The record companies fell apart – quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop. – John Lydon
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. – Arthur Lewis
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. – Ahmet Ertegun
A futures contract is a derivative, but the futures exchange doesn’t call them ‘derivatives,’ they call them ‘futures.’ – Myron Scholes
Dick Moss, my agent. Dick became my agent in 1979 when I signed my contract with the Houston Astros. – Nolan Ryan
In a memoir, your main contract with the reader is to tell the truth, no matter how bizarre. – Edmund White
Nowadays there are too many players who can’t get a contract elsewhere, who come to England and just take the money. – Rob Andrew
The lens of contract focuses predominantly on gains from trade whereas orthodoxy is focused on resource allocation. – Oliver E. Williamson
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
I’ve never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I’ve been very outspoken on that subject. – Sugar Ray Leonard
I’m hesitant anytime someone puts a contract in front of me that has two-year options. – Samuel Witwer
