Amos Oz Quotes

Compromise is a skill, and like all skills it atrophies from lack of use.

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 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".

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.

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

compromise is the work of mature people.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Solutions must be based on compromises.

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.

Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out.

The fellow who says he'll meet you halfway usually thinks he's standing on the dividing line.

Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there's going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.

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.

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

Compromise, compromise and compromise.