Quotes About Compromise

unfortunately we have to make war as we must and not as we should like to.

the sharpest political differences are sometimes found not incompatible with personal friendship.

I resisted these movements whenever they came to my notice. In this I was supported by Marshal Stalin, who followed the Russian maxim, "You may always walk with the Devil till you get to the end of the bridge.

There is great danger in trying to have things both ways.

if the issue were presented to the British as a naked trading away of British possessions for sake of the fifty destroyers it would certainly encounter vehement opposition.

Quit murdering and start arguing.

Burke's dictum, "If I cannot have reform without injustice, I will not have reform.

Even the good guys,' she said, 'can't win all the time.

This case needs a Solomon, unfortunately we got Roy Bean.

Soon-Yi will be the first to tell you in over twenty years of marriage, and the many disagreements we've had, I have never once been right on a single issue.

Well, it's hard to compromise for anybody in life. It's a very unpleasant pill to swallow, the pill of compromise.

Wurm has learned to live with his wife's peccadillos, but only because he does not know what peccadillos are as she has convinced him they're Mexican food.

Of course, I do everything for money.

Now, your mother and I made a deal when we first got married that if either one of us ever watched the 'wunnerful, wunnerful' Lawrence Welk Show or listened to country music the other one got to get a free divorce.

But democrats are seldom welcome on planets run by totalitarian governments, and scarcely more welcome on planets where anarchy prevails--this is due to the very nature of democracy, the only practical compromise between totalitarianism and anarchy.

I've found it wise to enjoy any time of truce, while recognizing it for what it is. A truce.

I do try to get my own way, but I think it's because I'll never get my way on anything that matters

I could turn you over to the bluejackets, you know. It's in your best interest to come to terms." Han shrugged and ran his hand over the interior wall. "This place could burn down, you know. Maybe even with you inside. That'd be a shame.

Now let's try that again. Ask my wife nice, and maybe I'll let you sleep in the same bed as your teeth tonight.

Let's go find someplace with a little less traffic." She grinned up at him. "I like it here." He narrowed his eyes. "Just once, could you pretend to agree with me on something? Or are you always going to be this obstinate?" "Try me." "Black," he said. "White." "Yes." "No." "Stay." "Go." "Great. Knew I could get you to see it my way.

I figure that the degree of difficulty in combining two lives ranks somewhere between rerouting a hurricane and finding a parking place in downtown Manhattan.

If he had a wife, he'd have warmth in his bed, to be sure. But if he had a wife, he'd have a wealth of other problems. Like having a wife.

There was a time when I considered taking my chartered exams. But then I met Stuart and my career began to take a back seat to his. He often tells me I'll be the one to give up my career – such as it is – anyway when we have kids, so what's the point in doing all that training? I suppose he has a point.

All who make wishes are the same. When one wish comes into conflict with someone else's wish ... then one must make a choice. Either abandon one's own wish ... or crush the other's wish for the sake of your own.