Beau Willimon Quotes

Look, not everybody plays well with each other on the playground. I get that, that's politics.

In both marriage and war you must cut up the things people say like a cake and eat only what you can stomach.

It's a difficult question of relations between people.

In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight.

You have to show Israel that it's not going to be forced to do things it doesn't want to do and can't do.

Whoever said “Keep your enemies close” didn’t have many enemies.

I'd heard August say more than once, "If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you." T. Ray needed a face-saving way to hand me over, and August was giving it to him.

When you get in the mud with a pig, you get dirty and the pig gets happy.

Barack Obama said he may negotiate with the Taliban. A lot of people are saying okay, but be careful. But I said this guy has experience negotiating with the enemy. For gosh sake, he lives with his mother-in-law, you know.

In diplomacy, clear-cut wins and losses are rare.

Half of this business is politics. As real estate developers, it's our job to go in there and get beat up.

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

In my own experience, I've found that it's very difficult to make peace with women. We tend to be competitive and feel angry.

Alliance does not mean love, any more than war means hate.

But I think that sensitivity is also a good counsellor when it comes to enforcing one's interests.

Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.

What's the difference between my wife and a terrorist? You can negotiate with a terrorist.

I guess you kind of got to realize that once you in a marriage, whatever it is, you gotta deal with it. Not necessarily that you got to accept it, but you have to deal with it and try your best to make it work for you, for the both of you.

Information is a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Sharon is capable of making peace.

Forcing people together is an enjoyable conflict to watch, but I think it's even more enjoyable if they love each other.

I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.

I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary.

I don't think anything's ever simple. Everyone's just trying to understand each other, and whether that's because you're in a relationship or because you're meeting their friends or because their meeting your brother or whatever it is, nothing like that is ever smooth running.