Quotes About Compromise

Diffie was one of a legion of bright young men who, were it not for the Vietnam War, would probably not have considered the idea of military-funded basic research. But it seemed like a reasonable compromise when facing the equally dismal alternatives of being shipped to Indochina, fleeing to Canada, or going to jail.

I'm willing to make compromises based on someone I think is the one, but I think it's psychologically important to people when they're famous to be the only famous person they know.

I want you so bad I'll go back on the things I believe. There I just said it, I'm scared you'll forget about me.

When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position.

A local butcher offered me money to put in my next book a portrayal of a customer he didn't like that would make him ashamed to show his face in the town. It was like the tradition of the Gaelic poets, who were paid money to write in derision about people.

Did two good people do something they knew was wrong because there was some kind of magical chemistry involved? Or was it plain old human fallibility, weakness in the face of temptation?

He believes that if you agree to do something you'd rather not do for someone else's sake, then you should do it graciously, with some enthusiasm, like a good sport.

no amount of money or logistics is worth a lifetime of settling.

There is a difference between giving into something and accepting it.

Those we love are entitled to resent the allowances we make for them.

The best advice for fighting with a screwed-up person is simple: don't. You cannot be logical with an illogical person. The only way to win is to never, under any circumstances, get pulled into an argument. If you fight, you lose! Questioning choices questions integrity. Suggesting different ideas implies lack of intelligence. Seeking negotiation disputes power. Wanting compromise conveys weakness.

Unfortunately, in difficult relationships at least one person has her own agenda that precludes compromise. That agenda is expressed in "I can do it myself!" and "I want my way!

a friend told me that in a good marriage, nobody wins." Matthew frowned, nibbling his thumbnail, noticing she'd sidestepped his question about the wards quite neatly. "I'm not sure I understand what you mean." "A marriage is a state of dynamic tension. It works as long as nobody gets the upper hand and keeps it." She

Hush, puss. This wouldn't happen if you didn't fight me so.

this community would never be what I wanted. Too many other people wanted it to be different things. It would always have to be a compromise between my ideals and theirs.

The boy is a whore. For slightly less than the price of a good meal-food which the wolf has no use for-that wolf could hire his mouth, his hands…other things.

We all just get along. No matter what. Whether it suits our personal needs or not. Personal needs are a priveleged affectation.

Moral compromises don't stop happening even when everyone involved is trying to do the right thing.

I let her have the last word. I didn't really need to answer.

Farweather just wanted what she wanted. She did what she felt like doing. She didn't care who got hurt, and she didn't feel social responsibilit to mitigate the harm, or seek compromise, or balance her needs against the needs of others.

Everybody seemed to think I would sell out anything, in order to gain a little physical comfort.

Who would have thought three separate peaces so irreconcilable?

I might have her body under control-but she, in her own way, had mine. I was going where she wanted to go, where her friends were waiting for us. And okay, it might be a little embarrassing for her to explain how she wound up handcuffed to a stanchion, but she could probably spin that as part of her master plan to subvert me.

Nobody speaks the truth when there's something they must have.