Quotes About Negotiation

I was involved in an extremely good example of oral contraception two weeks ago. I asked a girl to go to bed with me, and she said "No."

A fast word about oral contraception. I asked a girl to go to bed with me and she said "no."

Diplomacy: The art of saying "nice doggie" until you can find a rock.

Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.

No one gets the best spot all the time—they have to compromise.

Jika lawanmu tidak ingin pedangnya diambil, jangan berkeras mengambilnya.

Hitler had shouted at Wilson in their face-to-face meeting that as far as he was concerned, the British cabinet and the Czechoslovak government had only two choices: to accept his terms or to reject them. If they chose the latter, Hitler thundered, then repeated several times, "I will smash the Czechs." He gave the governments until two P.M. the following day to accept his terms.50

We're not arguing, we're discussing

We all make our deals with life. We do it invisibly, sometimes unconsciously, and alone, without benefit of collective bargaining, We come to terms.

He said that it was Ronald Reagan's strategy of negotiation through strength that brought the Kremlin to its knees.

don't antagonize the enemy, obligate him.

Giving in to terrorism will yield more terrorism, because it works.

be strict in what you will accept before you begin, and promise as little as possible in return.

There are two sides to every dialogue, but if you accept the other side's terms without demanding equal time for your own, then they control the debate and its outcome.

In the real world, bullets that miss their targets keep traveling until they hit something. They fly through windows, and into the bodies of bystanders. And even successfully killing a bad guy creates blowback, sets off a whole chain of consequences that are impossible to predict. Guns always represent a failure of negotiation.

Will said, "Molech, Zoey will not negotiate with you if you kill her mother. This is actually true of most people you'll encounter in a business setting.

Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

Not all the arts of diplomacy are learned solely in its practice. There are other exercise yards.

In my experience it is far better to tell a man what he wants to hear then do as you please, than attempt to reason with him.

Are you going to say anything?" Brisbane crossed one leg lazily over the other flicking an imaginary piece of lint from his trousers. "I think he is doing quite well without me." "I did not mean for you to help him I meant for you to defend me," I said huffing slightly in my indignation.

because, in my experience, it is far better to tell a man what he wants to hear and then do as you please than attempt to reason with him.

I gave it to him because, in my experience, it is far better to tell a man what he wants to hear and then do as you please than attempt to reason with him.

it is far better to tell a man what he wants to hear and then do as you please than attempt to reason with him.

Compromise brings harmony to both, happiness to none.