Quotes About Compromise

My missus knows to leave me alone.

Being the only Asian-American in the State Legislature, I've had no choice but to reach across the aisle.

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

Sequestration is leverage that should not be given up easily.

Sometimes you do what you like, and other times you do... what the other person likes. That is part of being in a healthy relationship.

In a fit of pique, I said to my agent, 'I'm going to write something you can sell.' The idea was to write a straight page-turner, with no literary conceits.

Litigation solves everything.

If we get it right, there need not be losers.

If the cost is lowering one's ego and a bit of money, so be it.

I have never said no to a film. Except once, 20-25 years ago, when a producer from Madras wanted me to play Jeetendra's father.

Why would you be a sell-out for making money out of what you can do?

In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.

Look, I know he's been married three times before. I accept it, but I don't want it driving up the driveway.

I'd rather not marry an actor because there isn't room in the house for two egos.

Una vez que hayas escogido a un hombre, no trates de cambiarlo. No se puede. Pero lo más importante es no permitir que trate de cambiarte a ti. Tampoco se puede, pero los hombres siempre lo intentan.

I'm not leaving you alone, even with a good shadow," he said firmly. "So either you move in with me, or I sleep on the couch here. Your choice." "Where will Audrey sleep?" she asked coldly.

I hate beer," she moaned. "If you drink enough of it, you won't care about the taste," he assured her. She gave the can a dubious stare, shrugged, closed her eyes, held her breath and drank heavily. "Yuck!" she said. "Keep going.

I could marry the Devil himself if he had some money.

The experience of the 1930s shows that it is not in ceding to the demands of one's enemies, and seeking compromise, that democracy has a chance to save itself, but rather in affirming its values and being ready to fight to defend them

the basement. "What do you want to do?" she said. "Whatever you want to do." "I want to do whatever's best for you." "What's best for me is to please you," I said. "I want to make you happy, Jack." "I'm happy when I'm pleasing you." "I just want to do what you want to do.

If they haven't compromised themselves already, in their hearts they want to, because being true to one's art, keeping the dream alive, is utterly exhausting.

Every honorable man is forced to yield to blackmail once or twice in his life, just for the sake of keeping peace in the community.

A great leader has to be flexible, holding his ground on the major principles but finding room for compromises that can bring people together. A great leader has to be savvy at negotiations so we don't drown every bill in pork barrel bridges to nowhere. I know how to stand my ground — but I also know that Republicans and Democrats need to find common ground to stand on as well.

In an atmosphere where compromise is viewed as akin to sedition, the result is a dynamic in which national security is often the victim.