Compromise Quotes - Page 12

Accept that environment compromises values far more than values do their number on environment.

Treat different people differently. Anything else is a compromise.

A free and open society is an ongoing conflict, interrupted periodically by compromises.

Habit is a compromise effected between an individual and his environment.

You need to be able to agree from time to time if we're going to get anywhere. Once you have started a civil dialogue, it's a much smoother road to compromise. The key thing to remember is it's a daily practice.

If you compromise and hire someone mediocre you will always regret it.

Compromise in your arguments, not in your expectations.

In Washington, compromise has become a dirty word.

I'm always on the road, and there's a very male-dominated energy where I am. There's that aggressive energy surrounding me, all the time. So, in personal peace and harmony, I've totally made a gazillion compromises.

I've made compromises to survive in life, and to be able to do what I want to do. But, once anything has been put on screen, I've never made a compromise.

Compromise is such an integral part of being a human being. You're compromising in every decision you make.

In the end it all came down to companionship, to friendship, to sacrifice, to compromise.

Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends.

God never jests with us, and will not compromise the end of nature, by permitting any inconsequence in its procession.

True wisdom knows it must comprise some nonsense as a compromise, lest fools should fail to find it wise.

When you start out, you have to make compromises, which include doing films of lower quality.

You can't always do exactly what you want, and often compromises have to be made.

Do whatever you can that doesn't compromise your morals.

When you're in a romantic relationship, of course, there is a lot more compromise and you have to be a lot more unselfish.

I don't see myself stopping, even though it gets harder and harder. Especially when you find out that you can't really compromise because of age.

A big part of being in a relationship or marriage or whatever is you have to eventually compromise. Your life doesn't end up exactly the way you think it's going to, and if it's the right relationship, you might have to compromise what you're doing professionally.

My own standards that I'll hold myself to is if the product that I'm making feels honest and it feels like I didn't compromise and it just came from an honest, correct place.

As crises came up later on - "Oh, we have to compromise, and the record company wants to do this," I'd be like, "No, I don't have to."

It's the one thing, a compromise I guess. On network it's the one thing you can't smoke on network. That's one of his character traits. We're working around that. We're trying to get aspects of it in there as much as possible. We'll see.

India seeks friendly relations but without compromising on its interests.