Quotes About Negotiation

Il est plus facile de faire la guerre que la paix. It is far easier to make war than to make peace.

To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.

It simply is not true that war never settles anything.

Peace is more difficult than war.

The higher level of grand strategy [is] that of conducting war with a far-sighted regard to the state of the peace that will follow.

Indeed I am inclined to go so far as to say that the one cause for which one may properly make war is the cause of peace.

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

We say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.

The United States never lost a war or won a conference.

If I were going to put a price tag on my lady parts, I'd find a more appetizing buyer.

I want your best offer. [...] - You already have it. She bit her lip, nodded. - That's what I thought. And then she walked away.

You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married." "I'm not getting rid of Pooh." "See, there you go being antagonistic. Marriage means learning to compromise." "I didn't say I wouldn't compromise. I promise to take the ribbon out of her topknot before you walk her.

SMS made everything negotiable: hour by hour, minute by minute. There was no such thing as a firm plan or a final schedule.

Great. Now I have to go back and tell Haymitch I want an eighty-year-old and Nuts and Volts for my allies. He'll love that.

Unfortunately, I can't seal the sponsor deals for you. Only Haymitch can do that," says Effie grimly. "But don't worry, I'll get him to the table at gunpoint if necessary." Although lacking in many departments, Effie Trinket has a certain determination I have to admire.

But at this point, with only minor victories for the rebels, a cease-fire could only result in a return to our previous status. Or worse.

They will come up with a plan. No one will like it. Everyone will feel they have been treated unfairly, but will be happy that their neighbors feel the same. And that is the nature of compromise.

You mean . . . I could demand that they give Peeta immunity? And they'd have to agree to it?" "I think you could demand almost anything and they'd have to agree to it.

Dante: Want me to get your name inked on me? How about on my arm? Jamie: No. That's boring. Dante: How about over my heart then? Jamie: No. That's corny. Dante: Is not. Jamie: Is too. Dante: We'll discuss it later.

Why pay $20 million to Harrison Ford? I don't even understand that. They think they have to do it... If someone puts a price on himself, that suggests he is irreplaceable, then he better find somewhere else to work.

The Open Skies issue is something that's ongoing and we understand that there are issues in Australia that need to be sorted out. It's something that I think over time there's an opportunity for us and we'll work on that in a progressive way.

If you have a song that you think sounds like another song you should contact the publishing company and say I have a song here, let's cut a deal that lets everyone walk away feeling good.

It's gonna be a lot of zeroes in that contract. You gonna think it's alphabet soup or something, all those zeroes in there.