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title: "109 Contractor Quotes by 98 authors"
description: "Browse 109 Contractor quotes by 98 authors. Discover the best Contractor sayings and thoughts."
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> [If the military contractors are out of Afghanistan, Karzai is out 15 minutes later.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/if-the-military-contractors-are-out-of-afghanistan-karzai-is-out-15/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

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> [If you cannot be on the project each day to check on things, then you should not try and be your own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-metcalfe/if-you-cannot-be-on-the-project-each-day-to-check-on-things-then-you/)

[Robert Metcalfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-metcalfe/)

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> [I was a general contractor when I was paying for my first record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-potter/i-was-a-general-contractor-when-i-was-paying-for-my-first-record/)

[Grace Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-potter/)

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> [I became a general contractor in my early 20s. I have been in the business for over 35 years](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-miller/i-became-a-general-contractor-in-my-early-20s-i-have-been-in-the/)

[Gary Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-miller/)

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> [We hear the term independent contractors in Iraq. Independent contractors? Mercenaries!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/we-hear-the-term-independent-contractors-in-iraq-independent/)

[Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/)

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> [Any time you have to tell work where you're at and what you're doing, that's considered an employee, not a contractor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-j-dillashaw/any-time-you-have-to-tell-work-where-you-re-at-and-what-you-re-doing/)

[T.J. Dillashaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-j-dillashaw/)

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> [Wars are popular. Contractors make profits; the aristocracy glean honour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsay-macdonald/wars-are-popular-contractors-make-profits-the-aristocracy-glean-honour/)

[Ramsay MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsay-macdonald/)

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> [As a self-employed contractor who only gets paid if I turn up to work, I am painfully aware of the cost of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-hartley-brewer/as-a-self-employed-contractor-who-only-gets-paid-if-i-turn-up-to-work/)

[Julia Hartley-Brewer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-hartley-brewer/)

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> [For we constantly deal with practical problems, with moulders, contractors, derricks, stonemen, trucks, rubbish, plasterers and what-not-else, all the while trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus-saint-gaudens/for-we-constantly-deal-with-practical-problems-with-moulders/)

[Augustus Saint-Gaudens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus-saint-gaudens/)

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> [Defense contractors are able to reap tremendous profits while rarely confronting the risks for which those profits are supposed to be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-surowiecki/defense-contractors-are-able-to-reap-tremendous-profits-while-rarely/)

[James Surowiecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-surowiecki/)

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> [The streets and alleys of the ward were notoriously filthy, and the contractors habitually neglected them, not failing, however, to draw their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stannard-baker/the-streets-and-alleys-of-the-ward-were-notoriously-filthy-and-the/)

[Ray Stannard Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stannard-baker/)

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> [At that time, about July 5, we had no Iraqi corrections officers working for us. It was a responsibility of the CPA,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janis-karpinski/at-that-time-about-july-5-we-had-no-iraqi-corrections-officers/)

[Janis Karpinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janis-karpinski/)

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> [Making movies, you're like an independent contractor - you come in, you have a specific job, and a lot of what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zooey-deschanel/making-movies-you-re-like-an-independent-contractor-you-come-in-you/)

[Zooey Deschanel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zooey-deschanel/)

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> [At the White House, everybody works for the same person. They're all part of the same company. But on Capitol Hill, they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-schieffer/at-the-white-house-everybody-works-for-the-same-person-they-re-all/)

[Bob Schieffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-schieffer/)

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> [I've been working with contractors designing and building a house on a nonstop basis since I learned about all these systems of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-fadell/i-ve-been-working-with-contractors-designing-and-building-a-house-on/)

[Tony Fadell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-fadell/)

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> [In ordinary life, the action of a third party does not free the contractor from an obligation; but the advantage of making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machado-de-assis/in-ordinary-life-the-action-of-a-third-party-does-not-free-the/)

[Machado de Assis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machado-de-assis/)

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> [Any housing solution that involves paying for industrially produced building materials and commercial building contractors is doomed to certain failure. If houses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hassan-fathy/any-housing-solution-that-involves-paying-for-industrially-produced/)

Hassan Fathy

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> [In Joel's view, that reformation begins with people going o the trouble and expense of buying directly from farmers they know -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/in-joel-s-view-that-reformation-begins-with-people-going-o-the/)

[Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/)

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> [The Iraq war is a huge subject and there have been many films about it. But it was when the private contractors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-loach/the-iraq-war-is-a-huge-subject-and-there-have-been-many-films-about/)

[Ken Loach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-loach/)

