Compromise Quotes

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

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.

Every day there is a compromise. Living with somebody requires a lot of understanding. But I love being married. I really love it.

In a relationship, when does the art of compromise become compromising?

I love the TV show, and if you make a bad movie it means you've soiled it. Just like if we made an advert. We were offered so many times and I'd say, look, this is the good thing, and you can't compromise that, because then you compromise the integrity of the characters.

I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more.

Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out.

Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity.

We can still find middle ground, truly secure our borders, deal with those already here and address our labor needs. But those who advocate giving current illegal aliens and future guest workers a special path to citizenship must compromise.

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

I felt that to do this drug, I had to become someone totally different than I was. I had to compromise my integrity, my value system. I knew it was so wrong.

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

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

The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.

I sincerely believe that there's room for cutting down trees for forestry and grazing, so as we all get to eat. Everyone has to compromise.

Oftentimes, when constituencies or sectors of opinion are distinct, when they are confronted with a situation where they're going to have to make a serious compromise, they react very negatively publicly, but they also recognize when they step back that this is right.

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.

Get it - get it better or get it worse. No middle ground of compromise.

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.

By focusing once and for all on helping the Palestinians build a free society, I have no doubt that an historic compromise between Israelis and Palestinians can be reached and that peace can prevail.

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

Compromise: An agreement between two men to do what both agree is wrong.

The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.

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

Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there's going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.

You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not.

I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men.

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

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

I never heard the word 'compromise' used. So I'm starting to believe that these terms only come into play to try and force Republicans to do what the Democrats want.