Quotes About Negotiation

The creeping optimism that there might be a route to peace in Syria remains constrained by the elephant in the room - Bashar al-Assad.

Business is the systematic playing of games.

I had watched them trade best friends, start wars, cry, trade back, make treaties, squeal and grab each other's arms in this fake-excited way, et cetera...

Democracy is a method of finding proximate solutions for insoluble problems.

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace.

Los profesores, al igual que los padres, por un lado, se ven obligados a defender su autoridad y, por el otro, se ven inducidos a pactar, en una exasperante y confusa negociación, con los alumnos y sus familias y con la burocracia escolar y ministerial

When confronting someone, refrain from using the words always or never. When you say to someone: "You always…" or "You never…," the other person is going to focus more on that one word

Let's go somewhere in private and try to resolve this." "Let's talk this over and find a suitable compromise." "I'd like to hear how you saw the situation so that I better understand.

Why don't we each state our viewpoints? Then we'll see if we can find common ground." "We need to resolve this somehow. The only way to do that is for each of us to be flexible and try to come together.

To me it wasn't trivial. Do you have a few minutes now? I'd like to talk this over and find an agreeable solution. (compromise) Let's go into the conference room where we can talk in private." After closing the door, Kate said: "Why don't we try to look at the situation from each other's viewpoint? That may help us find an agreeable solution." (compromise)

Buruma is wise to recommend a balance of concessions and coordination in order to avoid war.

pulled out my Valery Gergiev trump card and said I would have to call him about getting another hotel. There are many ways in which a soprano relies upon the guidance of a conductor, and not all of them are confined to the stage. As a result of dropping the most powerful name in Russian music today, I got a window and a view.

It strikes me, sir, that you are nearing the point where even a grateful American might tell you to go to the devil.-Nero Wolfe to an FBI Agent

The least offensive way of refusing a request is not to let it be made.

Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out.

For a German and a Finn, the truth is the truth. In Japan and Britain it is all right if it doesn't rock the boat. In China there is no absolute truth. In Italy it is negotiable.

Britain, though, that humor is most intertwined in business talks. The British hate heavy or drawn-out meetings and will resort to various forms of humor and distracting tactics to keep it all nice and lively.

Americans using expressions like "You are killing me" or "Say that once again and I'll walk away from this deal" will cause great consternation among their Japanese partners.

A peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies.

The two Presidents sat opposite each other, while Christopher and I sat side by side on a couch between them; Hill and Galbraith also participated. Their greeting was far warmer than their performance for the press; Milosevic jovially hailed Tudjman as "Franjo." Tudjman called Milosevic "Slobo.

Never go to purchasing or legal alone. Remember, these people would buy a pacemaker from the lowest bidder.

You weren't able to talk sense into him? Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death. I see. You tried the diplomatic approach.

He forced his fists to unclench. Look, lady, we're not going to go all Hunger Games on each other. Isn't going to happen.

If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork.