Negotiation Quotes · Page 15

“Why Fight When You Can Negotiate?”

— Captain Jack Sparrow

I guess you deal with what you get.

— Nellie McKay

“My heart for yours," he offers. "Deal.”

— Jolene B. Perry

Sacrifice is a form of bargaining.

— Holbrook Jackson

Experience is never at bargain price.

— Alice B. Toklas

The morality of compromise sounds contradictory.

— Andrew Carnegie

I'm not good at making compromises.

— Nico

“Compromise is like the old joke, “A camel is a horse made by a committee.”

— Chip Heath

“What does seem important? Bargaining in good faith with destiny.”

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr

The best way to make a good deal is to have the ability to walk away from it.

— Brian Koslow

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

— Rick Riordan

We're fascinated by the words--but where we meet is in the silence behind them.

— Ram Dass

Fundamental renegotiation is very, very unlikely to produce any significant change

— Vince Cable

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

— Elbert Hubbard

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

— Howard Raiffa

But while the American Constitution was the child of war, ours grew out of discussion, bargaining and negotiation.

— John Allen Fraser

When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts him into an excellent frame of mind…

— Laurence Sterne

The ones who were negotiating are now on the front line of this intifada, because they found that the negotiations didn't give…

— Hassan Nasrallah

We're constantly working to try to improve our team, but we're not going to do any deals just to do deals. We're…

— Danny Ainge

Bargaining is a repulsive habit; compromise is one of the highest human virtues - the difference between the two being that the…

— George Mikes

Some people never learn the art of compromise. Everything is either black or white. They do no recognize, or will not concede,…

— Waite Phillips

Marriage is about compromise; it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to.

— Nicholas Sparks

Deals really have to do with the overlap of what one side wants and the other side wants, and it's really just…

— Stephen A. Schwarzman

At a time when opportunism is everything, when hope seems lost, when everything boils down to a cynical business deal, we must…

— Arundhati Roy

We wanted to bring attention to the fact that we had so many deals taking place that we could have made change…

— John Carlos

“Entering negotiations, takers typically work to establish a dominant position. Had Annie been a taker, she might have compiled a list of…

— Adam M. Grant

I am utterly opposed to all equivocation or obscure expressions in our public acts. We are bound to say plainly what we…

— John C. Calhoun

I'm going to continue to push for a no-fly zone and safe havens within Syria not only to help protect the Syrians…

— Hillary Clinton

When women negotiate they are often viewed as pushy, but if you think about the way women are viewed at large: we…

— Jessica Bennett

“When he resigned his boss thought he was asking for more money. 'No,' he said. 'I'm just going to try to be…

— Salman Rushdie

Patriarchy values the hard over the soft; the tough over the tender; punishment, vengeance, and vindictiveness over compassion, negotiation, and reconciliation. The…

— Starhawk

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

— Colum McCann

In real estate, if you're hustling and maintaining a good work ethic, you'll get deals.

— Matt Leinart

You know, Rupert Murdoch I've said is like an Italian when it comes to negotiations.

— Andrew Neil

I don't write polite letters. I don't like to plea-bargain. I like to fight.

— Anonymous

“I would walk forever … this is not an option ... This is a deal!.”

— Hesham Nebr

A good bargaine is a pick-purse. [A good bargain is a pick-purse.]

— George Herbert

“You obviously don't have my soul or you wouldn't be trying to make deals.”

— Daniel Nayeri

How come nobody wants to argue with me? Is it because I'm always so right?

— Jim Bouton

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

— Plato