Jessica Chastain Quotes

There are ways of fighting for your interests. I never do something in business that I wouldn't do in life.

I see negotiations as an honest attempt to reach a deal that's great for everyone at the table. But sometimes, for whatever reason, that's impossible. You need to accept that possibility-don't make a deal for the sake of making a deal. If you do, chances are it will fall apart later anyway, with costs and headaches for everyone involved. And once you walk away, don't come back.

That's what happens in the world. You get offered superior contracts.

The best way to make a good deal is to have the ability to walk away from it.

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

The only sound approach to collective bargaining is to work out an agreement that clarifies the rights and responsibilities of the parties, establishes principles and operates to the advantage of all concerned.

You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends.

Negotiations can create conditions that can lead to solutions.

We always find that taking a fairly hard-line position means our membership gets the best deal possible.

You can never in negotiations be totally predictable. The minute you’re predictable, they’re going to figure out how to take advantage.

It’s hard to cut a deal if you don’t know who to make a deal with.

You have to find a deal where each side can say “we held firm on what matters.”

Anyone who has ever negotiated an agreement knows that in order to get it, you have to be willing to walk away from the table..

Negotiating is an art—it is a real art.

That’s the trick in any negotiation. Getting to yes means getting the other party satisfied that its interest are being met sufficiently…. You both got to get something out of it that your prepared to fight for at home.

When you negotiate a deal, you clearly know a lot about the other person.

Deals really have to do with the overlap of what one side wants and the other side wants, and it's really just the discovery of where that overlap is and how you decide to get there.

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.

You don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

Fair play doesn't pertain in bargaining. What matters there is leverage.

Business deals are successfully negotiated every day throughout America. The common thread is a mutual desire to reach an accord. And the media business is no different.

I'd like to add that negotiating is not something to be avoided or feared - it's an everyday part of life.

It was a mutual thing. I made a deal with them: I asked them if they did not bring out the place card of Malachi, I would let them have two minutes with each one of my patients.

In a deal, you give and take. You compromise. Then you grab the cash and catch the next train out of town.

I like to think of sales as the ability to gracefully persuade, not manipulate, a person or persons into a win-win situation.