“■ People who view negotiation as a battle of arguments become overwhelmed by the voices in their head. Negotiation is not an act… — Chris Voss Copy Share Image
I don't think we're out there aggressively looking for deals. Our strategy is that business follows the creative. We're not out there… — Troy Carter Copy Share Image
However hard we try to bring in the new; it comes into being only in the midst of clumsy deals. — Peter Weiss Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected. — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
What is the disposition which makes men rejoice in good bargains? There are few people who will not be benefited by pondering… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Our efforts to counter hatred, intolerance, and indifference must continue simultaneously at individual and structural levels. We must try to influence for… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“One of the authors, then a department head, found that this worked when a colleague was trying to manipulate and bully him… — Allan R. Cohen Copy Share Image
When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
I'm a great believer in compromise. I know it's not popular among young idealists. — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
The real power of Jazz is that a group of people can come together and create improvised art and negotiate their agendas...… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Embrace opportunities with limited downside, unlimited upside. The best deals are those where your risk of loss is predictable and fixed if… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
Any seasoned deal maker will tell you that spontaneous negotiation's a bad strategy; the ad hoc approach will leave you ripped-off, busted,… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
All we have to do to create the future is to change the nature of our conversations, to go from blame to… — Peter Block Copy Share Image
While seed deals have gotten easy, Series A negotiations still often feel like the death of 1,000 cuts. — Gil Penchina Copy Share Image
Colonies are necessary to Germany. We shall get them through negotiation if possible; but if not, we shall take them. — Hjalmar Schacht Copy Share Image