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Quotes About Compromise

Like his other articles on Hitler, Churchill submitted this in advance to the Foreign Office, which asked him to tone it down. He did, a little. When they still complained of its toughness, he published it anyway.
~ Andrew Roberts
If I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Evil is evil, Stregobor," said the witcher seriously as he got up. "Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit. I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all. Time for me to go. We'll see each other tomorrow.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Neutralno?? zwykle bywa pod?a.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Evil is evil, Stregobor," said the witcher seriously as he got up. "Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit. I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Um mal é um mal… Menor, maior, médio, tanto faz… As proporções são convencionadas e as fronteiras, imprecisas. Não sou um santo eremita e não pratiquei apenas o bem ao longo de minha vida. Mas, se me couber escolher entre dois males, prefiro abster-me por completo da escolha.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Evil is evil, Stregobor. Lesser, greater, middling, it is all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Peace talks are a market. A country fair. So that some people can be bought, others must be sold. Thus the world runs its course. The point is not to pay too high a price . . .' 'And not to sell oneself too cheaply,' finished the elf, without raising his head.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Evil is evil, Stregobor,' said the witcher seriously as he got up. 'Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Tutto ha il suo prezzo. La guerra esige delle vittime. La pace, a quanto pare, anche.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Conozco algo la política, sé que tiene dos fines alternativos: uno es el entendimiento, el otro el conflicto. El entendimiento se alcanza cuando uno de los bandos finge que se traga las trolas que le cuenta el otro bando.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Un orrore morale tale da pervadere visibilmente i lineamenti! Non si era mai visto nulla di simile. Eravamo piuttosto sorprese, e ci sentimmo persino scorrette, come se noi vivessimo in un crepuscolo etico, in un pidocchioso mondo di compromessi, menzogne, giochi di prestigio applicati ai sentimenti. E così era, credo. La chiamavamo "Vita".
~ Angela Carter
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.
~ Angela Merkel
If a person seems inflexible, yield, then slip in sideways and get what you want.
~ Angie Cruz
The most important thing for a good marriage is to learn how to argue peaceably.
~ Anita Ekberg
Compromise - Lowering my standards. So you can meet them.
~ Anita Liberty
How can you expect me to go away with you, with this hanging over us. Just sort it out!
~ Ann Cleeves
She liked it when Joe stood up to her, as long as he didn't do it too often.
~ Ann Cleeves
You have to turn a blind eye to politics in nearly all Westerns.
~ Clive Sinclair
The best you can sometimes do is learn to take a breath, count to ten and simply accept that try as you might, no, your husband will never, ever learn not to drop a wet towel on the bed. That acceptance too counts as resolving a fight.
~ Jeffrey Kluger
You know what, if you compromise and do stuff that's not becoming to you as an artist, that's your fault.
~ Marina and the Diamonds