an artist. That's something no one can take away. Votes: 0

People think I should be a multi-millionaire if I had gotten the right contract. I'm not getting anything for all that commercial stuff they do. But I would have had to pay for that. Votes: 0

Studios are used to have an investment in you, an actual, literal investment in an actor. You paid them some money, you had a contract with them and you were almost like a commodity. Votes: 0

Nothing is worse, or more of a breach of the social contract between citizen and state, than for government officials, bureaucrats and agencies to waste the money entrusted to them by the people they serve. Votes: 0

Leaving a great organization and a lucrative contract is not easy, but it allows me to take a deep breath and work on things that can make me a better driver and a better person. Votes: 0

A frequent intercourse and intimate connection between two persons make them so like, that not only their dispositions are moulded like each other, but their very face and tone of voice contract a certain analogy. Votes: 0

Well, fortunately we found out that the runner-up our particular year was going to get a record contract also. So it was kind of a - it was bitter sweet but it was an opportunity. Votes: 0

We protected Andre Johnson, given him long-term contracts. Brian Cushing's got a long-term contract. Arian Foster. So certain key players, core players, we've tried not to tie them up for a long period of time. Votes: 0

Is not a critic," asks Professor Stoll, "... a judge, who does not explore his own consciousness, but determines the author's meaning or intention, as if the poem were a will, a contract, or the constitution? Votes: 0

The type of contract between players and producers is, I feel, antiquated in form and abstract in concept. We have no privacies which producers cannot invade, they trade us like cattle, boss us like children. Votes: 0

My contract with my teachers is fair, and is two pages. The union contract is 200 pages. You cannot manage your business when you cannot make any decision without going back to 200 pages worth of stuff. Votes: 0

Take a look at all of them: Marichal, Jenkins, Spahn - what do you think made them successful? They conditioned their arms by pitching more, not less, starting from when they signed their first contract. Votes: 0

Trouble is, I don't get to play a lot at the moment because I've just signed a contract where I've got to do 200 shows a year in pubs, so the golf's fallen away a bit. Votes: 0

I think that you sign a sort of unwritten contract when you become a public figure, when you become an actor, that you're sacrificing a certain amount of privacy and parts of your life change. Votes: 0

I turned down a contract with a major network in New York my senior year of college in order to move to Los Angeles and pursue my acting career. But so far it's working out. Votes: 0

We have to ensure that our immigration system works in the interests of Britain, enabling us to make a realistic promise to our young school-leavers. It is part of our contract with the British people. Votes: 0

I have a contract and I refused a lot of opportunities to be the manager of important clubs because I want to stay here. I like this job. I like to be the England manager. Votes: 0

It's learning how to negotiate to keep both sides happy - whether it's for a multi-million dollar contract or just which show to watch on TV, that determines the quality and enjoyment of our lives. Votes: 0

The crazy thing is that I really wasn't under any pressure. My contract wasn't going to expire until the end of 2008, and everyone was satisfied with me. But I wasn't. I always wanted to improve. Votes: 0

I knew how to read a contract by 10 years old, but I didn't know what it meant for somebody to come in and tell me they loved me and kiss me goodnight. That's a problem. Votes: 0

The plan was that I was going to retire and take a job with the American Federation, but Nottingham Forest offered me a contract and there was interest from West Ham and another Premiership club. Votes: 0

It took a brave editor in the U.S. to sign a contract for Dancing Girls, and without her belief in the book, I'm not sure it would ever have found its way into print. Votes: 0

Writing a class without its contract would be similar to producing an engineering component (electrical circuit, VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) chip, bridge, engine...) without a spec. No professional engineer would even consider the idea. Votes: 0