Quotes About Resolution

The only agenda that is valid for purposes of negotiation is the one that has been negotiated with the adversary.

win-win is hopelessly misguided as a basis for good negotiating, in business or in your personal life or anywhere else.

The wise negotiator knows that only one person in a negotiation can feel okay, and that person is the adversary.

The best response is to say what we have to say, and then walk away.

A peace is of the nature of a conquest; For then both parties nobly are subdu'd, And neither party loser." (William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part Two, Act IV, Scene 2, from the journals of May Dodd)

It's not how you start that's important, but how you finish!

It all ends in one of two ways: either someone gets eaten or something blows up.

when you make a mistake in business you must address it immediately, own it unconditionally, and fix it as quickly and accurately as possible.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel's neighbours.

Having a good marriage means you can process your anger and resolve it.

I haven't forgotten one second of how good it felt to hold you, but I wasn't the one who pulled away. You don't want me to be more, do you? I just keep pushing against your walls, and to tell you the truth, baby, my hands are starting to bleed. do you want me gone for good? Look at me, tell me to leave you alone, and I will. I swear I'll get in my truck, drive off, and never bother you again." --Tommy to Shea

Fu lì che mi resi conto di come un gruppo di uomini ha bisogno di un capo completo. Il comandante è necessario per alleviare gli afflitti, per salvare la mente della gente da preoccupazioni sproporzionate. Non conoscevo, oggi chi sa se la conosco, la legge del nessun mezzotermine. Senza azione, avrei potuto consumare lì tutta la mia vita, tra il sì e il no.

We've made peace. At least a little.

as he'd grumbled, punctuation counted. And when he was finished, although she wasn't entirely prepared to give in, she hadn't been able to deny that he had a point.

All the best stories end with a clinch.

Are you ever going to forgive me?" he asked softly, catching my chin, forcing me to look at him. "Sometimes it feels like you hate me out of habit … Why does it always have to be a fight, Mel?

Ruger's eyes darkened. "You want this as much as I do," he said, voice soft. "It's not goin' away. We're just going to burn up higher and higher until one of us explodes and we get hurt. Let's end it now. I need inside you, Sophie.

This whole situation is like a great big zit that needs popping," she continued. "The damage is already done—your face looks like shit and no concealer's gonna cover it. You might as well squeeze hard and get your money shot. You'll both feel better afterward.

At this rate I never want to talk to you again. Stay mad at me, Allie. It allows us to communicate in other ways.

It always amazes me, how swiftly problems can be solved, once you start cutting things off people.

One act presses upon another, on a path we have no choice but to follow, and each time there are reasons. We do what we must, we do what we are told, we do what is easiest. What else can we do but solve one sordid problem at a time? Then we look up and find... this.

Fight your battles with words, not fists

Pop didn't believe in discussing problems--'Just goin' out of your way to look for trouble,' was his answer to anything that looked like a serious question.