Negotiation Quotes · Page 20

A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.

— Angela Merkel

A two-state solution cannot be promised without having negotiations first.

— Benny Gantz

There's no reason there's no compromise. Change in seasons living the high life.

— Godsmack

“Compromise is a sign you'll pass on the road to mediocrity.”

— Tim Fargo

Lovers of audio books learn to live with compromise.

— David Sedaris

Look, you deal with the choices you are confronted with.

— James P. Gorman

Negotiation means getting the best of your opponent.

— Marvin Gaye

I don't know exactly how it's done. I let it alone a good deal.

— Saul Bellow

Whenever I see people getting a bad deal I want to step in and do something about it. Of course, this is…

— Richard Branson

Firmness in support of fundamentals, with flexibility in tactics and methods, is the key to any hope of progress in negotiation.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

You swore you'd never compromise With the mystery tramp, but now you realise He's not selling any alibis As you stare into…

— Bob Dylan

Let him who elevates himself above humanity . . . say, if he pleases, "I will never compromise"; but let no one…

— Henry Clay

In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time…

— Ai Weiwei

Compromise now, because you'll have to later, anyway, only then you'll have gone through things you'll wish you hadn't.

— Ayn Rand

We were in negotiations, but then the Japanese side suspended them unilaterally. Now, at the request of our Japanese partners, we have…

— Vladimir Putin

Round numbers beg to be negotiated, usually by counteroffer round numbers. Odd numbers sound harder, firmer, less negotiable.

— Mark McCormack

It [9/11 event] was aimed at symbols: the World Trade Center, the heart of American capitalism, and the Pentagon, the headquarters of…

— Edward Said

Any seasoned deal maker will tell you that spontaneous negotiation's a bad strategy; the ad hoc approach will leave you ripped-off, busted,…

— Glen Duncan

Negotiation is empathy. It's almost trite to say that if you can't put yourself in the seat of the other person you're…

— Marc Randolph

“Get up in the morning on a mission to save prospective clients from the shabby, ill-fitting, overpriced and worthless alternatives that those…

— Chris Murray

"No" is a word that must never be negotiated, because the person who chooses not to hear it is trying to control…

— Gavin de Becker

I stand for the square deal. I mean not merely that I stand for fair play under the present rules of the…

— Theodore Roosevelt

As part of that negotiation [with China], as part of fulfilling that promise, all of these issues are on the table. But…

— Reince Priebus

“Never Underestimate. Just as in any other negotiation, watching before acting is as important as listening before speaking. It's doubly important in…

— Irl M. Davis

A bargain is anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.

— Kin Hubbard

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

The upsets are bigger deals when you're thought of as a bigger deal.

— Tom Izzo

It has cost me a great deal to become myself. I don't want to be another person.

— Concha Buika

Conflict is resolved not through compromise, but through invention.

— Mary Parker Follett

Solo, you don't have compromise. It gets back to what's great when you're a musician.

— Curt Smith

I definitely have a firm, fixed idea of what compromise is for me.

— Jonny Lang

There are a lot of things behind a negotiation process.

— Jorginho

When you actually meet the devil and he offers you a deal most artists eventually negotiate.

— Marc Maron

“There are no bargains between lion and men. I will kill you and eat you raw.”

— Madeline Miller

The New Deal, in my mind, has become a raw deal for my children.

— Richard Lamm

Never trade a secret, you'll always get the short end of the bargain.

— John le Carre

If we are to survive on this planet, there must be compromises.

— Storm Jameson

Get it - get it better or get it worse. No middle ground of compromise.

— Henry Ossawa Tanner

Coming unto the Lord is not a negotiation, but a surrender.

— Neal A. Maxwell

“Every problem had a solution; every dispute had a compromise; every ego had a way to be stroked.”

— Neil Strauss