Quotes About Compromise

My husband thinks he's compromising if we have one cook instead of three.

What we ask of the developed countries is to let the Third World find a third way.

Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson hated each other so much. But that hate that they had for each other did not come before the love of their country.

All those men have their price.

I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.

Believe me when I say this: you can't please everyone in concert, even though I still want to. Someone always wants you to sing a song that isn't necessarily on your set list.

The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it.

Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.

patient compromises? 'I was afraid. I was

You understand my idea of a happy marriage is essentially anything that works.

QUESTION: What if my child and I agree on a solution and then she won't do what she agreed to? ANSWER: As you've read, that's usually a sign that the solution wasn't as realistic and mutually satisfactory as you may have first thought. That's not a catastrophe, just a reminder that the first solution to a problem often doesn't get the job

There are basically three options for handling unsolved problems. I call those options Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C. Plan A refers to solving a problem unilaterally. This is where adults decide upon and impose a solution. Plan B involves solving a problem collaboratively. And Plan C involves setting aside an unsolved problem

the solution must be realistic (meaning both parties can actually do what they're agreeing to do) and mutually satisfactory (meaning the solution truly and logically addresses the concerns of both parties).

You sure you can do that? Let's make sure we come up with a solution we can both do").

Adults sometimes become impatient in the midst of Plan B and head for Plan A or Plan C.

history has taught them that disagreements are always handled using Plan A.

If you dont get what you want, its a sign either that you did not seriously want it or that you tried to bargain over the price.

When Pack meets with Pack in the Jungle, and neither will go from the trail,Lie down till the leaders have spoken—it may be fair words shall prevail.

Part of your job as a businessperson and diplomat is to get what you need and to not take it too personally.

Glittery prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity.

The message that President Obama delivered in his speech at Notre Dame was: morality is immoral. Pro-life is the extremist position, not a moral position. Yet we should compromise and work to reduce abortions. Where's the compromise between life and death - and why work to reduce the number of them occurring if there's nothing wrong with them?

Grandmother had wanted the peepul tree cut down, but Grandfather had said, 'Let it be. We can always build another outhouse.

There is no conversation that can build a translation bridge connecting this epistemic divide; conspiracism fractures the common political world. Where the new conspiracism extinguishes common sense, there can be no argument or negotiation or compromise—all of which require some shared terrain of facts and a shared horizon of what it means to know something.

the curious Dutch classification gedogen, which means 'technically illegal but officially tolerated.