Sidney Poitier Quotes

Solutions must be based on compromises.

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

If you have to compromise, be sure to compromise up.

I would love nothing more than compromise. But I would say to you that compromise that's not a solution is a waste of time.

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

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

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

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

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

Compromise is an underrated virtue. The world is awash with dead people because politicians would not compromise.

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

Compromise, compromise and compromise.

The art of compromise centers on the willingness to give up something in order to get something else in return.

Negotiation or Compromise can get you beat.

It ought not to be beyond the intelligence of even the most hidebound local politician to see the benefits of imaginative compromise.

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

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.

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.

But we have to find ways of compromising when we disagree on something. You know what compromise is, right?" "Uh-huh. It's when you don't get to have everything your way and I don't get to have everything my way, and no one's happy.

Any relationship that you have is about negotiation - anything - whether there is a written contract or not.

Let me make it very clear: 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. I'm a great believer in compromises. I do not believe in capitulation.

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

I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. I've always said this is the only way forward.

There are two types of people: those who try to win and those who try to win arguments. They are never the same.

Campaigns often make standing on principle the highest of virtues - and listening to your opponents a sure sign of weakness. It's the virtual opposite of what it takes to succeed in office. Squaring the circle takes a powerful combination of skills. But presidents who can campaign and compromise are generally the most successful.