What the Commission is seeking cuts the heart out of the strategic rationale of our deal. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
“The squeaky wheel gets the grease, but the quacking duck gets shot.” — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
What we need is legislation, not negotiation, for the entire globe. — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
I am a compromiser and maneuverer. I try to get something. That's the way our system works. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat. — Steven Erikson 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
Before you kill something make sure you have something better to replace it with... — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Get it - get it better or get it worse. No middle ground of compromise. — Henry Ossawa Tanner 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
“For more on the core concerns and how to manage them in negotiation, see Roger Fisher and Daniel Shapiro, Beyond Reason: Using… — Roger Fisher Copy Share Image
The art of negotiating is a learned skill. It is practiced and often honed in the marketplace as well as legislative bodies. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
To fulfill the promise of economic opportunity, we must remain true to the principle that collective bargaining is a cornerstone of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I left university I got a job with Shell on their graduate scheme. One of my roles was as a commercial… — Liz Truss Copy Share Image
A political leader who desires to be useful to the revolutionary proletariat must be able to distinguish concrete cases of compromises that… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
It's hard to say exactly what it is about face-to-face contact that makes deals happen, but whatever it is, it hasn't yet… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
In law school, we studied the famous book 'Getting to Yes,' co-written by the head of the Harvard Law School Negotiation Project. — Erin O'Toole Copy Share Image
Further, democratic negotiators, or foreign negotiation specialists accepted to assist in the negotiations, may in a single stroke provide the dictators with… — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
The Paris climate conference in December, 2015 was a recognition that countries bring their climate policies to international meetings rather than create… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
Prepare for every negotiation... 1) Focus on Outcomes. What is it that you want to walk away with? Being as specific as… — Lois P Frankel Copy Share Image
Large scale collective bargaining . . . is merely a seductive name for bilateral monopoly, and means either adjudication of conflicts in… — Frank Knight Copy Share Image
“Not merely in the realm of commerce but in the world of ideas as well our age is organizing a regular clearance… — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Imagine if, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast residents had to wait on Democrats and Republicans to agree on cuts… — Cedric Richmond Copy Share Image
Sanctions and negotiations can be very ineffective, and indeed foolish, unless the people you are talking with and negotiating with and trying… — Caspar Weinberger Copy Share Image
“bargaining This stage is characterized by the non-BP making concessions in order to bring back the “normal” behavior of the person they… — Paul Mason Copy Share Image
“Sometimes what you don’t say is more powerful than anything you could say.” — A.D. Aliwat Copy Share Image
“Every problem had a solution; every dispute had a compromise; every ego had a way to be stroked.” — Neil Strauss Copy Share Image
You can't build the bridge of trust with the scaffolding of lies and underhand deals — Ian Paisley Copy Share Image
The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name. — Enid Bagnold Copy Share Image
To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation. — Anita Brookner Copy Share Image
I have put pragmatism ahead of idealism and understand that concessions are necessary in a negotiation. — Suella Braverman Copy Share Image
Being able to find a compromise is about being brave and serving France. — Nicolas Sarkozy Copy Share Image
I realized there are so many steps from getting a deal to having a hit. — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
“We may soon find that peace is made possible not through negotiation but through innovation.” — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
To deliver a smooth, orderly Brexit, we must build a majority for a deal. — David Lidington Copy Share Image