concessions to adversaries only end in self reproach, and the more strictly they are avoided the greater will be the chance of… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Advice: don't embarrass your bargaining partner by forcing him or her to make all the concessions. — Howard Raiffa Copy Share Image
“Buruma is wise to recommend a balance of concessions and coordination in order to avoid war.” — Renate Bridenthal Copy Share Image
It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
TABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
You seem to make different concessions with yourself about what you want to focus on or not, and what you want to… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
Possessions and concessions are not often what they seem, they drag you down and load you down in disguise of security. — Neil Young Copy Share Image
We do not accept impositions and we are not willing to make concessions. — Miguel Diaz-Canel Copy Share Image
Every consession gives rise to further concessions, we cannot back down, because behind us there is only an abyss, we must keep… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Let the amelioration in our laws of property proceed from the concession of the rich, not from the grasping of the poor.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The dogma of Christianity gets worn away before the advances of science. Religion will have to make more and more concessions. Gradually… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
To see an enemy humiliated gives a certain contentment, but this is jejune compared with the highly blent satisfaction of seeing him… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Lobbying, protesting, letter-writing, American media, civil disobedience, and preaching pacifism ad nauseum, along with EDUCATION is the most effective way to enlighten… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
I believe that I am more conservative than George W. Bush. However, it is important to note that he has had to… — Jeff Gannon Copy Share Image
It is not a process of bargaining or give-and-take. The peace process is not about giving concessions. We will not allow any… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
Israel will not discuss a peace involving the concession of any piece of territory. The neighboring states do not deserve an inch… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
We accept it as normal that people who have never been on the land, who have no history or connection to the… — Wade Davis Copy Share Image
I did not share the enthusiasm of certain politicians for the National Front leader, it was because I had noticed, in the… — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Copy Share Image
If it's a low-brow bawdy comedy, it's got to stand the chance of succeeding as such. If it's an intellectual piece, a… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
From her concession speech: Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The Chinese central government will slowly and steadily lose authority while regional armies [gain power]. The Western powers are going to take… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
If we do not defend ourselves none will defend us; if we yield we will be more and more pressed as we… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The indigenous peoples understand that they have to recover their cultural identity, or to live it if they have already recovered it.… — Samuel Ruiz Copy Share Image
The basic struggle today is not between individualism and collectivism, free enterprise and socialism, democracy and dictatorship. These are only the superficial… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
The export of oil, the export of minerals, will for many decades continue to be a critical part for the growth of… — Patrice Motsepe Copy Share Image
The prison scandal is really hurting President Bush's poll numbers. In fact, I hear he's already working on his concession smirk. — Craig Kilborn Copy Share Image
To try to blackmail a president into giving them some concessions on issues that have nothing to do with the budget. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Dignity has no price, when someone starts making small concessions, in the end, life loses all meaning.” — José Saramago Copy Share Image
My one concession to American sensibilities was to remove my nail polish. — Sebastian Horsley Copy Share Image
Meetings are by definition a concession to deficient organization. For one either meets or one works. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power. — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
Violence is a concession to human weakness, satyagraha is an obligation. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
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