Red Adair Quotes

By the work one knows the workman.

The creams I use are not expensive. Nivea is just as good. Why waste a fortune?

It is time to maximize and prioritize our health care dollars.

I'm not one of those people who hates Amazon because they're big. Why pay a third more for the same thing?

I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business.

Anything beats an expensive stack of paper.

People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.

You don't have to pay more to have a great form.

The advantage comes out of the capability of Indian engineers and the competitiveness of their capabilities and the cost at which they can create those capabilities.

Build to a standard, not a price.

The construction of a courthouse is a long-term investment in a building where important public business is done. But that does not justify extravagant expenditures. Courthouses should be dignified, durable, and functional. They should not be grandiose, monumental, and luxurious.

It's important to offer well-thought-out pieces at lower prices.

Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you.

The least outlay is not always the greatest gain.

The company in which you will improve most will be least expensive to you.

It is not the lowest priced goods that are always the cheapest - the quality is, or ought to be as much an object with the purchaser, as the price.

It is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done. Numbers will never compensate for talent in getting the right answer (two people who don't know something are no better than one), will tend to slow down progress, and will make the task incredibly expensive.

Buying something on sale is a very special feeling. In fact, the less I pay for something, the more it is worth to me.

When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.

Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It's only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful.

I hate amateurs. I hate unprofessional people. There are enough people who can do jobs decently that there's no reason that people who cannot do them decently [should] pretend to be great at it.

The price works so well, so efficiently, that we are not aware of it most of the time.

It's a roll of the dice when you're a first time director so I prefer to work with people that know more than I do, but that happens less and less as you get older.

Amateurs believe their enthusiasm will suffice.