Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes

Compromise, compromise and compromise.

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

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.

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

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

compromise is the work of mature people.

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

I see the necessity of sacrificing our opinions sometimes to the opinions of others for the sake of harmony.

I believe that creativity comes from compromise. If you could have everything you ever wanted, it doesn't always work.

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

Solutions must be based on compromises.

I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.

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

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

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

Compromise is part of how we get things done.

Everything is a negotiation. Everything is a little bit of give and take.

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

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

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

A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.

But we have to find ways of compromising when we disagree on something. You know what compromise is, right?" "Uh-huh. It's when you don't get to have everything your way and I don't get to have everything my way, and no one's happy.

Life is made up of compromises.

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".