Quotes tagged ‘Compromise’

“Change is compromise.”

— Anthony McCarten, Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI, Anthony Hopkins, imdb.com

“I was born like this. Why should I compromise myself?”

— Sally Wainwright, Anne Lister, Suranne Jones, imdb.com

“Perhaps the question, then, isn’t whether change in love is good or bad, but how to tell the difference between identity loss and identity gains. Self-sacrifice and healthy compromise. Maintaining personal integrity versus closing yourself off.”

— Joanna Kyte, manrepeller.com

“The whole band is very particular. We don't go in for half measures and I'm very hard with myself. There're no compromises. If I thought a song wasn't quite right, I'd discard it. I'm very intricate and delicate.”

— Freddie Mercury, theguardian.com

“You can look the other way once, and it's no big deal, except it makes it easier for you to compromise the next time, and pretty soon that's all you're doing — compromising, because that's the way you think things are done. You know those guys I busted? You think they were the bad guys? Because they…”

— Robert Cochran, Joel Surnow, Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland, imdb.com

“Jean Girard: Bon. So, what if you just said: 'I love really thin pancakes'? That is a fair compromise, no? Kyle: That is a fair compromise. Herschell: Very fair, actually. Ricky Bobby: No! Because then everyone would know I really meant crêpes! Kyle: That's actually a pretty good compromise right th…”

— Will Ferrell, Ricky Bobby, Will Ferrell, imdb.com

“It's conflict and it's compromise, and it's just...it's new every time. It's brand-new every night. It's very, very exciting!”

— Damien Chazelle, Sebastian Wilder, Ryan Gosling, imdb.com

“It's compromise that moves us along.”

— Maroon 5, open.spotify.com

“It is so much easier to hate than to love. Always remember to try and love the ones around you no matter if you agree with them or not. The only way to achieve anything is to work with those who have different views than you and to aspire to find compromise.”

— Lauren Hogg, twitter.com

“You think that compromise is weakness. It’s not. It’s survival.”

— Daniel C. Connolly, Waldo, Stephen Lang, imdb.com

“The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over.”

— Gordon Ramsay, vanityfair.com

“Bela: You make me an offer and I think you'll find me highly cooperative. Gordon: OK, how about you tell me where they are, or I kill you right now?”

— Sera Gamble, Gordon Walker, Sterling K. Brown, imdb.com

“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.”

— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org

“A man who tries to please all men by weakening his position or compromising his beliefs, in the end has neither position nor beliefs.”

— Pierre Trudeau, ebay.com

“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.”

— Janis Joplin, facebook.com

“You may either win your peace, or buy it:—win it, by resistance to evil;—buy it, by compromise with evil.”

— John Ruskin, amazon.com

“I don’t have to hide or be somebody I’m not. I don’t have to compromise. I can just be myself.”

— Cory Monteith, amazon.com

“Don’t compromise yourself - you’re all you have.”

— John Grisham, amazon.com

“You will always be too much of something for someone: too big, too loud, too soft, too edgy. If you round out your edges, you lose your edge.”

— Danielle LaPorte, amazon.com

“We held a conversation where we were trying to address also those areas where we disagree, but we tried to bring people together and tried to find a compromise that is good for both sides.”

— Angela Merkel, yahoo.com