George Mikes Quotes

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

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

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".

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

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

Bargaining is essential to the life of the world; but nobody has ever claimed that it is an ennobling process.

I don't understand the art of compromise, and it's a shame the politicians don't understand that as well, you know, we might have a better, clearer world. But then saying that, we might also get a lot of Donald Trump's running left right and centre.

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 the door through which deception enters.

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.

Compromise is when you do what I tell you and I do what I want. ~Tiny Cooper

Negotiation or Compromise can get you beat.

To compromise simply means that you go a tiny bit below what you know is right.

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

When you put emphasis on compromise rather than on principle, you end up with 2/3 of the principles being implemented.

compromise is the work of mature people.

In my vocabulary, the word "compromise" is synonymous to the word "life".

Compromise means to go just a little bit below what you know is right. It's just a little bit, but it's the little foxes that spoil the vine.

Life is full of compromises, and whether or not you're willing to negotiate.

I'd never even thought about compromise when I worked in my studio. The major distinction is in the priority of who I ultimately wanted to please: myself or the audience.

Compromise is a stalling between two fools.

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

Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy

Compromise" is so often used in a bad sense that it is difficult to remember that properly it merely describes the process of reaching an agreement. Naturally there are certain subjects on which no man can compromise. For instance, there must be no compromise under any circumstances with official corruption, and of course no man should hesitate to say as much.

Compromise, while at times morally necessary or at least justifiable, is more often only the first permission for a person (or society) to begin a long downhill descent.