Explore Quotes on Compromise

The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

I cannot revere compromise; I cannot revere pragmatism; I long for ideologues.

There is no need to give in to the compromise that totalitarian regimes always count on.

Money is a way of expressing no compromise.

Our country was founded upon the principles of debate and compromise.

I hate it when people look at marriage, especially when it comes to girls as 'settling down.' First of all 'settle' sounds like a compromise and 'down' makes it worse. It reminds me of teachers who ask their students to 'settle down' once they enter the classroom.

Marriage should never become an adjustment or a compromise. Both the partners should be equally happy and willing to invest their love, care, and respect in the relationship - only then it works.

Having a family is a compromise on some level, but it's so incredibly worth it. It actually informs the work that I do as a DP.

'Strictly Sinatra' became a compromise between me and the producers, and neither of us liked the results much.

I miss the New York bagel but miss the New York bialy even more. It's a great compromise of bagel feeling with less dough stuffing.

Not every compromise is a conspiracy.

Germany was beaten after World War I, but it didn't take long for it to rise again as a much more malignant threat. The end of World War II was not to be a compromise; it was to come about from the total annihilation of the enemies' ability and will to make war.

Don't Ask, Don't Tell was a successful compromise in 1993; and so that compromise should remain.

There's going to be no compromise on repealing Obamacare lock, stock and barrel.

Captains need to lead well and play within the laws of the game. There cannot be any compromise on that count.

If you believe in free markets, I don't want to make any compromise with my principles and I think that's the right policy for Canadians and for Canadian consumers.

My grandmother, if she were still alive, she'd be very proud that I held through and did a film in Korean and didn't compromise and then start using that foreign language of English.

Compromise is part of how we get things done.

Partisan rancour and party politics and ideology have got in the way of compromise - and compromise is the only thing that has ever made politics successful.

I want very much to see some sort of compromise reached in the area of immigration... so that we could move on to other issues.

In offering deals on immigration, infrastructure, and prison reform, President Trump has demonstrated that he is ready for compromise. But will Democrats take up his offer?