Thom Mayne Quotes

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

Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way.

Compromise is part of how we get things done.

Sometimes you need conflict in order to come up with a solution. Through weakness, oftentimes, you can't make the right sort of settlement, so I'm aggressive, but I also get things done, and in the end, everybody likes me.

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

Costa Rica believes in building bridges, in looking for solutions to problems, and not clinging to positions.

You don’t have to be confrontational of aggressive to get to where you want to be or get people to do what you want to do.

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

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

One good thing about being in business is you learn to compromise. And so you learn to strike a deal that maybe isn't what you were looking for but is better than what you've got.

It is not always possible to have everything go as one likes. In working with allies, it sometimes happens that they develop opinions of their own

Engagement is not appeasement. Engagement is not surrender.

Solutions must be based on compromises.

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

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

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

Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit.

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

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

One thing I learned particularly at Yale was how to work with others. Having studied so long trying to master myself, the biggest challenge was learning about the other person's work.

We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway.

Yielding is sometimes the best way of succeeding.

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

Negotiations can create conditions that can lead to solutions.

I don't twist arms. I shake hands.