The movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract. Votes: 3
Henry James Sumner MaineThe universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract. Votes: 2
Robert A. HeinleinStatistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive. Votes: 2
George Bernard ShawI had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed. Votes: 2
Gene TierneyThe Disney deal created some wrinkles. I'm under contract. But I'm on standby. Votes: 0
Paul S. KempIt is a major sin to break a contract, especially in military situations. Votes: 0
John Walker LindhUnless the habit leads to happiness the best habit is to contract none. Votes: 0
Johann Georg Ritter von ZimmermannTechnically, at this point we're no longer with the label; we've fulfilled our contract. Votes: 0
Peter SteeleA contract for better for worse is a contract that should not be tolerated. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawA covenant differs from a contract almost as much as marriage differs from prostitution. Votes: 0
Scott HahnI quit after my seven-year contract with Universal was up. I quit for 33 years. Votes: 0
Gloria StuartAs governor of Lagos, I never signed a cheque and never fixed contract prices. Votes: 0
Babatunde FasholaDo our government's poorly paid contract killers deserve our 'support' for blindly following orders? Votes: 0
Ted RallHollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation. Votes: 0
Walter WinchellI'm hesitant anytime someone puts a contract in front of me that has two-year options. Votes: 0
Samuel WitwerFriendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones. Votes: 0
Baron de MontesquieuJustice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed. Votes: 0
EpicurusLove is giving, marriage is buying and selling. You can't put love into a contract. Votes: 0
Margaret AtwoodIt is impossible to unsign a contract, so do all your thinking before you sign. Votes: 0
Warren BuffettWhen you fail to be your own boss, You are giving somebody else the contract. Votes: 0
Richard Marcel I.Some friendships are made by nature, some by contract, some by interest, and some by souls. Votes: 0
Jeremy TaylorThe vows one makes privately are more binding than any ceremony or even a Shubert contract. Votes: 0
Beatrice LillieWell, let's go back to the original intent of Social Security. It is an insurance contract. Votes: 0
Chuck HagelIt (his contract) has options through the year 2020 or until the last Rocky movie is made. Votes: 0
Dan QuisenberryEvery law is a contract between the king and the people and therefore to be kept. Votes: 0
John SeldenYou have a sacred contract with the Universe, and no one can fulfill it except you. Votes: 0
Gary ZukavFirst of all, it was in my contract. I knew I would be directing an episode. Votes: 0
Anthony Michael HallMarriage is by nature a covenant, Not just a private contract one may cancel at will.. Votes: 0
Bruce C. HafenWall Street sees a social fabric or social contract as inefficiencies, which need to be removed. Votes: 0
David KortenThe marriage bond is more than a civil contract. It is a reward for loving well. Votes: 0
David PaulThe state operates in a legal vacuum. There exists no contract between the state and its citizens. Votes: 0
Hans-Hermann HoppeI've proposed a contract with the American voter that will give the government back to the people. Votes: 0
Donald TrumpI have a contract but it's not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It's our ongoing conversation. Votes: 0
Diane SawyerMy name is Alex Riley and I've been signed to a personal services contract for The Miz. Votes: 0
Alex RileyI keep expectations so embarrassingly low that I broke my contract and went and got a hair-cut. Votes: 0
Cristin MiliotiOh my God, no, no chance, no chance. That [kissing her co-stars]s not in my contract! Votes: 0
Emma WatsonWith your breath, issue words of a new contract. Become the law creator of a new prosperity. Votes: 0
Bryant McGillDick Moss, my agent. Dick became my agent in 1979 when I signed my contract with the Houston Astros. Votes: 0
Nolan RyanI got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contract. Votes: 0
Hermione GingoldI have never discussed a player contract with an agent and I like to think I never will. Votes: 0
Walter O'MalleyIf you sit down with me, I guarantee I will accept any terms you offer for a contract. Votes: 0
David O. SelznickIf they ask you to sign a contract up front or for money, that's usually a bad sign. Votes: 0
Dia FramptonYou can't live on the hope of a television contract and play in a stadium with nobody there. Votes: 0
Fergus McCannLove is like epidemic diseases. The more one fears it the more likely one is to contract it. Votes: 0
Nicolas ChamfortI never talk about a job before the contract is signed and I've shot the first three days. Votes: 0
Grant BowlerI never stopped working, but I did let my contract run out. And I didn't really actively pursue it. Votes: 0
Juice NewtonThis contract is so one-sided that I am astonished to find it written on both sides of the paper. Votes: 0
Raymond Evershed, 1st Baron Evershedwe should contract our ideas of education, and expect no more from it than it is able to perform. Votes: 0
Anna Letitia BarbauldYou can't do good work on a short-term contract. You need to be engaged over a period of time. Votes: 0
Yves BeharI guess I've learned that there's really no such thing as a bad label, there is only a bad contract. Votes: 0
Peter SteeleI wish to be cremated. One tenth of my ashes shall be given to my agent, as written in our contract. Votes: 0
Groucho MarxI had to get back to work. NBC has me under contract. The baby and I only have a verbal agreement. Votes: 0
Tina FeyIf 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: 3 Rowena Cherry
Privatisation is presented as being the only alternative to an inefficient, corrupt state. In fact, it is not a choice at all... it is a mutually profitable business contract between the private company (preferably foreign) and the ruling elite of the Third World Votes: 3 Arundhati Roy
Movie acting, I later realized, reminds me of contract bridge. Each requires the same concentration, intense short-term memory, and obliviousness to everything else until the last trump is called - or whatever it is they do. Votes: 3 Gore Vidal
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: 3 Marc Andreessen
I believe in libertarian options because they allow an interesting management of the capital and are based on co-operation, reciprocity, contract, federation. Votes: 1 Michel Onfray
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: 3 Stan Musial
Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past. Votes: 3 Jacques Delors
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: 1 Hanya Yanagihara
It is no limitation upon property rights or freedom of contract to require that when men receive from government the privilege of doing business under corporate form... they shall do so under absolutely truthful representations... Great corporations exist only because they were created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions. Votes: 3 Theodore Roosevelt
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: 1 King Hussein I
Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences. Votes: 3 Isadora Duncan
Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts. Votes: 1 Nelson Mandela
We always talk about how you have to build a brand from the inside out, not the outside in. Brands are not wrappers. Brands are based on the values of the founders, and then they spread to the people who work for the company, and then that psychological contract is spread to the customer. Votes: 3 Dan Levitan
State-sanctioned marriage is a civil contract, period. A contract is not a judgment of moral value. It is a legal agreement between two parties that testifies to a meeting of minds between those consenting entities. It is not a religious act or rite and so has nothing to do with Adam and Eve or Steve or even Harvey. Votes: 1 Harvey Fierstein
I'd lose weight if I was an actress and had to play a role where you're supposed to be 40 lbs lighter, but weight has nothing to do with my career. Even when I was signing a contract, most of the industry knew if anyone ever dared say lose weight to me, they wouldn't be working with me. Votes: 3 Adele