If you compromise and hire someone mediocre, you will always regret it. Read Summary
Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer. Read Summary
If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing. Read Summary
I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it. Read Summary
I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I'm sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don't even know when you're being compromised till after the fact, and that's what you regret. Read Summary
There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat. Read Summary
The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over. Read Summary
To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. Read Summary
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. Read Summary
My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise. Read Summary
But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward. Read Summary
The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune. Read Summary
We're willing to make difficult and hard decisions and compromises to live in peace with our neighbours, but we're entitled to our own country where Jews from around the world can come here, just as Palestinians from around the world can come to the Palestinian state. Read Summary
A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.' Read Summary
We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway. Read Summary
You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not. Read Summary
Human beings are born solitary, but everywhere they are in chains - daisy chains - of interactivity. Social actions are makeshift forms, often courageous, sometimes ridiculous, always strange. And in a way, every social action is a negotiation, a compromise between 'his,' 'her' or 'their' wish and yours. Read Summary
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. Read Summary
I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle. Read Summary
Human beings yield in many situations, even important and spiritual and central ones, as long as it prolongs one's well-being. Read Summary