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> [The attempt to minimize cost and maximize profits often interfered with our true mission in Iraq. We should have been working to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stiglitz/the-attempt-to-minimize-cost-and-maximize-profits-often-interfered/)

[Joseph Stiglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stiglitz/)

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> [When I graduated from college, I went straight to work for a federal contractor, a desk job, and they were great to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/when-i-graduated-from-college-i-went-straight-to-work-for-a-federal/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [ The chairs \[in Congress\] are part of the "Gang of Eight." They get briefed on every covert-action program and everything like that.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/the-chairs-in-congress-are-part-of-the-gang-of-eight-they-get-briefed/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [I've just been flooded with emails of people just giving testimonies of their lives, saying exactly this. I got an email from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-inskeep/i-ve-just-been-flooded-with-emails-of-people-just-giving-testimonies/)

[Steve Inskeep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-inskeep/)

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> [The money that fueled the explosion of gluttony at the top had to come from somewhere or, more specifically, from someone. Since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-ehrenreich/the-money-that-fueled-the-explosion-of-gluttony-at-the-top-had-to/)

[Barbara Ehrenreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-ehrenreich/)

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> [If you wanted to create jobs in a way that has minimal effect on the deficit but has government action, the two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/if-you-wanted-to-create-jobs-in-a-way-that-has-minimal-effect-on-the/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

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> [I've been a freelancer my whole life. It's sort of been my ethos that wherever something takes me, it takes me, so,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/njena-reddd-foxxx/i-ve-been-a-freelancer-my-whole-life-it-s-sort-of-been-my-ethos-that/)

Njena Reddd Foxxx

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> [Yes that's true but the house wasn't a home. Like what you..you know, what you go to a home to each night.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wayne-gacy/yes-that-s-true-but-the-house-wasn-t-a-home-like-what-you-you-know/)

[John Wayne Gacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wayne-gacy/)

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> [Over the last 30 odd years, Democrats have moved to the right and the right has moved into the mental hospital. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-maher/over-the-last-30-odd-years-democrats-have-moved-to-the-right-and-the/)

[Bill Maher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-maher/)

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> [Either greed belongs in a war zone, or it doesn't. You can't unleash it in the name of sparking an economic boom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-klein/either-greed-belongs-in-a-war-zone-or-it-doesn-t-you-can-t-unleash-it/)

[Naomi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-klein/)

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> [I'm a private contractor now. I choose my clients, not the other way around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/becca-fitzpatrick/i-m-a-private-contractor-now-i-choose-my-clients-not-the-other-way/)

[Becca Fitzpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/becca-fitzpatrick/)

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> [Prince Charming can go suck rocks. I've met my true love and he's a contractor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-galenorn/prince-charming-can-go-suck-rocks-i-ve-met-my-true-love-and-he-s-a/)

[Yasmine Galenorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-galenorn/)

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> [I'm like a general contractor, making sure that you have something that is useful and is affordable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bigelow/i-m-like-a-general-contractor-making-sure-that-you-have-something/)

[Robert Bigelow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bigelow/)

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> [I fell in love with real estate, renovations, and became a licensed contractor when I was 26.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcgillivray/i-fell-in-love-with-real-estate-renovations-and-became-a-licensed/)

[Scott McGillivray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mcgillivray/)

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> [I never intended to be a defense contractor in the first place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-prince/i-never-intended-to-be-a-defense-contractor-in-the-first-place/)

[Erik Prince](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-prince/)

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> [She’s drunk dialing contractors ” Chloe said to Tara. “Someone should stop her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-shalvis/she-s-drunk-dialing-contractors-chloe-said-to-tara-someone-should/)

[Jill Shalvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-shalvis/)

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> [Computers allow architects to remain parental instead of being marginalized by the contractors and managers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/computers-allow-architects-to-remain-parental-instead-of-being/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

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> [“Every great building once begun as a building plan. That means, sitting in that building plan on the table is a mighty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/every-great-building-once-begun-as-a-building-plan-that-means-sitting/)

[Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/)

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> [Now scarcely a week goes by without a news story about the cops swooping down on some adolescent prowler who is as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-baker/now-scarcely-a-week-goes-by-without-a-news-story-about-the-cops/)

[Russell Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-baker/)

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> [Contractors always pursue large profit, the customer - a high-quality end product in due time and at a lower cost. This struggle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/contractors-always-pursue-large-profit-the-customer-a-high-quality/)

[Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/)

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> [I will not do work that isn't done well or right. Stuff happens - things break, contractors don't come through - but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genevieve-gorder/i-will-not-do-work-that-isn-t-done-well-or-right-stuff-happens-things/)

[Genevieve Gorder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genevieve-gorder/)

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