Negotiation Quotes · Page 22

You can't build the bridge of trust with the scaffolding of lies and underhand deals

— Ian Paisley

I believe it's a real tedious hostage negotiation to have a marriage be what it is.

— Brad Garrett

Everything I was doing when I didn't have deals was preparing me for when I did

— Tim Gordon

Nervous and excitable persons need to talk a great deal, by way of letting off their steam.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

I was never supposed to get a record deal - that's one in a million.

— Machine Gun Kelly

The side that feels the lesser urge for peace will naturally get the better bargain.

— Carl von Clausewitz

I would like to see a lot more buyers and also a lot less bargaining by local buyers.

— Nandita Mahtani

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war...

— Pope John Paul II

Here's the thing Washington always misses. Washington always wants a deal. America wants a solution. Americans sent us here to solve problems.

— Jim Jordan

The biggest one [trade deal], a multinational one known as CAFTA, I voted against. And because I hold the same standards as…

— Hillary Clinton

Note to the wise: whenever someone insists that he wants to buy something from you, but tells you theres no real value…

— Mike Stackpole

Negotiations over a shrinking pie are especially difficult because they require an allocation of losses. People tend to be much more easygoing…

— Daniel Kahneman

He who thinks a great deal is not suited to be a party man: he thinks his way through the party and…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“We all need salespeople who understand the problem and can deliver a solution that works brilliantly for both sides.”

— Chris Murray

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.

— George Eliot

We were in negotiations, but then the Japanese side suspended them unilaterally. Now, at the request of our Japanese partners, we have…

— Vladimir Putin

Life is very tough, you know. You sit at a dinner party and talk to the person on your right or your…

— Joan Rivers

The structures of the WTO need to be reformed to increase participation. There must be a greater sense of shared ownership of…

— Mary Robinson

While the United States has largely been missing in action from the diplomatic game, the European Union and Iran have been making…

— Earl Blumenauer

“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

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

“In matters of affection, the rules of engagement at Empire High were detailed yet unambiguous, an extension of procedures established in junior…

— Richard Russo

My nature is to compromise and get things done for the state.

— N. Chandrababu Naidu

A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.

— Thomas Jefferson

“Enjoy every bit of your life to the fullest. Your compromises and sacrifices will be rewarded.”

— Santosh Kalwar

Being on Epic, it wasn't like we got signed to a multi-million-dollar deal.

— Matt Skiba

Well, I had a record deal since I was 18, and it got me where I am.

— Shelby Lynne

In politics, you have to compromise from morning to evening. Democracy is the art of compromise.

— Reinhold Messner

“If what you sell doesn’t help me then why are you knocking on my door?”

— Chris Murray

Terrorism and negotiations simply don't go together.

— Moshe Arens

In my vocabulary, the word "compromise" is synonymous to the word "life".

— Amos Oz

You must be fully prepared to lose a great deal in order to make a great deal.

— Nateman

You make deals in business and in government if you're smart.

— Joe Arpaio

“Violence is a means of bargaining and signalling value within the marketplace.”

— Alex de Waal

The negotiations must address all aspects, both peace and withdrawal.

— Yitzhak Rabin

Choice is a form of compromise, no? So why choose if you can have both?

— Neri Oxman

Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little then to break

— Jane Wells

…there is no straightforward negotiation with a four year old…

— John Irving