Quotes About Negotiation

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another--too often ending in the loss of both.

It will be a compromise, but that's what the marriage often is

My...principles in talking to a woman: do not ask permission; do not say hello; ...do not let her speak first...give a woman the chance to reject something else besides me...statements, not questions, were less likely to lead to no.

Are you going to be the kind of person who always pays the asking price?" my mother demanded. "Or the kind who fights to find out what something's really worth?

Our proper mode in situations where demand was high and supply low was to elbow, jostle, crowd, and hustle, and, if all that failed, to bribe, flatter, exaggerate, and lie.

All sorts of situations exist where one tells lies in order to reach an acceptable truth, and our conversation continued thus until we agreed on the mutually acceptable sum of ten thousand dollars, which, if being only half what I asked for, was twice their original offer. After the representative wrote a new check, I signed the documents and we traded farewell pleasantries that were worth as little as the trading cards of unknown baseball players.

Our proper mode in situations where demand was high and supply was low was to elbow, jostle, crowd, and hustle, and, if all that failed, to bribe, flatter, exaggerate, and lie.

In life, you get what you negotiated, not what you deserved.

In life you never get what you deserve: You get what you negotiate.

One learns compromise by accepting the good with the bad.

I am not writing to Gauguin direct, but will send the letter to you, because in any case we had better sit tight. If we say nothing more, if the reply shows that we have made such and such a proposal but that there must be some initiative on his side too, then we can see if he is keen on it. If he is not keen on it, if it's all the same to him, if he has something else in mind, let him remain independent and me too.

Min mors ønsker er simple, men de er ikke til forhandling. Hun oplever dem som nødvendigheder. Lige nu er hun nødt til at have en kop kaffe. Det vil ikke være muligt at komme uden om dette ønske, som hun kalder et behov, før hun holder kruset med den dampende varme væske i sin hånd og fører det op til munden.

A long dispute means both parties are wrong.

Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect.

Never Get Into An Argument With A Customer. If You Win The Argument You Will Almost Invariably Lose The Sale. And I Don't Like Your Chances For A Sale If You Lose The Argument Either.

Understanding the other persons' needs does not mean you have to give up on your own needs.

Always hear the 'Yes' in the 'No'.

Anybody who thinks talk is cheap has never argued with a traffic cop.

NO is always a YES to something else.

Asking for money is better over coffee than over a computer.

If you don't ask, the answer is always no.

France and Italy have not yet signed this treaty or agreed to naval limitation as between those nations, but I have confidence that in time they will do so.

It is obvious that putting the Arab-Israeli dispute on a resolution track would be an important element of overcoming the confidence problem in the region.

Without rebuilding the confidence between parties, you will never succeed.