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Quotes About Negotiation

If you don't mind a word of advice, one never asks a lady to set her own price. If you have to ask, the answer will always be more than you can afford.
~ Eloisa James
Lako vam je popustiti njihovim prolaznim hirovima sve dok se oni svojski trude da predvide sve vaše želje. Me?utim, može se naposljetku dogoditi da se posva?ate oko ne?ega što je jednako važno za obje strane, pa ?e se tada oni, koje nazivate slabima, pokazati nepopustljivima kao i vi.
~ Emily Bronte
Grab his penis like this, and I guarantee, it's a done deal.
~ Emily Giffin
I just had a word with him. Timmers and I have this little understanding. He behaves himself and he gets to keep his front teeth.
~ Emily Rodda
I don't suppose you would consider peaceful surrender?
~ Eoin Colfer
If things go badly for me tonight, I want you to stay with Mr. Wynter; he will pay you a decent wage." "Will he make me bathe?" "No, he will debate the matter with you until you decide to wash." "Ah. One of those.
~ Eoin Colfer
this was business.
~ Eoin Colfer
The trick to negotiation was to hold all the cards going in and, even if you didn't, to try to look as though you did.
~ Eoin Colfer
Der Trick bei Verhandlungen bestand darin, von Anfang an alle Karten in der Hand zu haben oder zumindest so auszusehen, als ob dem so wäre.
~ Eoin Colfer
Now, Master Fowl, let's talk, shall we?
~ Eoin Colfer
Once the Cuban missile sites were operational, Khrushchev planned to announce their existence during a speech at the United Nations. And then he would offer to remove them—if NATO agreed to leave West Berlin. Or
~ Eric Schlosser
Le non, on l'a déjà dans notre poche, Momo. Le oui, il nous reste à l'obtenir.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Le drame, pour les Européens, c'est que dans le monde impitoyable qui est le nôtre, si l'on renonce à devenir une puissance musclée, on finit par se faire bousculer, et malmener, et rançonner. On ne devient pas un arbitre respecté, on devient une victime potentielle, et un futur otage.
~ Amin Maalouf
Charientism (n.) A rhetorical term to describe saying a disagreeable thing in an agreeable way. If I knew how to say disagreeable things in an agreeable fashion I most likely would not be spending most of my time siting alone in a room, reading the dictionary.
~ Ammon Shea
Foreplead (v.) To ask too much in pleading. You are pleading when you ask for your job back; you are forepleading when you ask for a raise to go with it. Fornale
~ Ammon Shea
Holy God, man, give us a break! You can't fuck all weekend! Wanna make a bet?
~ Amy Lane
even if he wins six billion prize for peace, there will be no peace
~ AMYNE E. QASEM
You need to find somebody who will speak the same language. We understand that we couldn't have any kind of discussion without permission, without a legal framework behind it.
~ Anatoly Chubais
markup of 40% results in a price of $61,705. You could reasonably establish a price anywhere within that range.
~ Andrea A. Lunsford
The agreement,' the colonel announced, 'says thirty-seven officers, fifty vehicles, and one hundred seventy five men.' 'What agreement?' 'The Berlin Agreement,
~ Andrei Cherny
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.
~ Andrew Carnegie
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
~ Andrew Jackson
It's usually, my people speak to your people and then they speak around each other and trade calls for weeks.
~ Mary Steenburgen