Lakshmi Mittal Quotes

In a deal, you give and take. You compromise. Then you grab the cash and catch the next train out of town.

Deal-making goes on with any job.

It’s hard to cut a deal if you don’t know who to make a deal with.

When you negotiate a deal, you clearly know a lot about the other person.

And I also think it's a violin when you're selling it and a fiddle when you're buying it.

You have to find a partner when you're making a deal. You cant just say 'I need to make this deal and do whatever it possibly takes to make it.' That's not how it works.

It takes two sides to make a deal, two sides to negotiate and two sides to make it go bad.

Business deals are successfully negotiated every day throughout America. The common thread is a mutual desire to reach an accord. And the media business is no different.

It was a mutual thing. I made a deal with them: I asked them if they did not bring out the place card of Malachi, I would let them have two minutes with each one of my patients.

That's what happens in the world. You get offered superior contracts.

Put two Yankees in a room together, and in an hour they will each have gained ten dollars from the other.

My father told me 'Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.'

Let's just get a deal done then let's worry about expanding it.

I've got a huge, gigantic deal. We're talking about huge deals.

I mean normally you have your agent call the other agent and all the agents talk and then finally you get a phone call and you hear some misrepresentation of what someone else had to say.

If you sit down with me, I guarantee I will accept any terms you offer for a contract.

I really do not make deals.

I knew I could get a better price without calling for bids

We always find that taking a fairly hard-line position means our membership gets the best deal possible.

It is never exactly clear what makes something a quid or a quo.

That’s the trick in any negotiation. Getting to yes means getting the other party satisfied that its interest are being met sufficiently…. You both got to get something out of it that your prepared to fight for at home.

I view myself as a dealmaker.

You never forget a trade.

Deals really have to do with the overlap of what one side wants and the other side wants, and it's really just the discovery of where that overlap is and how you decide to get there.

Practice negotiating, and hone your style and skills with low-consequence transactions. Call the phone company and threaten to switch providers if they won't give you a better deal on your service going forward. Go to a boutique and ask for a discount.