1.
By fighting you never get enough,
but by yielding you get more than you expected.
Dale Carnegie
2.
You don't get what you deserve, you get what you earn.
Tom Brands
3.
People underestimate me, and that's fine. I prefer to go into negotiations being underestimated.
Ivanka Trump
4.
Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing.
Carrie Fisher
5.
The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, 'What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable.'
John F. Kennedy
6.
The first thing to decide before you walk into any negotiation is what to do if the other fellow says 'no'.
Ernest Bevin
7.
I have learned that in all negotiations nothing matters except the will to reach agreement.
Harold MacMillan
8.
Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven.
Rumi
10.
The most critical thing in a negotiation is to get inside your opponent's head and figure out what he really wants.
Jacob Lew
11.
A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed.
Eric Hoffer
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The single and most dangerous word to be spoken in business is no. The second most dangerous word is yes. It is possible to avoid saying either.
Lois Wyse
14.
If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it.
Ashleigh Brilliant
15.
Coming unto the Lord is not a negotiation, but a surrender.
Neal A. Maxwell
16.
Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.
George P. Shultz
17.
It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.
Ivan Goncharov
18.
Start out with an ideal and end up with a deal.
Karl Albrecht
19.
The only thing certain about any negotiation is that it will lead to another
negotiation .
Leigh Steinberg
22.
Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent.
Marvin Gaye
23.
There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation.
Meryl Streep
24.
[During fee negotiations for singing in Vienna:] I'm not interested in money, but it must be more than anyone else gets.
Maria Callas
25.
A negotiator should observe everything. You must be part Sherlock Holmes, part Sigmund Freud.
Victor Kiam
26.
Information is a negotiator's greatest weapon.
Victor Kiam
27.
It's just as unpleasant to get more than you bargain for as to get less.
George Bernard Shaw
28.
Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.
Charles Caleb Colton
30.
Anger can be an effective negotiating tool, but only as a calculated act, never as a reaction.
Mark McCormack
31.
Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties.
Natalie Massenet
32.
We don't point a pistol at our own forehead. That is not the way to conduct negotiations.
Benjamin Netanyahu
33.
No issue can be negotiated unless you first have the clout to compel negotiation.
Saul Alinsky
34.
No negotiation is ever possible if you have to negotiate not only with the people in the room but also with some other committee in permanent session.
Jack Straw
36.
There's just something fascinating to me about watching a business interaction unfold, and the negotiation. And how everything is negotiable in life.
Kether Donohue
38.
World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.
Richard Holbrooke
39.
Colonies are necessary to Germany. We shall get them through negotiation if possible; but if not, we shall take them.
Hjalmar Schacht
40.
Did we get anything like the sort of reform that would make the EU work better? No. Not even close. And worse, even with the certainty of a UK referendum following the negotiation, it is clear that there was no appetite amongst European leaders for anything more than a few minor concessions.
Andrea Leadsom
41.
All training is negotiation, whether you're training dogs or spouses
Ian Dunbar
42.
To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation.
Anita Brookner
43.
I believe it's a real tedious hostage negotiation to have a marriage be what it is.
Brad Garrett
44.
There is always a chance [for negotiations with Japan], or else it makes no sense to talk. How great is it? Right now, it is difficult for me to say, because this will depend, among other things, on the flexibility of our partners.
Vladimir Putin
45.
Negotiation is not a policy. It's a technique. It's something you use when it's to your advantage, and something that you don't use when it's not to your advantage.
John Bolton
46.
The negotiations must address all aspects, both peace and withdrawal.
Yitzhak Rabin
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Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance.
Claire Danes
49.
What we heard loud and clear is that the Battle Between the Sexes is over. It was a draw. Now we're engaged in Negotiation Between the Sexes.
Maria Shriver
50.
Once you realize that there are only certain points which you are willing to negotiate, it makes the negotiation much simpler.
Brad Katsuyama