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Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. (Quote by - Unknown)

The fellow who says he'll meet you halfway usually thinks he's standing on the dividing line. (Quote by - Orlando A. Battista)

Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain. (Quote by - Francois F Nelon)

It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that are required. (Quote by - Ivan Goncharov)

If you are planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in the negotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat. (Quote by - Marvin S. Levin)

Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously. (Quote by - Lance Morrow)

Buying is cheaper than asking. (Quote by - German Proverb)

The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. (Quote by - Japanese Proverb)

We're eyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked. (Quote by - Dean Rusk)

Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent. (Quote by - Marvin Gaye)

Flattery is the infantry of negotiation. (Quote by - Lord Chandos)

A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed. (Quote by - Eric Hoffer)

Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. (Quote by - Nelson Mandela)

We were not born to sue, but to command. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leave personalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities more objectively. (Quote by - Brian Koslow)

My father said: ''You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won't have many deals.'' (Quote by - J. Paul Getty)

There is no possible negotiation with these killers. Our aim is to win over terrorism. Only by being firm we can stop terrorism. We must be firm fighting the terrorists and opposing the final aims they want to achieve. (Quote by - Jose Maria Aznar)

Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer. (Quote by - Charles Caleb Colton)

Imaginative, sanguine men will never recognize that in negotiations the most dangerous moment of all is when everything is moving according to their wishes. (Quote by - Honore de Balzac)

More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I'm still amazed at the number who aren't and where the cultural norm sort of kicks in and they just assume that mom's got to be the one who stays home, not dad. (Quote by - James Levine)

The lesson of all history warns us that we should negotiate only when our military superiority is so convincing that we can achieve our objective at the conference table, and deny the aggressor theirs. (Quote by - Richard M. Nixon)

There is some sign that North Korea is changing recently. There is ongoing successful negotiation to have a military talk to Pyongyang, which has been stopped for seven years. (Quote by - Kim Dae Jung)

It is high time that the international community tell Saddam Hussein and his regime that this is not an issue of negotiation with the U.N. about obligations that they undertook in 1991. (Quote by - Condoleezza Rice)

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress. (Quote by - Henry A. Kissinger)

A miser and a liar bargain quickly. (Quote by - Greek Proverb)

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