Quotes About Compromise

We are the perfect couple, we're just not in the perfect situation.

I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading.

A truce with monsters, mediated by a fool.

The only thing I knew to do with a man was what I'd learned from my parents: to fight or not fight. I had no idea how to craft a partnership beyond that one basic thing.

Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings.

People give up the earth for beauty.

So what I was essentially doing was, I compromised the confidentiality of their proprietary software to advance my agenda of becoming the best at breaking through the lock.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

We must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils.

Some women have the best husbands. Others make the best of the husbands they have.

The best thing to break is a contract.

The Republican leadership thinks the best way to avoid losing elections is to let the Democrats win every controversial issue.

Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism. The best of both worlds.

War is not the best way of settling differences; it is the only way of preventing their being settled for you.

Cooperation - To get cooperation, you must give cooperation. Always seek to find the best way rather than insisting on your own way.

All the best movies are the ones that are cut from a more middle ground.

The first thing to decide before you walk into any negotiation is what to do if the other fellow says 'no'.

The single and most dangerous word to be spoken in business is no. The second most dangerous word is yes. It is possible to avoid saying either.

The only thing certain about any negotiation is that it will lead to another negotiation .

When a company or an individual compromises one time, whether it's on price or principle, the next compromise is right around the corner.

I thought I was going to be a math major. My parents were both accountants and wanted me to major in business. Math was our compromise.

In Business, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

I don't want to argue with my wife about her car - or my driving.

perfect is the enemy of good.