Compromises Quotes

129 quotes by 118 authors

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
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
Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate. — Zbigniew Brzezinski
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
You know what I think about violence. For me it is profoundly moral -more moral than compromises and transactions. — Benito Mussolini
When people align around shared political, social, economic or environmental values, and take collective action, thinking and behaviour that compromises the lives of millions of… — Simon Mainwaring
Have you ever asked yourself why one person is honorable and another dishonorable; why one is honest, another dishonest; why one is moral, another immoral?… — Ezra Taft Benson
The Negro has no room to make any substantial compromises because his store of advantages is too small. He must press unrelentingly for quality, integrated… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Things… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The middle way is still driving on the wrong side of the road; it still permits the killing of the fox for pleasure. One cannot… — Lyndon Harrison, Baron Harrison
No doubt science cannot admit of compromises, and can only bring out the complete truth. Hence there must be controversy, and the strife may be,… — Rudolf Virchow
The attainment of wholeness requires one to stake one's whole being. Nothing less will do; there can be no easier conditions, no substitutes, no compromises. — Carl Jung
It's important to remember that feminism is no longer a group of organizations or leaders. It's the expectations that parents have for their daughters, and… — Anna Quindlen
Nature does not compromise; a pelican is not a compromise between a crow and otter, it is just a pelican. Nature makes no compromises; any… — Amory Lovins
I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something it has to feel right. Everything has to be right. I'm not ambitious about my… — Mads Mikkelsen
Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Donâ€™t make compromises, donâ€™t worry about making a bunch of money or being successful. Be concerned about… — Patti Smith
What's the level of compromise for making that kind of money? How far do I have to sell my soul? What's the price of that?… — Emilio Estevez
We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They invade our space and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds and we fall back.… — Patrick Stewart
The problem isn't who is in charge. It's what is in charge. The problem is that people are encouraged to function as machines. Or, actually,… — Nick Harkaway
What kind of idea are you? Are you the kind that compromises, does deals, accomodates itself to society, aims to find a niche, to survive;… — Salman Rushdie

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