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10 quotes by Red Adair

Red Adair Red Adair fighting an oil field fire in the Elk Hills Oil Field on October 27, 1977 Born (1915-06-18)June 18, 1915 Houston, Texas Died August 7, 2004(2004-08-07) (aged 89) Houston, Texas Occupation Firefighter Paul Neal "Red" Adair (June 18, 1915 – August 7, 2004 ) was an American oil well firefighter. He became notable as an innovator in the highly specialized and extremely hazardous profession of extinguishing and capping...
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If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.

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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 feels good - keep at it.

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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. People with the... →

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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... →

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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 half later, I'm always going to... →

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Never fear a job, always respect it, and always leave yourself a hind door to escape. May your hind door always be open.

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The good Lord put oil and gas there for us to find and use, and we'd better do it.

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I've got cut half in two, once, and blowed up a time or two, but nothing permanent.

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With bombs and fires, you get only one mistake.

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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 I go there, so I... →

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