Quotes About Compromise

Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.

That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.

The lesser of two evils, or the least of the worst, is not good enough for the American people anymore.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

The most important thing for a good marriage is to learn how to argue peaceably.

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.

We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works.

A committee is a group of individuals who all put in a perfectly good color, and it comes out gray.

All problems exist in the absence of a good conversation.

Writers never get a very good deal in Hollywood.

Rather than assume that the wealthy are a monolithic, selfish and unfeeling lot who must be subjugated by the force of the state, set a tone that encourages people of good will to meet in the middle.

The danger of having too close deadlines... It could lead you to just accept an avenue that's not quite good enough.

Any good marriage involves a certain amount of play-acting.

I think that more and more you're going to see people of good will on their side of the aisle say you know what, we got to get off the bus here, this is not headed in the right direction.

If your lawyers tell you that you have a very good case, you should settle immediately.

I think there are a number of little Ribbentrops running around. But Molotov hasn't found a good enough deal yet.

I never let politics get personal. You can have the most intense, heated debate on issues, and so long as you keep it on issues, you can go out and have coffee afterwards and you're good friends.

Almost every thing, especially of governmental policy, is an inseparable compound of the two [good and evil].

Washington is a place where good ideas go to die.

If I can't negotiate something that gets more than four Republicans, I'm not a very good representative of my party.

I think that's the answer to a good marriage. Everyone has their own room.

I'm not in any way selling out by having a record that's good enough for radio.

Just once I want it to be easy and neat. But no, there is never a good decision. I pick what I can live with.

I am very good at groveling.