Welcome to Contract Quotes, where the power of concise and profound statements meets the intricacies of legal agreements. Contracts are the backbone of many aspects of our lives, shaping relationships, transactions, and the very fabric of society. Within these documents lie nuggets of wisdom, insights into human nature, and reminders of the importance of clarity and trust. Whether you’re a seasoned professional navigating corporate negotiations or a curious individual exploring the nuances of legal language, contract quotes offer a glimpse into the minds of those who craft, challenge, and uphold these vital agreements.
From the eloquence of ancient legal texts to the modern complexities of business contracts, each quote encapsulates a perspective, a lesson, or a moment of clarity. Some may inspire, others may caution, but all serve as windows into the world of contracts a world where words hold immense power and precision is paramount. As we delve into these quotes, we invite you to ponder their meanings, explore their contexts, and perhaps even find resonance with your own experiences in the realm of agreements and obligations. Whether you seek enlightenment, motivation, or simply a deeper understanding of contractual matters, Contract Quotes offers a curated collection to ignite your imagination and stimulate your intellect. So without further ado, let us embark on this journey through the realms of contract law and human interaction, guided by the wisdom encapsulated in these succinct expressions.
I have a contract but it’s not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It’s our ongoing conversation. Diane Sawyer
If the wave is getting bigger, it causes the time to grow a little bit. If the wave is trying to contract, it reduces it a little bit. So, you can see this oscillation in time on the clock. Rainer Weiss
The basic social contract is that citizens agree to follow the law, pay their taxes, and devote their love and loyalty to their country, and in exchange, the nation commits to preserve and protect and serve their interests, safeguard their freedom, and return to them in kind their first allegiance and loyalty. Jeff Sessions
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. Iain Duncan Smith
At my first Olympics, I didn’t have a contract, and I wasn’t making any money. After my first Olympics, I was working at 24 Hour Fitness at the front desk. I would go to practice in the morning, run home, shower, grab some food and then go straight to work. I didn’t get off of work until 10 or 11 o’clock at night. Michelle Carter
The trouble with blaming powerless people is that although it’s not nearly as scary as blaming the powerful, it does miss the point. Poor people do not shut down factories… Poor people didn’t decide to use ‘contract employees’ because they cost less and don’t get any benefits. Molly Ivins
I believe if an individual wants to join organized labor and work under a union contract, they should have the legal right to do so. At the same token, a person who does not want to work under organized labor and wants to work should have the ability to do so without the threat of having to join and having to pay dues to organized labor. Paul LePage
I extended my contract here with Bayern because I am happy. I am very thankful of the club and how they supported me regarding my injuries. That is why I put my contract extension into motion so early. Thiago Alcantara
I know there’s a great deal of speculation, and while I appreciate the interest, kind of, my contract ends in May and I’m trying to figure out what I’m going to do. I’m fortunate to have a couple of opportunities to think long and hard about. Katie Couric
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. Harvey Fierstein
A lifetime contract for a coach means if you’re ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can’t fire you. Lou Holtz
I signed my first book contract without paying much attention to what it said. I didn’t know at the time that the book would be a best seller or that it would one day inspire a Netflix series. I just needed the money. Stephanie Land
Leadership contains certain elements of good management, but it requires that you inspire, that you build durable trust. For an organization to be not just good but to win, leadership means evoking participation larger than the job description, commitment deeper than any job contract’s wording. Stanley A. McChrystal
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. Bobby McFerrin
When you accept a role in a pilot, you automatically sign up for five years. You think it’s scary to walk down the aisle? Try signing a five-year contract for a show you may not want to be part of down the road. Jennifer Aniston
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. Pete Seeger
In a memoir, your main contract with the reader is to tell the truth, no matter how bizarre. Edmund White
You ask people to fall in love with you. To need you. To want you. To buy your records and come see you. You have an emotional contract with people. To break up is to violate that contract. Steven Van Zandt
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. Walt Disney
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. Dale Earnhardt
So, I’m thinking of a name for a villain that has a sense of humor. I thought of ‘The Joker’ as a name, and as soon as I thought that, I associate it with the playing card, as my family had a tradition of champion playing; my brother was a contract champion bridge player. There were always cards around the house. Jerry Robinson
On ‘The Apprentice,’ I’m 100 per cent certain I’m paid the same as Claude Littner. I insisted on equality when I negotiated my contract. I would not have allowed anything else. Karren Brady
It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract; and therefore this must be as far above the other as judgment is a greater and nobler faculty than fancy or imagination. Robert South
Also, when you escape a Communist regime, you treasure liberty and you understand that as government and state expand, liberty must contract. Dennis Prager
Signing bonus? Just give me a contract. I’ll sign for free. Jose Altuve
