Compromise Quotes · Page 39

A government held together by the bands of reason only, requires much compromise of opinion.

— Thomas Jefferson

I believe that creativity comes from compromise. If you could have everything you ever wanted, it doesn't always work.

— Thomas Ian Nicholas

I'm not against free trade but I'm against free trade deals that are negotiated badly, that actually compromise jobs, manufacturing jobs, compromise…

— Nick Xenophon

The laws of cricket tell of the English love of compromise between a particular freedom and a general orderliness, or legality.

— Neville Cardus

Shall we upon the footing of our land Send fair-play orders, and make compromise, Insinuation, parley, and base truce, To arms invasive?

— William Shakespeare

“Essential political decisions are made not once, but again and again in a variety of situations, always against that pressure to compromise,…

— Dorothy Allison

I've always wanted to make records that rock like hell. But also, I've never wanted to compromise that Country place deep inside.

— Carlene Carter

You will never please everybody. Some men will say you have gone too far. Other men will say you haven't gone far…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

In fact, I think - our view of this is that while the agreement, the compromise did not achieve the kind of…

— Jay Carney

Deception can cost billions. Think Enron, Madoff, the mortgage crisis. Or in the case of double agents and traitors, like Robert Hanssen…

— Pamela Meyer

Being true to yourself means living in truth with each person in your life. It means refusing to say or do something…

— Brian Tracy

I would not compromise my principles for politics. You're saying, will it become politically unpopular to have the position I'm having? If…

— Chris Christie

Don't you know you are the only Jesus many people will ever see? In compromising your lifestyle, you forfeit your capacity to…

— Judah Smith

I think if the doctor is a good doctor and has a patient's best interest in mind then he's not going to…

— Charles Teo

Some of my colleagues who are criticized today for lack of forthright principles-or who are looked upon with scorn as compromising "politicians"-are…

— John F. Kennedy

To make magic credible on screen is always very difficult. The story is the most important thing. That is what should win.…

— David Copperfield

“How can you compromise with people who don’t want you to exist? They want us to disappear. I can’t adapt to death!”…

— Amy Harmon

Without compromise repression would be defeated. Just as some cancers feed on hormones, compromise becomes the hormone of oppression.

— Harry Belafonte

Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but…

— Talib Kweli

I love what I do too much to compromise on it. I would rather wait for the work that excites me than…

— Shefali Shah

There's more than one way to get to the goal that you want to get to, but once you compromise your own…

— Anthony Fauci

How true is it that humanity refuses compromise during prosperity, and reaches out for arbitration when weak.

— Anonymous

Life is combination of adjustments & compromises..You adjust when someone wants to be with you and compromise when you want to be…

— Anonymous

Being in a band is always a compromise. Provided that the balance is good, what you lose in compromise, you gain by…

— Mike Rutherford

'Compromise' isn't supposed to be a dirty word. It is, in fact, how representative democracy works.

— Joe Kennedy III

“Compromise is low class. I don't have anything against the poor, but being low class is the root of all evil”

— Novala Takemoto

No America without democracy, no democracy without politics no politics without parties, no parties without compromise and moderation.

— Clinton Rossiter

What good would politics be, if it didn’t give everyone the opportunity to make moral compromises.

— Thomas Mann

Never cut short your waiting with compromise. Simply put, the waiting's not over until the waiting's done.

— Duke Rohe

Our party, I can tell you, is very transparent; we believe in our credentials. Our credentials are our only credibility; we are…

— Mamata Banerjee

That's what I tell young actors. "You don't have to compromise. Go do some theater and wait for an appropriate role."

— Denzel Washington

“It is compromise that prevents each set of reformers from crushing the group at the other end of the political spectrum.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

The way we always want to compromise between everything, I think that's really Belgian. I think I'm really Belgian for that, because…

— Stromae

You've got to be able to compromise in a band; otherwise, somebody's more important than the next guy, and that's never been…

— Rob Halford

'American Graffiti' was unpleasant because of the fact that there was no money, no time, and I was compromising myself to death.

— George Lucas

What you cannot conquer, circumvent but do not compromise yourself for the sake of the urban jungle, because concrete does not sympathise.

— Chris Hayes

“It's useless to paint a closed door, in order to change its color. The door needs to be open for both sides…

— Anthony Liccione

You mustn't compromise your principles, but you mustn't humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated.

— Nelson Mandela

I think it's okay to have high standards but its important to be able to compromise rather than like ditching someone completely.

— Anonymous

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then…

— Abraham Lincoln