Quotes About Negotiation

You need people that are willing to talk to the other side, or you're never going to get anything done. You need to be willing to expand your ground. There's always usually a place on issues where you can find common ground.

A leader's job is to find common ground.

Always keep the lines of communication open with your adversaries.

If you want to get things done in life, you don't go into politics. If you want to get things done in life you go into communications. Absolutely certain.

A big part of the job of being a showrunner is, in my way of thinking, being a good communicator because there's really no other way to have hope for getting what you want, at the end of the day.

It's impossible always to be with the majority in coalition government, especially when it's a very complicated coalition.

Sometimes who is going to be taking care of all of my kids on any given day is more complicated than any trade agreement.

In politics, you have to compromise from morning to evening. Democracy is the art of compromise.

I don't like compromise. In politics, you have to always choose a compromise, and sometimes, that, I don't like.

Politics is compromise.

You cannot compromise unless people talk to you.

If somebody has never been married, they don't know compromise.

Don't Ask, Don't Tell was a successful compromise in 1993; and so that compromise should remain.

There's so much compromise in politics. I'm not a good compromiser.

Life is about compromise - in relationships and at work.

If you approach economic policy with the spirit of compromise, you can actually get good support.

Everyone's marriage is different. But everyone's marriage is a compromise.

I am always open to a conversation. I am always open to a bipartisan compromise.

My nature is to compromise and get things done for the state.

Politics is compromise, by its very nature. But we never compromise on our values and beliefs.

Naturally, in a band or duo, it's really about compromise which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Compromise is part of how we get things done.

As a player you appreciate a manager who can maybe compromise a bit in his own ways for the good of the team.

I had two roles for which I compromised.