Quotes About Negotiation

Relationships are full of compromises.

There's a lot of compromises, but that's what a great record should be, really.

I think anyone who's ever gone through adolescence and wanted something from their parents knows the basic tenets of a con.

The main concern was making sure the kids didn't get caught in the middle.

This is the problem I have: I write a play and I give it to a director and they say, 'I'll do it one condition: if you play the role.'

Jared Kushner is the last person that should be trying to bring peace to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

There are many conflicting interests in Europe.

You don't make peace with your friends. That's the bottom line. You end conflicts by trying to find some political resolution.

I really do not like confrontation. I will kind of do anything to avoid it.

Consensus doesn't happen by magic... You have to drive to it.

Israelis and Palestinians are suspicious of each other and of promises from outside. But the need for a negotiated solution between the parties should not stymie international clarity and consensus about the endgame in terms of borders and other issues.

I have promised on many occasions that I will build a consistent, predictable and sustainable cross-strait relationship.

The Olympics is a time primarily for sport and celebration, but diplomacy does not stop at the door of the U.N., and for it to work, it must be sustained and consistent.

Our fundamental goal in getting involved in Bosnia in the summer of 1995 was to end the war. Richard Holbrooke's fundamental goal was to negotiate a peace: a peace that was sustaining and self-sustaining over the long term.

I haven't given up on the possibility that sweet reason will prevail.

The sweetest two words in any negotiation are actually, 'That's right.' Before you convince them to see what you're trying to accomplish, you have to say the things to them that will get them to say, 'That's right.'

No deal wouldn't return sovereignty to the U.K., it would make us dependent on a sweetheart deal with Donald Trump.

Swing is extreme coordination. It's a maintaining balance, equilibrium. It's about executing very difficult rhythms with a panache and a feeling in the context of very strict time. So, everything about the swing is about some guideline and some grid and the elegant way that you negotiate your way through that grid.

The fact is I tried for years to work with the financial industry on reasonable swipe fee reform, but the industry wouldn't have it.

One of my favorite moments was when me and Jay-Z made a song 'For Rhyme or Reason.' It ended up on 'Reasonable Doubt,' but they switched the beat because we couldn't get clearance from my label.

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

At all events, arbitration is more rational, just, and humane than the resort to the sword.

Previously known for its six syllables of sweetness and light, reconciliation has become the political fighting word of the year.

We don't see a peaceful Syria with Assad in there.