- Nov 07, 2020
Compromise Quotes
Lines about where to bend and where to hold firm.
This set looks at compromise mostly through creative work, including a musician describing how a solo songwriting process still leaves room for others to add their own parts and argue over the result. A filmmaker's line puts it more bluntly, noting that budget limits eventually force a compromise whether or not one is wanted. Related themes continue on the Balance quotes page.
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- Common Sense
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There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common sense.
- Sometimes
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You can cooperate and not compromise your core values. But I'm a realist with the philosophy that sometimes you've got to take bites out of the apple instead of the whole apple.
- Limits
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When developing an idea, I remind myself not to start with compromise. I envision the ideal manifestation of the idea, as if I had no limits in resources, materials, or permission.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a small brand, we do it all. We don't need an investor. We would never go anywhere or do anything where we feel it would compromise what we do.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've long maintained during my 50-plus year career in intelligence that leaks endanger national security, they compromise sources, methods, and tradecraft, and they can put assets' lives at risk.
- Deemed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.
- Just
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Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples.
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In a deal, you give and take. You compromise. Then you grab the cash and catch the next train out of town.
- Nov 07, 2020
The devil is compromise.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got a bit of an independent streak. I'm not afraid of bipartisan compromise on issues that are important to the nation.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020