Quotes About Compromise

If you shake your fist, the other guy will shake his too. But if you extend your hand to shake their hand, then they will extend theirs also, and you've made a friend.

The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.

When you have too many people and you're trying to satisfy everybody's input, you usually end up with something so incredibly generic that it has no point of view.

I thought I couldn't afford to take her out and smoke as well. So I gave up cigarettes. Then I took her out and one day I looked at her and thought: 'Oh well,' and I went back to smoking again, and that was better.

Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy.

But when you meet with the enemy and genuinely try to understand his or her perspective, you lose the enemy as a political tool. And that's the eternal obstacle.

I am Brexit tooth and claw, but we need to be pragmatic and sensible and leave with a deal.

One of the first production deals I signed, the guy wanted my name to be Minaj and I fought him tooth and nail. But he convinced me. I've always hated it.

Marriage is an exercise in torture.

When I was energy and climate change secretary I sat around a cabinet table with Gove, and he couldn't help playing to the Tory climate-sceptic audience. As education secretary, he tried to ban climate change from the geography curriculum. After an angry exchange of letters with me, he eventually backed down.

There's no way to reconcile Islam with Christianity. This difference of opinion admits of compromise as much as a coin toss does.

There is no need to give in to the compromise that totalitarian regimes always count on.

We totally and absolutely renounce all forms of terrorism.

Film is different for me now. If the money is good and it's not totally revolting, I'll do it.

But to put out a greatest hits on one CD was totally impossible, I just couldn't do it. The best compromise was to put out two CDs - Early Days - which is what it is - and Latter Days.

There are no good guys in this game. There's only bad guys, and less bad guys.

Abraham Lincoln was often criticized for trying to make friends with his enemies instead of trying to get rid of them. He replied, "Isn't that what I'm doing when I make an enemy a friend?

if you base your identity on having friends, being accepted, and being popular, you may find yourself compromising your standards or changing them every weekend to accommodate your friends.

Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" while looking for a bigger stick.

Es gibt keinen Partner, der zu hundert Prozent zu einem passt. Vielleicht nur zu siebzig – oder zu achtzig. Und es wird immer Menschen geben, die die anderen zwanzig bis dreißig Prozent erfüllen. Die Frage ist nur: Hält man dennoch an seiner Entscheidung fest, oder kündigt man sie bei jeder neuen Herausforderung auf und sucht weiter?

You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.

Di recente - aveva detto - ho dato al mio capo un ultimatum. O mi paga di più o me ne vado. - E com'è finita - aveva chiesto Musja. - Con un compromesso. Lui in definitiva lo stipendio non me l'ha aumentato e io, dal canto mio, ho deciso di non licenziarmi.

That's the way it goes sometimes: in order to help your friends, first you have to help your enemy. Better get used to it.

When we avoid risk or compromise, God doesn't live through us to the extent that he'd like. He wants us to depend on him and his resources. To accomplish God-sized dreams, we must jump into situations where we have to depend on him.