Quotes about Impasse

Lorenzo Dow

You can and you can't You will and you won't You'll be damned if you do You'll be damned if you don't

Reverend Dow was writing for other ministers about the problem of dealing with the numerous contradictions in the Bible. There was no winning choice. Since then, the last two lines have been quoted by politicians when they percieve they have no good choices. For example, see Eleanor Roosevelt {630145}.

Edward R. Murrow

The term negotiation implies compromise; painful concessions on the part of both parties.

Stephen Covey

Most negotiators are trying to get their way.

Antonio Brown

Holdouts never go well. Just look at history. It always ends badly. It wouldn't be the best decision. I make a lot of money. I pull up to camp in Rolls-Royces.

Gary Bettman

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

Bill Flores

By trying to advance the perfect conservative solution, nobody wins.

James Wolfe

There is such a choice of difficulties, that I own myself at a loss how to determine

Robert Smith

Is anything more common in public negotiations than to begin with a higher demand, and that failing, descend to a lower?

Although the note was sent under Smith’s signature as Secretary of State, it was actually written by President James Madison. Smith was not particularly competent, and Madison personally authored most critical diplomatic correspondence during his administration until he replaced Smith with James Monroe.

Bob Beckel

Both parties are so entrenched in their ideologies and a desire to score political points and hold on to power that we never seem to agree on a problem, much less find solutions.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

The man was such an intellectual he was of almost no use.

John Hay

The attitude of the Senate toward public affairs makes all serious negotiations impossible.

Referring to the Senate's right to ratify treaties and the effect on negotiations,

Tim Sweeney

We need to avoid going down a path where we might find the doors slamming shut behind us.

Richard Shelby

If there's not any endgame, we're in quicksand. We take one more step, and we're still there, and there's no way out.

William Safire

Gridlock is great. My motto is, 'Don't just do something. Stand there.'

Max Baucus

I just see a huge train wreck coming down. You and I have discussed this many times, and I don't see any results yet.

Gianfranco Fini

Waiting for the implosion [of the government of Romano Prodi] is risking to turn into Waiting for Godot.

Harry Reid

One problem can stop a whole agreement.

Daisaku Ikeda

If you become deadlocked,return to the prime point.

Seth Godin

The Cul-de-Sac ( French for "dead end" ) ... is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes

Jeb Hensarling

Nobody wants to shut down the government.

Sarah Sutton

Strikes always leave a bad taste with everyone.

Stephen Fry

Compromise is a stalling between two fools.

David Suzuki

We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit.

Beau Willimon

When you have both parties who will not find ways to compromise, who won't meet in the middle, you have paralysis. It's the perversion of idealism.

James Burnham

Where there is no alternative there is no problem.

Impasse Quotes