Ronald Reagan is going to go into negotiations with [Vladimir] Putin from a position of strength. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama gave… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
“Wilson agreed reluctantly to their attempts: “I don’t much like to make a compromise with people who aren’t reasonable. They will always… — Margaret MacMillan Copy Share Image
Typically to get toward a productive outcome in negotiation you have to make the initial move of genuinely exploring someone's model. If… — Roger Martin Copy Share Image
The coast is an edgy place. Living on the coast presents certain stark realities and a wild, rare beauty. Continent confronts ocean.… — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
“A fair deal, as everyone knows, is when both people give something of more or less equal value. If you were bored… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
Rafe asks him, could the king's freedom be obtained, sir, with more economy of means? Less bloodshed? Look, he says: once you… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
From the U.S. point of view, negotiations are, in effect, a way for Israel to continue its policies of systematically taking over… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Even more dramatic, Alex Todorov at Princeton has shown us that judgments of political candidates' faces in just one second predict 70… — Amy Cuddy Copy Share Image
I don't understand the art of compromise, and it's a shame the politicians don't understand that as well, you know, we might… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
In 2002 the [George] Bush administration effectively put an end to negotiations of an agreement which would have established inspection procedures to… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
He pulled away the glove, and at the first glimpse of her fragile, white hand, all thoughts of negotiation fled. "I don't… — Loretta Chase Copy Share Image
People are so afraid of hearing "No" that they often don't even try. You have nothing to lose by just asking! A… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
When a couple turns domestic, for the first while having to talk about the need for aluminum eaves troughing and other matters… — Marni Jackson Copy Share Image
Because European countries now resolve differences through negotiation and consensus, there's sometimes an assumption that the entire world functions in the same… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“We are told we must choose — the old or the new. In fact, we must choose both. What is a life… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
The bigger the budget, the more you can afford to compromise with Mother Nature. The smaller the budget, the more you're like,… — Thomas Ian Nicholas Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to wait for the right deal. They all seem good, at least at first, and they may make you… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
We would continue our commitments, president and cabinet, to the manner of negotiations as a strategic and political reality, through which we… — Mahmoud Abbas Copy Share Image
Our standard rate. A doubloon a day." It was generous. More than generous--some families would put him up for a week for… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
The death of Fidel Castro, of course, is not as significant when you first look at it, because Raul Castro, his brother,… — Amy Klobuchar Copy Share Image
The purchase of a bargain issue presupposes that the market's current appraisal is wrong, or at least that the buyer's idea of… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Looking at the other person's point of view and arousing in him an eager want for something is not to be construed… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Absolute brain size does not tell you everything or possibly sometimes even much. Elephants and whales both have brains larger than ours,… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
A woman wouldn't make a bomb that kills you. A woman would make a bomb that makes you feel bad for a… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
We know a great deal, but our ignorance is sobering and boundless. With each step forward, with each problem which we solve,… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
“The thing about negotiations, not to mention the manipulation, is you can't go too far in any direction. Refusing once is good,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Many of us have convinced ourselves that compromise is necessary to achieve our goals, that all of our goals are not attainable… — Garth Stein Copy Share Image
My father said, 'You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some… — J. Paul Getty Copy Share Image
The inside operation of Congress - the deals, the compromises, the selling out, the co-opting, the unprincipled manipulating, the self-serving career-building -… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
I reiterated our hope that negotiations over the United Kingdom's exit from the E.U. will be conducted in a smooth and orderly… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When we traded homemaking for careers, we were implicitly promised economic independence and worldly influence. But a devil of a bargain it… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The No. 1 rule in any negotiation is don't take yourself hostage. People do this to themselves all the time by being… — Christopher Voss Copy Share Image
“International peace negotiations need more value creation than value claiming. The more we create value for peace and development, the easier it… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
Once you are in it you are in it, you have to go all the way to the end because you commit… — Ayrton Senna Copy Share Image
“I thought I made it clear that I was a sure thing, but he left without getting any." Maybe Hector's holding out… — Jay Lygon Copy Share Image
Gabe scratched his double chin. "Maybe if you hurry with the seven-layer dip...And maybe if the kid apologizes for interrupting my poker… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Of course we all want to make compromises for our spouse. That’s part of the bargain of marriage, after all. But when… — Gabrielle Donnelly Copy Share Image
We have established the Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Union not by force, but through a compromise. It was a challenging,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“Racath’s eyebrows drew together. “Terms?” “Yes, terms,” Briz’nar replied, a forked tongue dancing behind its sharkish teeth. “Conditions for the riots to… — S.G. Night Copy Share Image
“In classic Steve fashion, he would agree to something, but it would never happen,” said Lack. “He would set you up and… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image