Quid Pro Quo Quotes

You give before you get.

There is no such thing as Something for nothing.

Gifts are not favors. If you expect something in return, it's not a gift.

Acting for me is not that quid pro quo.

Their [the North Koreans] idea of a concession was not a quid pro quo, like in Western countries. Their idea of a concession was that they're not going to budge, but what they will budge on is they will give you enough time to come to their conclusion, eventually. Time for them is not of the essence.

Everyone has their price. You just have to find out what it is.

Congress leaders will now come to offer you money. I suggest you take the money but don't vote for them.

Donald Trump doesn't necessarily stay mad for very long. He's a transactional guy. If you can offer him something, he will take it. Or from a salesman's point of view, if he's not making the sale, you're of no use to him. But if you suddenly come back into the showroom and are willing to buy, he's willing to sell.

If you're going to charge someone for something, you have to show them value for it.

I don't believe in getting something for nothing.

When people do things for you, it's because they want to - because you, in some way, give them something meaningful that makes them want to please you, not because anyone owes you anything.

Politics are impossible without spoils.... You have to deal with men as they are ... you must bribe the masses with spoils.

There will be scandals. There will be scandals. And then maybe we can reform again.

Bill Clinton's incredibly bold idea was to change the grant to a transaction: we'll give you something, but we demand something back; the way he would phrase it is, 'We'll give you opportunity, but you have to take responsibility.'

Political fealty trumps merit in the administration’s dealing with contractors.

Whatever you compromise to gain, you will lose.

Deciding whether a contribution is corrupt is difficult without knowing the motives of the donor.

Everything that you can imagine is going on is going on.

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.

He who boasts of a favor bestowed, would like it back again.

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.

All legislation is founded upon the principle of mutual concession.

I have a saying - 'You treat me good, I'll treat you better. You treat me bad, I'll treat you worse. And when in doubt, knock 'em out.'

What we have now is a situation where politicians get a whole bunch of money from mainly business interests. Then once they hold that office, they spend all their time in office paying back over and over again those campaign contributions through various favors and contracts and that sort of thing.

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.