If I go into a relationship with an artist, which at most is going to last five years, we have a 100-page contract covering every eventuality. Whereas with marriage you go into it with no contract, with laws that date back hundreds of years, and I don’t think that’s right. Simon Cowell
My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an artist. Kurt Cobain
‘All-Star Wonder Woman’ would get worked on in what is laughably referred to as my ‘spare time.’ I just ended up with less and less time to devote to it. Eventually, we all realized that it was taking forever, so we just all agreed to hold off on it ’til the time was right to do it properly. Well, I still have a contract; DC never tore it up. Adam Hughes
Economic policy and foreign policy in Europe have been too liberal. We have failed when it comes to maintaining the social contract, which is the very foundation of the social-democratic social model. Mette Frederiksen
The value of small business contracting is indisputable. These firms bring healthy competition to the federal market to drive down prices. They are our nation’s innovators and job creators, and securing a federal contract helps them grow and offers more benefit to the economy. Sam Graves
Actually, my true name is Rosa Dolores Alverio. And then I became Rosita Moreno when a stepfather stepped in. And when I got to MGM studios, which was my first film contract, they just thought that Rosita wasn’t a good name, and they changed it to Rita. And yes, it was their idea. Rita Moreno
The day I left baseball, I became smart. When I was in baseball, I played for the love of the game. I’d sign any contract they gave me. But then I stopped playing and began doing interviews with the players at the ball park. I began to see the light. Chuck Connors
I decide my future. I decide what I want to do. Nobody else. If I decide this will be my last year, maybe it is. If I decide it will be my last contract, I decide that. Nobody else. So I will decide when the moment is there. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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. Stan Musial
I often say that if you want to really want to understand the contract of marriage, just ask anyone who has been divorced. The marriage contract is one of property rights. Or maybe you can look in the Bible to see what Adam had to say about divorce, since Eve was his second wife. Harvey Fierstein
Without thinking or reflecting, we plunge into war, contract heavy debts, increase vastly the patronage of the Executive, and indulge in every species of extravagance, without thinking that we expose our liberty to hazard. It is a great and fatal mistake. John C. Calhoun
In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that’s called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country. Colin Powell
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. Brooks Robinson
I’m happy for the modern-day player who signs his contract and makes lots of money. The players of my era helped make that possible. Eusebio
The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract. Robert A. Heinlein
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. Ursula Andress
Brands who come to China, often they just care about price – so they actually drive the suppliers to cut corners on environmental standards to win a contract. Ma Jun
At the end of drama school, I made a contract with myself: I’d try acting for five years. I was 26. I had already spent eight years working in restaurants and gas stations. So I had seen enough small businesses to understand that that’s what acting is: a small business. Hugh Jackman
I won twenty-eight games in thirty-five and I couldn’t believe my eyes when the Cards sent me a contract with a cut in salary. Mr Rickey said I deserved a cut because I didn’t win thirty games. Dizzy Dean
A smart contract is a mechanism involving digital assets and two or more parties, where some or all of the parties put assets in, and assets are automatically redistributed among those parties according to a formula based on certain data that is not known at the time the contract is initiated. Vitalik Buterin
About five years ago, I was offered a contract by the Clifton Village Cricket Club in Nottingham, England. I was staying with one of my teammates there and everything was new for me. Shreyas Iyer
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. Bob Riley
I’ve just signed a contract to make records in Nashville. It won’t amount to much at first, but after a year or so, I will really be in the money. Hank Williams
Technically, at this point we’re no longer with the label; we’ve fulfilled our contract. Peter Steele
Notts County were League Two and they had they great plans. Things were happening and I was like ‘wow these guys are serious.’ It was a mad season because we were flying private jets to game. It was all a farce and I had signed a five-year contract. Kasper Schmeichel
I’ve been interested in the idea of forgiveness and the necessity of it. I think of it as the most critical piece of any relationship, whether that be business, or romantic, or familial. We fail each other. We make mistakes. If we contract to go on after those mistakes, forgiveness is involved. Forgiveness is required. Bill Clegg
I’m taking it step by step and not thinking at all about a new contract. Paul Ince
After I sign my big contract, I’m gonna make my brothers buy me dinner. They need to buy me something for a change. I think I’m gonna get me a house. That’s gonna be first. Probably get some new socks. Need some socks. Jimmy Butler
Covid is likely to persist once its pandemic phase has passed and circulate each winter alongside the flu. Even after more of us contract coronavirus infection and develop immunity to it or even after an effective vaccine arrives, some people will still get very sick. Scott Gottlieb
Until the contract is signed, nothing is real. Glenn Danzig
Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive. George Bernard Shaw
Social Security is not a retirement savings plan; it is a social insurance program. It’s a contract that says, as a society, we will look out for you and your family when you can no longer work. Jeff Bingaman
It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing I’d ever seen, that California sunshine. Angela Carter
