Jim Clyburn Quotes

You can cooperate and not compromise your core values. But I'm a realist with the philosophy that sometimes you've got to take bites out of the apple instead of the whole apple.

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

I'm a compromiser and a maneuverer. I try to get something. That's the way our system works.

One good thing about being in business is you learn to compromise. And so you learn to strike a deal that maybe isn't what you were looking for but is better than what you've got.

From collaborating with other people, you make concessions, and those concessions are great because sometimes you are definitely wrong.

I'm a great believer in compromises. I do not believe in capitulation.

For us, compromise never means surrender, but a step forward and some rest. That is all and nothing else.

It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble.

In politics, you must let the other person have your way.

One thing I learned particularly at Yale was how to work with others. Having studied so long trying to master myself, the biggest challenge was learning about the other person's work.

I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist on the table.

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

I could sit down and talk with the devil if necessary.

Life is about compromise - in relationships and at work.

Compromise is part of how we get things done.

When you show no willingness to compromise, then nothing ever happens.

Can compromise be an art? Yes--but a minor art.

I will go anywhere, anytime, to meet with anyone to find common ground.

You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.

Compromise is a skill, and like all skills it atrophies from lack of use.

When I say compromise I do not mean capitulation. When I say compromise I definitely do not mean what Jesus Christ meant when he offered us to turn our other cheek to our enemies. Compromise means, try to meet the other somewhere half-way. And, this can only happen if the other is willing to go half-way in order to meet you. That is the very strict line between compromise and capitulation.

Compromise is like the middle of the road; always safer to walk on than the edges.

It is not always possible to have everything go as one likes. In working with allies, it sometimes happens that they develop opinions of their own

I'm a great believer in compromise. I know it's not popular among young idealists. Compromise is not popular. It's not at all popular among young people who these days call themselves "activists." They think compromises are dishonest, opportunistic, humiliating. Not in my vocabulary. In my vocabulary, the word "compromise" is synonymous to the word "life".

You need to be able to agree from time to time if we're going to get anywhere. Once you have started a civil dialogue, it's a much smoother road to compromise. The key thing to remember is it's a daily practice.