Isaiah Thomas Quotes

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.

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.

The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.

My view is that while you do occasionally have differences you ought to have a process where you can sit down and talk about things. How else do you solve problems?

Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes.

I think we can work through a lot of these issues.

Negotiations can create conditions that can lead to solutions.

Negotiators run the risk of achieving agreement and then having to take yes for an answer when they are emotionally accustomed to confrontation.

If there are differences of views or divergence of ideas, they can be resolved through discussion and dialogue.

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

Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization.

I do believe that any conflict has a better chance of being resolved if two people can come face to face.

Negotiation is empathy. It's almost trite to say that if you can't put yourself in the seat of the other person you're speaking with, you're not going to do well. It's not about being a bully, not about making offers people can't refuse.

There is no conflict in the world that cannot be solved.

Surely, serious problems can't be solved just by talking about them.

People have to deal with their issues together; they have to expose themselves and kind of exhaust themselves.

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

If the auto plants in Detroit would just sit around the table and say, 'What do we gotta do to make this thing work?' Instead of, 'I want this and I want that.' They might make it.

I've grown up a little bit. I understand the importance of the negotiation. It is a collective act.

Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.

My job is to come up with something that you like and you agree with that you would play wholeheartedly. If we disagree, I may not be doing my job correctly.

When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it's an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.

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.

The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.

My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.