Negotiation Quotes · Page 37

There are all sorts of cries that the leaders of the Green Movement should submit themselves to the supreme leader, but that…

— Abdolkarim Soroush

Israel is prepared for a compromise. The majority of Israelis understand this compromise will be serious, will be meaningful, and will be…

— Ehud Olmert

“But up until that time I want you just to follow my lead and don’t worry. There are negotiations going on that…

— Mario Puzo

The labor unions shall have a square deal, and the corporations shall have a square deal, and in addition, all private citizens…

— Theodore Roosevelt

It is inescapable that every culture must negotiate with technology, whether it does so intelligently or not. A bargain is struck in…

— Neil Postman

Bargaining is essential to the life of the world; but nobody has ever claimed that it is an ennobling process.

— Agnes Repplier

Compromise is sacrifice when it costs you your peace of mind. Friendship is idolatry when it costs you your self-worth. Love is…

— Shellie R Warren

The old idea of a good bargain was a transaction in which one man got the better of another. The new idea…

— Louis D. Brandeis

I reiterated our hope that negotiations over the United Kingdom's exit from the E.U. will be conducted in a smooth and orderly…

— Barack Obama

“International peace negotiations need more value creation than value claiming. The more we create value for peace and development, the easier it…

— Amit Ray

Once you are in it you are in it, you have to go all the way to the end because you commit…

— Ayrton Senna

“The thing about negotiations, not to mention the manipulation, is you can't go too far in any direction. Refusing once is good,…

— Sarah Dessen

We know a great deal, but our ignorance is sobering and boundless. With each step forward, with each problem which we solve,…

— Karl Popper

Many of us have convinced ourselves that compromise is necessary to achieve our goals, that all of our goals are not attainable…

— Garth Stein

My father said, 'You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some…

— J. Paul Getty

The inside operation of Congress - the deals, the compromises, the selling out, the co-opting, the unprincipled manipulating, the self-serving career-building -…

— Bella Abzug

[During fee negotiations for singing in Vienna:] I'm not interested in money, but it must be more than anyone else gets.

— Maria Callas

The most critical thing in a negotiation is to get inside your opponent's head and figure out what he really wants.

— Jacob Lew

Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don't change.

— Jane Goodall

Let every girl, let every woman, let every mother here [in Israel]-and there in my country [Egypt]-know we shall solve all our…

— Anwar Sadat

“Then it’s a deal. You and me. Together. Loving each other as best as we can. Imperfectly, but honestly,”

— Shannon Guymon

Our identities really are a constant negotiation between the story we tell about ourselves and the narrative our societies like to recite.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

Here's what I've learned about deal-breakers. If you have enough natural chemistry with someone, you overlook every single thing that you said…

— Taylor Swift

The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, 'What's mine is mine and what's yours…

— Anonymous

The options are war versus peace, and I am delighted that, so far, it appears that peaceful negotiation has won the day.

— Valerie Plame

The person with the least worry over the compromises he must make is, of course, the person who doesn't compromise.

— Mark Sundeen

A compromise is but an act of Congress. It may be overruled at any time. It gives us no security. But the…

— John C. Calhoun

It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that…

— Ivan Goncharov

Ladies, consideration and compromise does not equal doing any and everything you say. Some of you need to realize that.

— Enhance Dreams

If there is willingness on the Palestinian side to reach an agreement, it is possible. We are conducting the negotiations with goodwill.

— Benjamin Netanyahu

Each of us does, in effect, strike a series of deals or compromises between the wants and longings of the inner self,…

— Maggie Scarf

The opposite of compromise is not integrity. The opposite of compromise is not idealism. The opposite of compromise is fanaticism and death.

— Amos Oz

“Sometimes it’s hard to see the difference between change and compromise, between sacrificing something you want for something you want a little…

— Erin Loechner

“Diplomacy may very well be the art of manipulating secrets. What would any negotiation come to, were not there secrets to either…

— Robin Hobb

My mother raised us to think that if we worked hard, and if we put our end of the bargain in, it…

— Ursula Burns

Any man who's not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Reaching compromise does not signal weakness, but rather is a sign of strength. The ability to compromise is the backbone of democracy.

— Frank-Walter Steinmeier

I believe that sitting naked across from your adversary in a steam room makes negotiations more productive.

— David Shapiro

We do not look for compromise; rather, we seek to resolve the conflict to everyone's complete satisfaction.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

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