Negotiation Quotes · Page 28

We all make deals with ourselves when it comes to the difficult people in our lives.

— Carolyn Hax

Lou Gerstner knows how to do a deal, and George Bush Sr., less so.

— Lou Gerstner

Compromise: An agreement between two men to do what both agree is wrong.

— Lord Edward Cecil

The trouble with this world is that everybody has to compromise and conform.

— Tennessee Williams

“Nature of a compromise is that it leaves everyone more or less equally unhappy.”

— wildbow

Compromise cannot be allowed in cases where the exact truth is ascertainable.

— Arthur Lynch

“Is it okay if I love you?” “Only if it is okay that I love you back.” “Deal.”

— Chelsea Fine

“We don't have dealings. He just stalks me. I'm popular like that.”

— Nenia Campbell

When you locate a bargain, you must ask, 'Why me, God? Why am I the only one who could find this bargain?'

— Charlie Munger

World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

— Richard Holbrooke

What you need for a participatory system to work: "a plausible promise, an effective tool, and an acceptable bargain."

— Clay Shirky

The way to do a great deal is to keep on doing a little. The way to do nothing at all is…

— Charles Spurgeon

Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there's going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.

— Andrew Cuomo

The whole idea of a trade deal is to build a fence around participants inside and give them an advantage over the…

— Wilbur Ross

“What kind of deal is it to get everything you want but lose yourself? What could you ever trade your soul for?”

— Eugene H. Peterson

Compromise is necessary ... so long as you never give up who you are. That isn't compromise; that's spiritual death. You have…

— Charles de Lint

The friends I have, and the people whom I admire, are people who have an understanding of the conditions under which we…

— Claudia Rankine

The five original nuclear weapon states I mentioned - U.S., Britain, France, China, and Russia - under the NPT have committed to…

— John Burroughs

Since retiring from the FBI in 2007, I've traveled the world and worked with everyone from CEOs to their managers and everyday…

— Christopher Voss

“My season of compromise is OVER. The reason I am misunderstood...I am not stuck up, I am selective. You can't let everyone…

— C. Nzingha Smith

“One sticking point was that Jobs wanted his payout to be in cash. Amelio insisted that he needed to "have skin in…

— Walter Isaacson

You have to understand that every negotiation isn't about taking everything off the table. It's cliche, but you have to try and…

— Maverick Carter

We need political leadership that will move the world away from war into solving its problems through dialogue and negotiation, to build…

— Mairead Corrigan

The Israelis are mistaken if they think we do not have an alternative to negotiations. By Allah I swear they are wrong.…

— Yasser Arafat

Everyone's marriage is different. But everyone's marriage is a compromise.

— Ariel Levy

“we compromise we will never be happy. If we accept we will never be sad.”

— Arun Prabhu- aradhya

A lasting relationship consists of the 3 C's: Commitment. Communication. Compromise.

— Nishan Panwar

If you start with a compromise, you live with a compromise for a long time.

— Rajeev Suri

When you sign a contract, that's your deal. Everyone has different deals anyway.

— Toni Duggan

True love knows no bargains. It is one-way traffic: giving, giving, giving.

— Swami Satchidananda

Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven.

— Rumi

I'm addicted to the deal, to the next thing. It's irresistible.

— John Caudwell

That was the deal basically: catatonia without; frenzy within

— Jeffrey Eugenides

It would be easier to be tough on Russian than make a deal. I don't know if we'll make a deal.

— Donald Trump

A good compromise is when both parties are dissatisfied

— Larry David

Jihad and the rifle alone. NO negotiations, NO conferences and NO dialogue

— Anonymous

The better you are at communicating,negotiating,and handling your fear of rejection,the easier life is-

— Robert Kiyosaki

The most expensive way to do business is to do it deal by deal, each of which is highly contentious.

— Tom Steyer

Relationships are about give and take, compromise, teamwork.

— Enhance Dreams

If women ran the world we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.

— Robin Williams