Quotes About Negotiation

There are certain kinds of second-tier confrontations which the U.S. does not need to get directly involved in. However, even in the second tier of problems, our intervention as a friend to both sides is important.

We've seen, in Washington, both sides say they don't want to give up much of anything.

It's not going to be easy to create a world where both sides prefer peace, but we have to try.

I think with the right leadership on both sides and the right president, we can get a lot done.

Contract things are kind of tough to come up with, especially with both sides and kind of how the economics and all those things work.

I never have used computers or calculators. I've always been able to figure out in my head, far before my opposition has, in negotiating for acquisitions, where we need to be and where the numbers are and how we could get the best sight of the bargain, without having to resort to accountants or assistants or financial experts.

Sanctions are a sign of irritation; they are not the instrument of serious policies.

I am not going to lie: I know that there are clubs that want to sign me and can match Real Madrid's demands. But that's up to my representatives and the club. I will stay if the club wants me to stay.

If you only sign the players of one FIFA agent, sometimes you can make the deal, sometimes you can't.

Yes, they wanted me to sign a contract of exclusivity, and I refused.

I don't sign contracts for my books.

I kind of flew into a panic that somebody would have already owned the rights, because Christina Noble's life is such a good story. It took us two full years to get Christina to agree and sign the rights.

I think Putin will have to find a way to signal, even if it's a modest signal, an openness to dialogue.

Sometimes I have signed blank contracts.

There was this one movie I really wanted to do, with Gregory Peck, 'Captain Newman, M.D.,' and Universal said, 'Well, if you want that, you're going to have to sign a seven-year contract.' And I'd already been through that. But I needed it, so I signed.

Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

Some people are just so happy to get published to, they sign anything. Next thing you know, they've signed over the rights to their book.

Every musician in the known universe has signed a bad piece of paper, myself included. But it's really very simple. You're the artist. It's your picture that's going on the CD cover, nobody else's. Protect yourself. Get a good lawyer. You'll kick yourself later if you don't.

The problem is that Abu Mazen signed an agreement with the Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.

We were happy with funding 'Rage' on our own nickel for years. We intended to do the same with 'Doom 4'. We had offers early on for 'Rage'. People offered us X million dollars. But we carried the risk, and when we finally signed a deal, it was X plus $10 million.

You can never really relax until you've signed that contract with your team.

When I signed my first record deal, I brought it over to my lawyer to look over.

I have made really some significant deals because I play golf.

In any country when you're going to make significant commitments, you have to look the head of state of that country eyeball to eyeball and say to them, 'I'm going to make this commitment, and I'm counting on you and your commitments.'