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title: "3 Amateur Quotes By Red Adair"
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> [The only thing more expensive than hiring a professional, is hiring an amateur.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-adair/the-only-thing-more-expensive-than-hiring-a-professional-is-hiring-an/)

[Red Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-adair/)

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> [If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-adair/if-you-think-it-s-expensive-to-hire-a-professional-to-do-the-job-wait/)

[Red Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-adair/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df8/red-adair-33673_amateur_if-you-think-it-s-expensive-to-hire-a-pr_720441.jpg)

> [If you think that hiring professionals is expensive, try hiring amateurs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-adair/if-you-think-that-hiring-professionals-is-expensive-try-hiring/)

[Red Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-adair/)

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## Other authors on Amateur

## More by Red Adair

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-adair/throughout-my-years-i-ve-had-the-pleasure-of-assembling-and-training/)

[Red Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-adair/)

> [The only thing more expensive than hiring a professional, is hiring an amateur.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-adair/the-only-thing-more-expensive-than-hiring-a-professional-is-hiring-an/)

[Red Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-adair/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-adair/it-scares-you-all-the-noise-the-rattling-the-shaking-but-the-look-on/)

[Red Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-adair/)

> [I’ve traveled all over the world, but I don’t think there is any place better than Texas,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-adair/i-ve-traveled-all-over-the-world-but-i-don-t-think-there-is-any-place/)

[Red Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-adair/)

> [If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-adair/if-you-think-it-s-expensive-to-hire-a-professional-to-do-the-job-wait/)

[Red Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-adair/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-adair/i-ve-done-made-a-deal-with-the-devil-he-said-he-s-going-to-give-me-an/)

[Red Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-adair/)

> [The good Lord put oil and gas there for us to find and use, and we'd better do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-adair/the-good-lord-put-oil-and-gas-there-for-us-to-find-and-use-and-we-d/)

[Red Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-adair/)

> [Never fear a job, always respect it, and always leave yourself a hind door to escape. May your hind door always be open.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-adair/never-fear-a-job-always-respect-it-and-always-leave-yourself-a-hind/)

[Red Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-adair/)

> [With bombs and fires, you get only one mistake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-adair/with-bombs-and-fires-you-get-only-one-mistake/)

[Red Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-adair/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-adair/retire-i-don-t-know-what-that-word-means-as-long-as-a-man-is-able-to/)

[Red Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-adair/)

> [If you think that hiring professionals is expensive, try hiring amateurs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-adair/if-you-think-that-hiring-professionals-is-expensive-try-hiring/)

[Red Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-adair/)

> [I've got cut half in two, once, and blowed up a time or two, but nothing permanent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-adair/i-ve-got-cut-half-in-two-once-and-blowed-up-a-time-or-two-but-nothing/)

[Red Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-adair/)

> [I’ve done made a deal with the devil,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-adair/i-ve-done-made-a-deal-with-the-devil/)

[Red Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-adair/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-adair/i-ve-got-too-many-of-my-friends-that-retired-and-went-home-and-got-on/)

[Red Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-adair/)

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