In life, people sometimes make rotten deals.
… relative positions have a way of changing. When the underdog becomes top dog, he is hardly likely to go on considering himself bound by a bad bargain he entered into unwillingly.
An Obama administration desperate to strike a deal is likely to strike a bad one.
Nothing in fine print is ever good news.
The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
There are so many traps, so many ways of getting screwed in this business.
In many cases, you're forced to make deals that are not the deal you'd make.
This deal is a sugar-coated satan sandwich. If you lift the bun, you will not like what you see.
The deal looks bad and smells worse.
If somebody had made that [deal] to me when I was a businessman, I would have said he proposed to give me the sleeves from his vest.