Top 313 Negotiations Quotes & Sayings

We don't point a pistol at our own forehead. That is not the way to conduct negotiations.

Jihad and the rifle alone. NO negotiations, NO conferences and NO dialogue

I have talked about the deterioration of the atmosphere between Washington and Moscow. It was quite clear that in the year 1980, which at the same time was an election year in America, these negotiations would not go very far, but immediately after the start of the Reagan administration we in Bonn started to try influencing them on the medium-range nuclear weapons negotiations, and we told them that in our view the best outcome would be zero-zero, zero on either side.

During negotiations nothing is gained by attacking people's comfort zones.

Business, numbers, negotiations, all that stuff I wouldn't go near.

Since retiring from the FBI in 2007, I've traveled the world and worked with everyone from CEOs to their managers and everyday workers on how to apply techniques from hundreds of high-stakes, life-or-death negotiations to business negotiations.

I don't think the ongoing negotiations with the Taliban will yield a positive result

I should also say that apart from the negotiations that are taking place within the WTO, we are ourselves involved in all manner of bilateral negotiations, or, if they are not bilateral, with the South African Customs Union and the European Union. All the member countries of the European Union have now ratified the agreement that we have with the EU and that opens up the EU market in various ways.

A two-state solution cannot be promised without having negotiations first.

I think placing preconditions before negotiations is the quickest way to undermine peace.

PSG were interested in signing me, but we never entered negotiations.

I believe in peace-building in any kind of platform, be it a political platform like Parliament or negotiations like peace-building negotiations.

Only 1 in 13 participants in peace negotiations since 1992 has been a woman.

If there's no overlap between the interests of the people you sit down with, then the negotiations really can't be driven anywhere.

The United States welcomes China's commitment to engage in arms control negotiations.

We will not engage in an endless process of negotiations.

If there is willingness on the Palestinian side to reach an agreement, it is possible. We are conducting the negotiations with goodwill.

Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven.

No one's interested really in knowing what policies or diplomatic initiatives or arms negotiations might have been compromised by me.

All friendships are negotiations of power.

Our target is not negotiations, it is the end of the apartheid system. There can be no compromise about that.

[During fee negotiations for singing in Vienna:] I'm not interested in money, but it must be more than anyone else gets.

I think we are making an assumption that that is the outcome of the negotiations. I think President Assad will be prepared to accept whatever the outcome of the intra-Syrian dialogue and the decision of the Syrian people is. But people are trying to decide and determine the outcome of the negotiation before even we agree to start the negotiations.

You can't end negotiations unless you begin them. And you can't begin them if you continually negotiate about the terms to begin negotiations.

My colleagues and I have gone in the footsteps of our predecessors since the very first day we were called by our people to care for their future. We went any place, we looked for any avenue, we made any effort to bring about negotiations between Israel and its neighbors, negotiations without which peace remains an abstract desire.

In my opinion, it is not in our interest to have complicated negotiations with a region, and then have to follow it up with 535 negotiations at home. I have experienced recounts, and it is better to vote once.

As long as there are no negotiations with the Palestinians, Israel is and will continue to be in a difficult situation.

With negotiations, you never know what's going to happen.

Terrorism and negotiations simply don't go together.

If a woman gets tough in negotiations, she's difficult, whereas a man would be considered a brilliant businessman.

The time is right for a political solution and the way is negotiations.

If I'm the British prime minister I won't be dictated to on the timetable or the manner of the negotiations.

People underestimate me, and that's fine. I prefer to go into negotiations being underestimated.

The negotiations must address all aspects, both peace and withdrawal.

Donald Trump knows how to use leverage in negotiations.

Game theorists analyze negotiations as if they were split-a-pie games involving selfish players.

Trade deal negotiations are highly complicated and take a long time.

I have learned that in all negotiations nothing matters except the will to reach agreement.

If women ran the world we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.

We must stay focused on the bilateral negotiations between the Palestinians and us.

The smaller nations can in fact exercise greater influence on disarmament negotiations than they have hitherto done.

When I went to law school, I had Roger Fisher for Civil Procedure. I never heard anything about negotiations.

I will engage in sincere negotiations with the United States and China to find a solution to the THAAD problem.

While the WTO negotiations will continue, there are other trade negotiations of a bilateral nature, which among other things, should help to open up these markets for South African products.

I think in the end we will have negotiations with the House. They don't have any incentive for a long, drawn-out trial. We'll have negotiations with the White House. Despite all their threats they are going to have a prolonged defense. The reality is they are the driving force behind getting this over quickly.

In Colombia, women are a huge factor for reconciliation. I have seen many strong women advocating for negotiations. I remember when the paramilitary were active, there were women close to the paramilitary asking for negotiations.

The distance separating the statute and constitutionality is so abysmal that negotiations are impossible.

Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.

M&A negotiations feel really fun. This is one of the biggest killers of companies, is they entertain acquisition conversations.

Trade negotiations require compromise.

It has become increasingly clear to me that the White House is not interested in good-faith negotiations.

I won't wait for this Joshua-Wilder-Tyson Fury nonsense and become a pawn in their negotiations.

You know, Rupert Murdoch I've said is like an Italian when it comes to negotiations.

The negotiations on the future of the U.K. and the E.U. must be led... in the interest of our citizens.

If women ran the world, we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.

In most negotiations, you can't attribute success or failure in negotiations to one side.

Kurds are going to have to strike a bargain with Bashar Assad that will keep them in the Syrian state and under some kind of Syrian authority, so that they can have the protection of international legitimacy and the Syrian army against the Turks. How they can bargain with Assad is unclear. What kind of negotiations they can come to, unclear. We will see whether they get something like the Kurds in Iraq, which is a large measure of autonomy, or something less than that. That will be one of the big negotiations to come out of this process.

It is in the U.S. interest to engage Iran in serious negotiations - on both regional security and the nuclear challenge it poses.

The Tories have made a complete mess of Brexit negotiations.

We are convinced that the only way to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue is through negotiations.