Quotes About Compromise

Politicians are more concerned with "issues" than "principles," but talked as though the two nouns had the same meaning.

Diplomatic exchange combined the worst aspects of explaining things to a toddler and talking with a mother-in-law. It was dull, it was tedious, it was exasperating, and it was necessary.

we are enemies. I would as soon kill you as have dinner with you. But even enemies can negotiate, can't they, now?

What I thought was sacrifice was actually just inconvenience.

Gain cannot be made without loss to someone else.

Kavad himself, if obliged to fight on a Jewish holy day, had been known to request his adversaries for a temporary truce.

Threats ... are the last resort of the inadequate negotiator.

Many of the Founding Fathers themselves foresaw that their compromise with southern states was a poison pill that would eventually lead to tragedy. But the French stalwarts of the new America found every way of glossing over the problem. Paris theaters staged plays about the idyllic life in Virginia, where black slaves and their masters sang songs of liberty as they worked together side by side.

There's a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises.... If you write for life, you'll work hard; you'll do what's honest, not what pays

She could not get his love. . .so she settled for his fear.

Men are often reluctant to give up their wants and their agendas, when necessary, for their wives.

All modern U.S. presidents are perforce politicians, prisoners of their past pronouncements, their party, their constituency, and their colleagues.

A democracy of permanent consensus will not long remain a democracy.

It is tempting to conform: community life is a lot easier where everyone appears to agree with everyone else, and where dissent is blunted by the conventions of compromise.

I felt as if my parents had pushed me into the street, that a deal had been made and I was being passed into the hands of a man. At least he is a good man, I thought, even if his hands are not as clean as they could be.

Get involved with humanity and you find yourself morally compromised,' he said, unencouragingly.

Scientific advancement is never without loss.

Unfortunately it's an incontrovertible fact that sound common sense flies out of the window as soon as love comes in through the door.

It'th high time we tried getting Anabel on board with uth," said Grayson with his mouth so full that I could hardly make out what he was saying. I moved Lottie's leek and bacon tart out of his reach. "Sorry, I don't speak greedyguts-ish," I said as Grayson grunted in protest.

Charlotte faceva sempre quello che le dicevo. Tu invece no. E questo è molto scocciante. Però anche divertente. E dolce." Stavolta non fu solo il suo sguardo a farmi vacillare.

We can't always follow our hearts, no matter how good our intentions are. Sometimes, whether we like it or not, we just have to do whatever's necessary to keep ourselves going.

Cred ca societatea are nevoie de anumite persoane care sa ii faca treburile murdare.

Your ideal partner is not someone you never disagree with but someone you are glad to disagree with.

The methods that will most effectively minimize the ability of intruders to compromise information security are comprehensive user training and education. Enacting policies and procedures simply won't suffice. Even with oversight the policies and procedures may not be effective: my access to Motorola, Nokia, ATT, Sun depended upon the willingness of people to bypass policies and procedures that were in place for years before I compromised them successfully