Compromise Quotes

That's one thing about Hollywood. People don't always want what's real. People always want a little more. So for me, it's a compromise. Here you go, that hyper-reality.

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.

If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.

In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.

When I handed over the names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union, I had come to the conclusion that the loss of these sources to the U.S. would not compromise significant national defense, political, diplomatic interests.

I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence.

There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.

But transitions from the politics of violence to democratic compromise are always messy.

Politics is compromise.

Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away.

When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromise.

The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.

You need to do the work to bring the money in, but not compromise standards.

I can't be a wife. I'm not that sort of person. Wives have to compromise all the time.

It's not that I'm not willing to compromise. But I won't compromise on principles.

This product is a compromise, and the nature of compromise is that you don't get everything you want.

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

The Senate needs 60 votes to pass anything. They have to compromise with liberal Democrats to spend more money. Even though arguably we have control of the Senate, we really don't.

I don't compromise my principles for politics.

Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise.

I went to a bunch of marches in New York and Washington, and you know I believe in the cause, but to march with those people takes a lot of compromise on my end.

Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.

In Washington, compromise has become a dirty word.

You know, there's a difference between politicians and leaders. Politicians read poll numbers and compromise. Leaders do what's morally right.

If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is compromise.

I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.

Climate change is analogous to Lincoln and slavery or Churchill and Nazism: it's not the kind of thing where you can compromise.

We're not going to scrap the budget and make up some totally new platform the day after the election. So it's certainly willingness to compromise but we're not going back on the fundamental things we're running on in this campaign.

There's no way to reconcile Islam with Christianity. This difference of opinion admits of compromise as much as a coin toss does.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

I very seldom compromise. I am a Capricorn.

I did look for compromise. I worked in a bipartisan way.

I sure tried to help deliver compromise, consensus, bipartisanship.

To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic gifts and abilities that sustained me.

Studies have been done showing that there really are gender differences, that women do bring more congeniality and compromise to the table.

Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.

It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all.

Sometimes compromise is painful.

Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals.

You cannot compromise unless people talk to you.

In a deal, you give and take. You compromise. Then you grab the cash and catch the next train out of town.

Producing is a world of compromise and actors are utterly spoiled all the time.

I don't recognize any law but the Sharia of Islam. There is no compromise.

Otherwise, to be a movie star, it's a lot of compromise and also a lot of headaches. You can't do what you want. You become a prisoner of your fame. This happened to me in France and I don't want it.

When the Tea Party comes to town, compromise goes out the door.

Life involves other people and it is a compromise.

As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is a given.

To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.

It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.

True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

I hope it goes beyond meeting with them to a willingness to listen and compromise on issues.

I believe that the Apple Shuffle is an excellent compromise among the conflicting requirements of simplicity, elegance, size, battery life, and function.

If you ask me to compromise on principle, I will get out the veto pen.

Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.

You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise.

The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests.

If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity.

I never want to compromise my act just to get a laugh.

The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adoption compromise solutions.

A couple of guys won Academy Awards for the things that I turned down. Today, after coming to terms with everything, after being in therapy for a long time-there are areas where I will compromise.

I would love nothing more than compromise. But I would say to you that compromise that's not a solution is a waste of time.

Lovers of audio books learn to live with compromise.

Yes, years of compromise and disappointment have added depth to my acting.

I'm hoping that a lifetime of compromise and disappointment will read as extra depth and layers in my work.

We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.

More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency.

I don't think there's anything in the compromise that means that there's a clash of ethics.

I think a man becomes less than a man when he begins to compromise on what he believes is right.

I think that anything that has privileges have responsibility and all people that is clear about their responsibility has compromise.

Compromise has a negative connotation.

I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them.

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.

Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it.

Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise.

We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum.

You have to compromise all the way. The only thing that counts is the result.