Travis Kalanick Quotes

We need a lot more respect in this country for compromise…. There is in compromise a lot of integrity, especially political integrity.

Our differences are policies, our agreements principles.

It's not that I'm not willing to compromise. But I won't compromise on principles.

Peace itself is not made by documents. Peace is made by good will among men.

Hopefully, we can build bridges, but we also have to draw lines.

Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.

Compromise is an underrated virtue. The world is awash with dead people because politicians would not compromise.

A result of accommodation and compromise cannot be supposed perfectly to coincide with any one’s idea of perfection.

You cannot shake hands with a clinched fist.

You don't compromise principles, but you harmonize tactics to preserve unity.

I don’t always agree with my wife, but we discuss the issue with love and respect. And then I say “yes.”

Ultimately, peace depends on compromise.

You can compromise without violating your principles, but it is nearly impossible to compromise when you turn principles into ideology.

What I've learned - after working for, I guess, some time now - is when you're approaching a relationship like that, like, any working relationship, it's good to be open. To know that someone might have a different way of doing things and listen to them. And hopefully, you come to a common understanding.

Heck, nobody gets along perfectly. But what we have is respect for one another. We have a system where one guy can veto anything.

You can never have unity if you want things to go your way.

I think it is possible to meet people in the middle, to have a discussion even though you may not agree on solutions, and find some common ground and get to consensus.

If I had a row with my husband, it's not going to work my saying, 'Right, if you don't do what I want, I'm going to walk out.' It doesn't work on any level. What you do is you go in and you say, 'I have a problem. You have a problem. Let's try and sort this out together.' You don't come to an agreement with people who you're falling out with badly.

There's one rule that I have on my movies, which is that anything that you want to do, you can do. But! There's a flip side to that, which is that anything I want you to do, give it a try also.

Compromise for compromise sake is never good, unless it is grounded in principles.

Reaching compromise does not signal weakness, but rather is a sign of strength. The ability to compromise is the backbone of democracy.

Interactions - whether personal or business, teacher-student, friend to friend, or family member - all call for balance, respect, and compassion.

All sides must learn to respect one another.

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

The more contact we have with one another and the more we come to understand each other's values, the greater will be our mutual respect.