Rakim Quotes

I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

The way we always want to compromise between everything, I think that's really Belgian. I think I'm really Belgian for that, because I never make choices. That's my problem, actually.

Fence straddlers have no balls. In compensation, however, they enjoy a comfortable seat and can retreat swiftly, when danger threatens, to either side of the fence. There is something to be said for every position.

The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing at all.

compromise is the work of mature people.

If you can't take both sides, it means you can only play yourself.

There is black. There is white. Gray is a cowardly excuse to mix our wants with our needs.

By dawn he had surrendered, gratefully, to the old inertia, the product of always seeing both sides of every question.

Compromise is a stalling between two fools.

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

Taking sides cannot bring peace and balance.

Compromise, while at times morally necessary or at least justifiable, is more often only the first permission for a person (or society) to begin a long downhill descent.

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

The art of compromise centers on the willingness to give up something in order to get something else in return. Successful artists get more than they give up.

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".

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.

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

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

I don't have the ability to find a middle ground with my audiences, and I know this too well.

You can't really be passionately moderate. It's like wearing an 'Extra Medium' - it doesn't exist.

In the Mediterranean you have a choice. Either you fight or you cooperate.

Stop the fighting and find the middle ground.

A liberal is a man who's too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.