Negotiation Quotes · Page 24

“Life is a negotiation. we all want. we all give to get what we want.”

— Mordin Solus

All translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.

— Benjamin Jowett

When a nation issues ultimatums, it leaves no room for compromise and ensures that war will continue.

— Howard Zinn

Sometimes, there isn't any way to compromise." - Eclipse, page 607

— Stephenie Meyer

I never understood what the big deal is about privacy.

— Ariel Levy

It's not that I'm not willing to compromise. But I won't compromise on principles.

— Ann Marie Buerkle

Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.

— Golda Meir

MAN THE BATTLE STATIONS! Someone's coming who wants to reason with us.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

“Diplomacy may very well be the art of manipulating secrets. What would any negotiation come to, were not there secrets to either…

— Robin Hobb

What we heard loud and clear is that the Battle Between the Sexes is over. It was a draw. Now we're engaged…

— Maria Shriver

All we have to do to create the future is to change the nature of our conversations, to go from blame to…

— Peter Block

I believe that sitting naked across from your adversary in a steam room makes negotiations more productive.

— David Shapiro

We do not look for compromise; rather, we seek to resolve the conflict to everyone's complete satisfaction.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

President Obama has proven himself to be a terrible negotiator. I don't support any trade deal negotiated by his administration.

— Carlos Beruff

One has to work for years and decades, to conduct negotiations, to stand for positions and points of view, to jointly develop…

— Akhmad Kadyrov

“The hallmark of futile negotiations is that each side regards [an] overarching reality as a problem for the people on the other…

— William Voegeli

We have worked to make our trade negotiations more transparent and to negotiate value-based agreements. We have listened to concerns, for example…

— Cecilia Malmstrom

The immersive stories of This Is Paradise are a lithe blend of formal invention and traditional narrative pleasures. As such they reflect…

— Peter Ho Davies

The macro of any negotiation is that the only time you can cut a deal is when both sides are hurting. If…

— Dick Morris

“Write contracts for software development that fix time, costs, and quality but call for an ongoing negotiation of the precise scope of…

— Kent Beck

“Conflict and differences. People share so much in common, yet are so magnificently different. They think differently; they have different and sometimes…

— RosettaBooks

I think the issue will come up after the election of the new Tory leader. They may well decide to call an…

— Jeremy Corbyn

So when we go into a large hardware bid, there is usually a services component that is part of that. So as…

— Kevin Rollins

I'll negotiate with toughness, and with great attention to detail to get the best possible deal for Britain. It's only when we…

— Michael Gove

Living is a compromise, between doing what you want and doing what other people want.

— John Updike

I would never sign a deal where I had to fight Fedor unless I was being paid like $10 million.

— Quinton Jackson

Forgive me for allowing myself to be hurt by you so easily.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

If you put it on the table as a bargaining chip, it becomes a bargaining chip

— Ronald Reagan

I don't know how you make a living without a few personal compromises.

— Rebecca Hall

“we can only compromise so much until no solution is reached”

— Annie Leonard

“I need to be close to you, Kiera. This is the best compromise I can offer you.”

— S.C. Stephens

One of the best ways to persuade others is by listening to them.

— Dean Rusk

Bargain... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.

— Kin Hubbard

The human spirit will not invest itself in a compromise.

— Robert Fritz

“He must have made a deal with the devil to come back.”

— Lynsay Sands

The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.

— Golda Meir

Advice: don't embarrass your bargaining partner by forcing him or her to make all the concessions.

— Howard Raiffa

It is the weak man who urges compromise - never the strong man.

— Elbert Hubbard

“We could not have found peace unless the desire for it was already here.”

— Colum McCann

What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apologize.

— Rick Riordan