Donna Karan Quotes

In general ... I tell people not to bang their heads against the wall and to find a compromise.

I don't have the ability to find a middle ground with my audiences, and I know this too well.

Negotiating with Franco is like having your teeth pulled.

If we can’t agree on the facts, how can we agree on the solutions?

Dealing with political things, it's not for me. It makes me crazy. I want to buy, you want to sell. Please make it simple.

I don't think that confrontation always leads to a solution.

When you can agree on one thing, you should have no expectation that suddenly a person is converted to your way of thinking. You have to be willing to be frustrated constantly.

There was something special about watching a manager and umpire both convinced they were totally right, but knowing that one had to be wrong. As an ump, those moments made my job fun, and getting 'nose-to-nose' was part of my job description.

Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.

The brave view is that talking it out helps work it out. Maybe the realistic view is that talking it out inflames the issues further. But that is America, especially these days.

Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.

Look, not everybody plays well with each other on the playground. I get that, that's politics.

Because everyone in the world has the power to edit, Wikipedia has long been plagued by the so-called edit war. This is like a house where the husband wants it warm and the wife wants it cool and they sneak back and forth adjusting the thermostat at cross purposes.

If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.

Sharon is capable of making peace.

Consensus building doesn't necessarily fit with my experience.

The only thing you think of is that you are in the middle and that you've got to find a way to stop it.

When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period.

I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.

I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make.

I'm not a politician or a political expert, but I believe that there are many ways to look at peace.

The Iranians and Persians are excellent at the art of negotiation.

Between you and me, I think that may be one of the things that will help with the collaboration, because there are things Eric thinks I'm moving too quickly on, and there are things I think he's dragging out. When it gets to the editor they can arbitrate.

I'll keep us out of war with Oklahoma!