Negotiation Quotes · Page 17

Generally, the greater the stigma or revulsion, the better the bargain.

— Seth Klarman

If you don't have a deal in two days, you won't have a deal in two years

— Werner Herzog

“Strategic Thinking deals with discovering novel, rewriting the rules of the competitive game.”

— Pearl Zhu

The slow compromise, or even surrender, of our fondest hopes is a regular feature of normal human life.

— Leston Havens

“Why should a deal breaker for you be an acceptable compromise for me?”

— Nicole Peeler

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.

— Pythagoras

Life is the greatest bargain - we get it for nothing.

— Yiddish Proverb

I think that if you can work and travel, that is the best deal you can strike.

— Brian Gleeson

For a writer, and particularly a writer of my genre, which is the fantastical, I think that it's to my advantage to…

— Clive Barker

“He who has learned to disagree without being disagreeable has discovered the most valuable secret of negotiation.”

— Robert Estabrook

“You can’t compete with your own partner. You can’t get upset about who gets credit for a deal. The idea that one…

— Cristiane Correa

Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise.

— Charles Horton Cooley

I say that when you have perceived or attained the goal, compromises, renunciations, do not exist. If you have seen the goal,…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Always a trade. Always a compromise. Until there wasn't anything left to bargain with, because neither one us had any clue what…

— Stephanie Campbell

Communism will never be halted by negotiations or through the machinations of detente. It can only be halted by force from without…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

All over the world when you test men and women for facial cue recognition, women test... better. Its a negotiation tool.

— Michael Gurian

Germany will continue to play a central - perhaps even a more important - role in the European Union. I think that…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

As we were negotiating, I didn't have a script. Once the deal is closed, they let you read the script. So, I…

— James Badge Dale

Notably, it was only possible [ negotiating on the Tarabarov Island], and this is very important, due to the high level of…

— Vladimir Putin

We believe that climate change must be viewed not only as a danger to natural systems, but also as a direct threat…

— Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

Repeal the Missouri Compromise - repeal all compromises - repeal the Declaration of Independence - repeal all past history, you still cannot…

— Abraham Lincoln

The baseline is the same. Is Iran going to suspend enrichment activity? Is Iran going to return to the negotiations? Or is…

— Joseph Adam Ereli

However, even during the preparations for action, we laid our plans in such a manner that should there be progress through diplomatic…

— Hideki Tojo

The coast is an edgy place. Living on the coast presents certain stark realities and a wild, rare beauty. Continent confronts ocean.…

— Carl Safina

To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.

— Benazir Bhutto

Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining.

— Philo

In most negotiations, you can't attribute success or failure in negotiations to one side.

— Roberto Azevedo

It seems to me that progress, more-often-than-not, comes under the cloak of compromise.

— T Jay Taylor

A bargain is something you have to find a use for once you have bought it.

— Benjamin Franklin

In many cases, you're forced to make deals that are not the deal you'd make.

— John S. Dickerson

I don't compromise. I only do the stuff I want to do.

— Sarah Silverman

What the Commission is seeking cuts the heart out of the strategic rationale of our deal.

— Jack Welch

The way you get deals done and the way you get good terms, is to have a competitive situation.

— Sam Altman

“Compromises are always a choice in order to achieve what is desired.”

— Steven Redhead

“Negotiation is permissible for mediocrity not for excellence.”

— Amit Kalantri

Compromises lead you nowhere. You can't be happy doing something you don't believe in.

— Pavel Durov

Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat.

— Steven Erikson

While seed deals have gotten easy, Series A negotiations still often feel like the death of 1,000 cuts.

— Gil Penchina

Before you kill something make sure you have something better to replace it with...

— Charles Bukowski

“The squeaky wheel gets the grease, but the quacking duck gets shot.”

— Carl Sandburg