In February 2003, I signed a three-year contract with MSNBC to host a talk show. Having recently decided not to run again for governor of Minnesota, I was still a pretty hot commodity. The show was originally scheduled for an hour, four nights a week. Jesse Ventura
In socialism, private property is anathema, and equal distribution of income the first consideration. In capitalism, private property is cardinal, and distribution left to ensue from the play of free contract and selfish interest on that basis, no matter what anomalies it may present. George Bernard Shaw
Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself. Confucius
I wish to be cremated. One tenth of my ashes shall be given to my agent, as written in our contract. Groucho Marx
For a 20-year-old kid to be taking on Liverpool Football Club over a contract. To the pit of my stomach that just winds me up, it angers me. Jamie Carragher
I read every agreement of every contract. Anything I put my signature on, I really do read them. And I find things. Afeni Shakur
We’re going to need a new social contract with the tech world one that asks for consent, and one with transparent goals. Right now, the goals of technology are not aligned with our goals as humans. We need technology that empowers us to make the life choices we want to make. Tristan Harris
Hollywood has ‘The Body’ Marie McDonald and ‘The Look’ Lauren Bacall and ‘The Voice’ Frank Sinatra. I’m ‘The Dash’ From my first contract on, I’ve had it written in that they cannot leave out the hyphen. Vera-Ellen
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. Billie Joe Armstrong
We won a contest at the teen fair in Vancouver and the first prize was a recording contract and we recorded at a radio station on the stairway, and we did a record and it got put out. Tommy Chong
I loved teaching social studies. And I loved starting each year by teaching about John Locke and the social contract. That lesson helped me teach not just about our rules for the classroom, but how, in our democracy, we give up some individual rights to ensure we collectively have the right to live and prosper in a society. Randi Weingarten
Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences. Isadora Duncan
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. Fran Tarkenton
I was the first tenured woman at Columbia. That was 1972; every law school was looking for its woman. Why? Because Stan Pottinger, who was then head of the office for civil rights of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, was enforcing the Nixon government contract program. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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. Stephen Lang
I shall fulfill my contract, no more nor less. Lillie Langtry
Marriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already. Linda Fiorentino
So now, cut to ten years later, and I’m making this amazing contract with Pantene. It’s incredible. Maria Menounos
A good businessman never makes a contract unless he’s sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not. Dalton Trumbo
If you don’t uphold a contract, which is an agreement, then you’ve got nothing. Norman Braman
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. Nikola Tesla
The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. Walter Lippmann
Most elite players want to maximize the length of the contract, no matter the money. Joey Votto
I think marriage initially involves a lot of people who have nothing to do with your relationship, because it’s a legally binding contract, and that has a weight to it. Scarlett Johansson
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. Tom Selleck
My motivation wasn’t really to get a $95 million contract, you know? Kawhi Leonard
Unfenced by law, the unmarried lover can quit a bad relationship at any time. But you – the legally married person who wants to escape doomed love – may soon discover that a significant portion of your marriage contract belongs to the State, and that it sometimes takes a very long while for the State to grant you your leave. Elizabeth Gilbert
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. Clay Aiken
Socialisation is not optional. It’s an inescapable contract, and our birth into the world is our signature of agreement. Norms and ideologies vary from society to society, and most of them weren’t formed during our lifetimes but were handed down from one generation to the next. Michaela Coel
Decisions I make, the money, my contract, all of that will handle itself. I don’t ever worry about my money. I already have enough money for the rest of my life. It’s all about winning. Jimmy Butler
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. David Augsburger
Marriage is not simply a romantic union between two people; it’s also a political and economic contract of the highest order. Elizabeth Gilbert
Success isn’t always going to be a huge contract; success is going to be if you just live out your purpose in life. Allan Houston
Just as fighters you have to be smart, you have to read the fine print in your contract and you have to do what’s best for your family. Benson Henderson
I just really try to stay focused on what the material is wanting to do. My basic assumption is that no one will ever listen to it anyway. It’s fidelity to the material. That’s my contract: It’s me and the material. And if it connects with other people, I’m thrilled. Max Richter
I was emancipated at 15 and off to Japan on a contract working. I felt for my parents. I apologized profusely years later, but I was just very strong-willed and strong-minded and had my own idea – thought outside of the box. Jaime Pressly
I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed. Gene Tierney
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. Laura Wasser
What we know is that when girls don’t go to school, they earn lower salaries. They get married earlier. They have higher infant and maternal mortality rates. And they’re more likely to contract HIV, less likely to immunize their children. Michelle Obama
Yeah, early ’71 is when I got my record contract. I had a record come out by August of ’71. Things happened really fast. John Prine
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. Hussein of Jordan
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. Neil Gaiman