Compromise Quotes
994 quotes by 804 authors
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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
— Chinua Achebe
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No book includes the entire world. It's limited. And so it doesn't seem like an aesthetic compromise to have to do that. There's so much…
— Paul Auster
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Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking…
— Michael Badnarik
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I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try to hurt nobody. I just…
— Erykah Badu
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Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise.
— Christian Bale
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The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist…
— William Barclay
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I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans.
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is…
— Mortimer Adler
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When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation - namely, life, liberty and justice…
— Benazir Bhutto
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Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have,…
— Ambrose Bierce
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The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.
— Arthur Bloch
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I can't be a wife. I'm not that sort of person. Wives have to compromise all the time.
— Sarah Brightman
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Writing is a solitary existence. Making a movie is controlled chaos - thousands of moving parts and people. Every decision is a compromise. If you're…
— Dan Brown
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Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.
— Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that…
— Abdallah II
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
— Edmund Burke
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I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.
— Barbara Bush
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Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable…
— Samuel Butler
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Healthy disagreement, debate, leading to compromise has always been the American way.
— Donald L. Carcieri
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