Negotiate Quotes

The Americans, in the Spanish system now in place, perhaps more so than ever before, have no other place in society than that of simple consumers; even in this they are burdened with shocking restrictions, such as a ban on the cultivation of European fruit, with control of these products monopolised by the king, a prohibition on factories which not even the peninsula possesses, exclusive commercial privileges even over basic needs, and customs bans between American provinces so that they cannot trade, understand each other or negotiate

Personally criticizing a member of my staff hardly seemed like the way to negotiate a deal.

I had to leave the Foreign Service to do the two things I joined it to do—negotiate, and make policy.

Hunter and I never got proper journalistic accreditation to go anywhere. Nobody was giving us passes to go in here or there. We always had to somehow talk our way in.

You have no power or authority, of course.... Is there anything we can appear to do?

The way you get deals done and the way you get good terms, is to have a competitive situation.

I open each class with an explanation of the singular importance of being a "dealmaker." The manifesto of the dealmaker is simple: Reality is negotiable.

We don’t negotiate for hostages’ release.

Never try to negotiate with anyone after he or she has eaten. People are best persuaded on an empty stomach. And forget power breakfasts. There is no convincing anyone of anything before 10 A.M.

Ah, take the Cash in hand and waive the Rest.

I remember the last three days that I was president, I never went to bed at all. I never went to bed until we had negotiated the final release of the hostages.

I said, maybe you need to take a risk with someone else. But they kept saying no, we want you to stay.

You negotiate in bad faith if you do not forgive your adversary.

I am willing to go anywhere. Israel will be surprised to hear that I am willing to go to the Knesset itself and negotiate with them.

According to some of the goo-goo's, we ought to negotiate with every individual until he's happy.

Russia is a European country, and so we'd better, if we want a powerful Europe, negotiate with Russia.

To barter and lose is better than not to go forth.

We can talk about the economy, we can talk about Social Security. The biggest problem this world has is nuclear proliferation. And we have a country out there, North Korea, which is sort of wacko, which is not a bunch of dummies. And they are going out and they are developing nuclear weapons. And they're not doing it because they're having fun doing it. They're doing it for a reason. And wouldn't it be good to sit down and really negotiate something and ideally negotiate? Now, if that negotiation doesn't work, you'd better solve the problem now than solve it later.

There is nothing that I'd love to do more than negotiate with Palestinians. This is my desire. This is my dream. This is my mission.

Marriage: love, honor, and negotiate.

If you get a bad review, you take that in your stride.

I was kinda scared. I thought Detroit was gonna take me. I would've asked them for so much money they would have to put me on layaway.

Life is full of compromises, and whether or not you're willing to negotiate.

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

When we come up upon a wall, it matters. We have to plan around it. It's a mitigating factor if you're trying to enter or cross from point A to point B.