Kevin McCloud Quotes

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

In general ... I tell people not to bang their heads against the wall and to find a compromise.

Compromise is part of how we get things done.

Solutions must be based on compromises.

Negotiations can create conditions that can lead to solutions.

Negotiators run the risk of achieving agreement and then having to take yes for an answer when they are emotionally accustomed to confrontation.

In any negotiation you have a wish list but then you proceed from where you can be.

My nature is to compromise and get things done for the state.

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.

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

I've grown up a little bit. I understand the importance of the negotiation. It is a collective act.

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

Sometimes you need conflict in order to come up with a solution. Through weakness, oftentimes, you can't make the right sort of settlement, so I'm aggressive, but I also get things done, and in the end, everybody likes me.

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

Very few conflicts in the history of the world have been satisfactorily concluded according to a published timetable, because you lose all flexibility in dealing with your opponents.

You know, you pick and choose your battles.

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

If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.

Compromise is the key element. The more constraints you have, the more compromise you have to have. But, I personally believe that, when that happens, you have to get more creative, and you end up with something that is even better.

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

Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way.

Negotiating is a little like jazz. You improvise on a theme. You know where you want to go, but you’re not always sure how to get there.

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.

I have to fight as if there were no negotiations and negotiate as if there was no war.

Conflict resolution cannot be merely about eliminating all opposition or reducing the choices in negotiating the problem to two mutually exclusive sets of rights and wrongs. Rather, it must consist of laboring to bring everybody to accept reality and then to project a future with this understanding as the foundation.