Eric Weiner Quotes

I'm a great believer in compromises. I do not believe in capitulation.

I'm a great believer in compromise. I know it's not popular among young idealists. Compromise is not popular. It's not at all popular among young people who these days call themselves "activists." They think compromises are dishonest, opportunistic, humiliating. Not in my vocabulary. In my vocabulary, the word "compromise" is synonymous to the word "life".

Compromise is when you do what I tell you and I do what I want. ~Tiny Cooper

For us, compromise never means surrender, but a step forward and some rest. That is all and nothing else.

Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it.

It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all.

Bargaining is a repulsive habit; compromise is one of the highest human virtues - the difference between the two being that the first is practised on the Continent, the latter in Great Britain.

Can compromise be an art? Yes--but a minor art.

I will go anywhere, anytime, to meet with anyone to find common ground.

compromise is the work of mature people.

The main aim of the [political] dialogue should be to resolve the problems of the nation, not to find who is the winner and who is the loser. That's not what it's all about. It's to try and find an answer that is acceptable to all parties concerned, which would of course require some give and take.

In my vocabulary, the word "compromise" is synonymous to the word "life".

When I say compromise I do not mean capitulation. When I say compromise I definitely do not mean what Jesus Christ meant when he offered us to turn our other cheek to our enemies. Compromise means, try to meet the other somewhere half-way. And, this can only happen if the other is willing to go half-way in order to meet you. That is the very strict line between compromise and capitulation.

Compromise is a stalling between two fools.

Compromise is like the middle of the road; always safer to walk on than the edges.

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.

Compromise is moving in the right directlon more slowly than one might like.

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

You have to compromise all the way. The only thing that counts is the result.

I'm a compromiser and a maneuverer. I try to get something. That's the way our system works.

Compromise is part of how we get things done.

I'm always willing to work stuff out, because I'm that type of guy.

When you show no willingness to compromise, then nothing ever happens.

You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.

I believe in friendly compromise. I said over in the Senate hearings that truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.