Making coffee has become the great compromise of the decade. It's the only thing "real" men do that doesn't seem to threaten their masculinity. To women, it's on the same domestic entry level as putting the spring back into the toilet-tissue holder or taking a chicken out of the freezer to thaw. (Quote by - Erma Bombeck)

We need to compromise and Scott has put together the best compromise that I have ever heard. (Quote by - Councilor David Cyr)

What I fear most about a commission is compromise, .. Because compromise means we lose. (Quote by - John Kasich)

I don't think there is compromise here, .. You came back with (adding) cannons and flagpoles, they were always there. We wanted compromise on size, scope and location. I don't think you have done that. (Quote by - Richard O'Neil)

The numbers suggest that it was a compromise. That is, in fact, what the agreement is -- a compromise on both parts. From our point of view, we're glad that it was ratified, and that means we can now move ahead with bringing employees back to work and bring our regular schedule back up and running. (Quote by - Jason MacDonald)

We'll come together, and there will be compromise, but compromise that will be to the satisfaction of the majority of people in the House and the Senate. (Quote by - Bill Frist)

A professional politician is a professionally dishonourable man. In order to get anywhere near high office he has to make so many compromises and submit to so many humiliations that he becomes indistinguishable from a streetwalker. (Quote by - Henry Louis Mencken)

Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself. (Quote by - Toby Keith)

There is real enthusiasm for peace but possibly not real enthusiasm for the necessary compromises. I would not advise on the specifics of the compromises. It's a complex matter. (Quote by - Erik Solheim)

Management is taking a very hard line, refusing to compromise. We are open to compromise, and unless they do, we will have a strike. (Quote by - Peter Callero)

Solutions must be based on compromises. (Quote by - Joschka Fischer)

No compromise with the main purpose, no peace till victory, no pact with unrepentant wrong. (Quote by - Winston Churchill)

There ought to be a compromise on this; I think there will be a compromise on it. Unfortunately, there are people that want to be inflexible on this issue. (Quote by - Rick Lazio)

Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are. (Quote by - Howard Hughes)

Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible; but the world of pure reason knows no compromise, no practical limitations, no barrier to the creative activity. (Quote by - Bertrand Russell)

This is about principled compromise, not compromised principles. (Quote by - John Hume)

One would have hoped that he (Ahmadinejad) might have chosen a speech with more humility, a speech with a greater inclination to compromise. He was quite defiant .. That did not leave a lot of room for compromise, for diplomacy. (Quote by - Nicholas Burns)

Gay marriage has begun, and life has not changed for the citizens of the commonwealth, with the exception of those who can now marry, .. This amendment which was an appropriate measure or compromise a year ago, is no longer, I feel, a compromise today. (Quote by - Brian Lees)

The U.S. Army is not being paid a nickel to voice opposition to this. Nobody is making any money off of this. The only investment we're trying to protect is the ability of our men and women to train in a fashion without any compromise. (Quote by - Contributed by: Green Acres)

As commissioner I have the skills to negotiate and the skills to work with and through people and to bring groups together and work for betterment of everyone. Regardless of what you say, if you don't bring all groups to the table, you can't negotiate a compromise. But if everyone is involved a compromise can be reached and everyone is much happier. (Quote by - Bill Dodson)

They absolutely don't have to compromise. There will always be a solution. (Quote by - Barbara Grigas)

Efforts for compromise are being made while the offensive campaign is gathering steam and more newspapers are publishing the cartoon. There will be no compromise before we get an apology. (Quote by - Hassan Nasrallah)

When a company or individual compromises one time, whether it's on price or principle, the next compromise is right around the corner and you can bet your last nickel on it. (Quote by - Zig Ziglar)

The struggle between the two worlds [Fascism and Democracy] can permit no compromises. It's either Us or Them! (Quote by - Benito Mussolini)

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit. (Quote by - George Herbert)