Negotiation Quotes

By fighting you never get enough,
but by yielding you get more than you expected.

You don't get what you deserve, you get what you earn.

People underestimate me, and that's fine. I prefer to go into negotiations being underestimated.

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.'

Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing.

The first thing to decide before you walk into any negotiation is what to do if the other fellow says 'no'.

I have learned that in all negotiations nothing matters except the will to reach agreement.

Jihad and the rifle alone. NO negotiations, NO conferences and NO dialogue

Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven.

The most critical thing in a negotiation is to get inside your opponent's head and figure out what he really wants.

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.

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.

A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it.

Coming unto the Lord is not a negotiation, but a surrender.

Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.

Start out with an ideal and end up with a deal.

The only thing certain about any negotiation is that it will lead to another negotiation .

It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

If you keep groaning, please do it to a rythmn I can dance to.

Your "if" is the only peacemaker; much virtue in "if.

Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent.

There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation.

A negotiator should observe everything. You must be part Sherlock Holmes, part Sigmund Freud.

[During fee negotiations for singing in Vienna:] I'm not interested in money, but it must be more than anyone else gets.

Information is a negotiator's greatest weapon.

It's just as unpleasant to get more than you bargain for as to get less.

Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.

We don't point a pistol at our own forehead. That is not the way to conduct negotiations.

You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.

Anger can be an effective negotiating tool, but only as a calculated act, never as a reaction.

Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties.

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.

All training is negotiation, whether you're training dogs or spouses

To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation.

No issue can be negotiated unless you first have the clout to compel negotiation.

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.

We were not born to sue, but to command.

There's just something fascinating to me about watching a business interaction unfold, and the negotiation. And how everything is negotiable in life.

Tell me again how much you agree with me.

World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

Colonies are necessary to Germany. We shall get them through negotiation if possible; but if not, we shall take them.

I believe it's a real tedious hostage negotiation to have a marriage be what it is.

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.

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.

The negotiations must address all aspects, both peace and withdrawal.

Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance.

To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach.

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.

Once you realize that there are only certain points which you are willing to negotiate, it makes the negotiation much simpler.