Quotes About Compromise

I think it is unnatural to think that there is such a thing as a blue-sky, white-clouded happy childhood for anybody. Childhood is a very, very tricky business of surviving it. Because if one thing goes wrong or anything goes wrong, and usually something goes wrong, then you are compromised as a human being. You're going to trip over that for a good part of your life.

I hate your infernal croaking, but, if you're bound to talk, I suppose that I got to listen. Blaze away and finish up.

When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.

The moral dilemma is to make peace with the unacceptable

For the most part things never get built the way they were drawn.

Ima stvari koje se moraju u?initi, ali je još više stvari sa kojima se moramo pomiriti.

Every marriage is just two people striking a bargain," he went on in a softer tone. "I traded, you traded. So maybe it wasn't even.

that the things you want, you never get them. And if you do, they're not what you thought they'd be. But you'd still do anything to keep them. Because you'd wanted them for so long.

The things you want, you never get them. And if you do, they're not what you thought they'd be. But you'd still do anything to keep them. Because you'd wanted them for so long.

She hadn't learned, no one had taught her ... that the things you want, you never get them. And if you do, they're not what you thought they'd be. But you'd still do anything to keep them. Because you'd wanted them for so long.

When I pointed out to her that he'd like the wedding to include his sister's small children, she told me he had to realize he couldn't always get what he wanted.

Here is a good principle: If need be, give up your principles!

After about twenty years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of that one. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate.

After about 20 years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of that one. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate.

Santangelo is irritated. "We're not suppose to be collaborating. It's supposed to be a war and you're supposed to stick to the boundaries." "We've seen you in your jocks," she reminds him. "Taylor and Griggs have pashed. You've broken into your father's police station for us. Don't you think the war has lost a bit of its tension?

In the games of queens and kings, we leave our dreams at the door and we make do with what we have. Sometimes if we're fortunate, we still manage to have a good life.

It's called peaceful coexistence, Santangelo. You should try it and if it works we may sell the idea to the Israelis and Palestinians

I won't push you for it anymore, okay. We'll stick to clever conversation. A bit of this and that won't hurt. Yeah, it won't hurt you. It'll drive me bloody crazy.

So when good leaders don't want their people to die, they spend quite some time trying to work out how to achieve things without going to war. It's that simple!

We just have to learn to meet each other halfway okay?

We'll kill each other, Priestling." "I'll win most arguments, but you'll get used to it.

On the PLO : "I agree on the P, I agree on the O, I don't agree on the L

Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.

Orion loved argument just as much as I did, and we would shout at each other; quarrel violently, and continue to like each other. During