Quotes About Compromise

His theory of negotiation was that to get to yes, you first had to say no.

Those who would trade a little liberty for a little security deserved neither and would lose both. The

yours, Rob," she replied. "Damn it, Gretchen," he said. "This is how it works. I can't always give you all the information." "Well you could have given us more." The statement hung in the air between them for several moments. Finally, Hutton relented, "I don't have all of the pieces

Those who would trade a little liberty for a little security deserved neither and would lose both.

Those who would trade a little liberty for a little added security, deserve neither and will lose both.

Reg: Furth's in London. And yes, I know, it's my fault. But as long as I'ver roused the lion, I was going to ask you to speak to him on my behalf. Alex: You wish me to speak to Furth. Reg: Well, yes. He's always like you. Just tell him what a noble, upright fellow I am, and how I have always upheld my position with dignity and respect. Alex: Lie, you mean. REg: Whatever it takes.

The snag about marriage is, it isn´t worth the divorce.

Married couples resemble a pair of scissors, often moving in opposite directions, yet punishing anyone who gets in between them

That compromise means you don't always have to be the strong one, Gideon. You can do the heavy lifting on occasion, and you can let Eva do it sometimes. Marriage isn't about whether you're strong enough as an individual. It's about how strong you are together and the luxury of taking turns carrying the load.

I knew I was high maintenance and he was obviously going to be the same

I would always be obsessive when it came to her. I'd come to accept that. Eventually, she would, too. "There are things I can't give you. Don't fight me on the things I can.

I can't change what happened, but I can sure as shit get pissed that you want to cut me off because of it. You laid out your rules and I adjusted to accommodate them, but you won't make even a tiny adjustment for me. You have to meet me halfway.

I'm an asshole to everyone else in my life. You are the one thing I cherished. Don't make me stop

That was why we were going to get past this and every other hurdle we faced: We would always meet each other halfway. She

What else can I bargain with? You have everything." "Your time and attention are the two things you can leverage. I'll do anything for them.

it wasn't about finding the perfect guy; it was about finding a guy whose faults you could live with.

You forget who submits, Eva," he said gruffly. "I've given up control for you. I've bent and adjusted for you. I'll do anything to keep you and make you happy. But I won't be tamed or topped. Don't mistake indulgence for weakness.

I stepped into my living room to the sound of female laughter. I wasn't surprised to find a long-legged blonde curled up next to Cary on my white couch, her hand in his lap, stroking him through his sweats. He was still shirtless, his arm tossed around Tatiana Cherlin's shoulders, his fingers idly stroking her biceps.

I feel, am mad as any writer must in one way be; why not make it real? I am too close to the bourgeois society of suburbia: too close to people I know I must sever my self from them, or be a part of their world: this half and half compromise is intolerable.

I plummeted down past the zigzaggers, the students, the experts, through year after year of doubleness and smiles and compromise, into my own past.

Finally I decided that if it was so difficult to find a redblooded intelligent man who was still pure by the time he was twenty-one I might as well forget about staying pure myself and marry somebody who wasn't pure either. Then when he started to make my life miserable I could make his miserable as well.

I am learning how to compromise the wild dream ideals and the necessary realities without such screaming pain.

Always choosing one side of the coin, instead of simply choosing the coin itself. Both have so strongly rejected the other's side that they will regret it one day.

It was strange how most of the time we got along so well, but then there were these periods when it was a good things the knives were in the drawer and not out on display.