Terry Pratchett Quotes

When you let someone else win an argument, often you both end up winners.

The main purpose of dialogue is to come to an agreement on how the two parties can work together, realize their mutual interests, and avoid conflict as much as possible

No winner, no loser

Don't organize in the spirit of antagonism; that should be beneath your consideration.

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

In politics, you must let the other person have your way.

I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.

Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.

I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist on the table.

It's more important to fly midpoint in deals and work together than to try to haggle for the last dollar.

Negotiations can create conditions that can lead to solutions.

It must be a peace with no losers.

Compromise, compromise and compromise.

The win-win situation is the basis for America's entire business world. Instead of wasting our time attempting to defeat each other, let's find a way that will make both of us gain and go home satisfied. In Israel, it doesn't work because the only meaning of victory is seeing your rival's body lying trampled on the floor.

I'm always ready to negotiate in good faith with others.

Deals really have to do with the overlap of what one side wants and the other side wants, and it's really just the discovery of where that overlap is and how you decide to get there.

One of the things with Canada is we're of a modest enough size that we never feel that the ideal outcome of any given deal is, we win and you lose.

Compromise is part of how we get things done.

Negotiation is often described as the art of letting the other side have your way. You have to give the other side a chance to put stuff on the table voluntarily.

When the conversation started to move to the things that we disagreed on, Donald Trump moved it back to the things that we could agree on. I think that's the way you get deals done, right? You and I might disagree 80% of the time but that still gives us 20% opportunity to try to work things out.

A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.

Win-win is a belief in the Third Alternative. It's not your way or my way; it's a better way, a higher way.

I'm a very friendly person, and I think that's had a big impact on my work because I tend to be pretty good with not trying to always win every argument and things like that. I just sort of try to bring a lot of people together to talk.

Solutions must be based on compromises.

I've grown up a little bit. I understand the importance of the negotiation. It is a collective act.