Quotes About Negotiation

I tend to agree with the guy who said diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

People who are afraid will do anything to ease their terror, such as forcing elected officials to negotiate with radical groups.

Does that mean you are going to talk with Tallstar?" Fireheart asked bravely. His leader's tail lashed again. "I will talk," she meowed. "But if there is no agreement, then we will fight.

Because I was afraid she would claw my ears off if I forbade her from going," Bramblestar responded drily.

A battle will not be fought, and blood will not be spilled

Or, if you decide you want to sleep at my place, on opposite sides of my bedroom with a Do Not Cross line drawn down the middle, I'll do it. I won't like it, but I'll do it.

Nelson immediately told him to give Betty however much money she wanted, in order to promptly resolve the custody dispute, which was only hurting the children.

The cat who wants his cream must know when to purr and when to show his claws.

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

It took some lengthy meetings and calls, but eventually we found a workable formula.

But it's hard to avoid the conclusion that today we need more cooperation and less confrontation in Washington.

This character trait ("flaw" is probably a better word) had caused some tension with Anna early in our marriage. But we had struck a deal: I would work in the morning on weekends and holidays and in the afternoon and evening devote my full attention to family and recreation.

I did what I could to keep others in the loop on the Lehman negotiations.

Lewis persuaded his board to go through with the merger,

each lender was typically reluctant to offer a modification without concessions from the other. Servicers

Let The Other Side Have Meaningless Victories. This is a parlor trick you can use to great effect with your leftist friends. Leftists prize faux moderation above all else; by granting them a point or two, you can convince them that you aren't a radical right-winger at all.

My party would not have allowed the Taleban to become such a huge force that they would need to sign a peace treaty.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

Finality is not the language of politics.

In politics, nothing is contemptible.

It is well-known what a middleman is; he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.

Never has there been a good war or a bad peace

If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a temporary victory - sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will.

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.