Quotes About Compromise

It was a compromise. There was a sense that I could write my own memoirs, and Larry [Grobel] would help me down the line, or maybe not, maybe he was too close to me.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

An Iranian moderate is one who has run out of ammunition.

General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and move onto the reservation.

Just because you didn't get your way, don't take your ball and go home.

I think a lot of nights together have been spoiled by somebody not being able to find a parking spot and saying, "Why don't we just go home?"

You could not bribe honest people, but bad people would accept bribery.

We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it's easy, but when it is hard.

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

To obtain a just compromise, concession must not only mutual-it must be equal also....There can be no hope that either will yield more than it gets in return.

When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.

I always hold out hope. Mediation is an opportunity for each side to present their case, and for us to get back to the table again.

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

How true is it that humanity refuses compromise during prosperity, and reaches out for arbitration when weak.

It is easier to make war than to make peace.

I think one of the dangers of humor is becoming seduced by it and sacrificing the story for a few laughs.

The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten

Heroism doesn't pay very well. I try to be cold-blooded and money-oriented, but I keep screwing it up.

I think pickles are cucumbers that sold out.

What about a compromise? I'll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I'll apologize.

If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right.

When you actually meet the devil and he offers you a deal most artists eventually negotiate.

I think pickles are cucumbers that sold out. They sold their soul to the devil, and the devil is dill.