Top 383 Compromise Quotes

I have to see a definitive cut of the film before I even start thinking about the music, I tell the director what my feelings are and what I would like to do. He accepts what I say or discusses it or destroys it. Eventually, we have to find a compromise.

I never compromise with my work.

Independent cinema is more thoughtful, delicate. While Western blockbusters can have their own kind of delicateness, it’s not delicate enough. You have to be ready to compromise to enter that field. I will do so only if it’s worth it.

If you trust your instincts and it doesn’t turn out right, OK. But if you compromise and defer to what somebody else is telling you and it doesn’t work out, that feeling gnaws at me.

I do believe that there are auteurs, in the sense that there are filmmakers with very strong voices and their voices are communicated on to the screen without a lot of compromise.

Making movies is all about compromise, negotiation, and sacrifice, but the process helps you distill what’s really important to you, and once you have identified what those these things are for any particular sequence, you hold onto them and don’t let them go.

In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.

I don’t compromise my principles for politics.

I’m hoping that a lifetime of compromise and disappointment will read as extra depth and layers in my work.

The art of the compromise, which was the art of politics, is no longer valid. Compromise needs to be between citizens, not between Republicans and Democrats.

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.

I’m an entertainer, so in whatever form I entertain… The thing about being a rapper is that you have more control over your form, whereas with acting you have to compromise a lot.

If you’re operating from strong principles, you can compromise when the person on the other side is operating from principles you respect.

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, ‘Huh. It works. It makes sense.’

Mediation is one of the most effective tools of non-violence. It can turn parties away from conflict, towards compromise.

I will always need to compromise and make choices – you just have to work hard at making the right choice day by day.

Jon Tester’s priorities are with the liberal, extreme minority of Democrats in the Senate unwilling to compromise. He does not have Montana’s best interests in mind. He has failed to represent Montanans.

For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in daily life; in this way, not to evade destiny, as the ordinary people try to do, but to fulfil it in its true potential – the imagination.

Compromise on ethical conduct is not an option.

We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.

When you are making a movie, there are a zillion cooks in the kitchen, and you don’t always get what you want to do. The story can always go in a different direction than what you would like. You compromise, and there is dealing and bickering.

I would love nothing more than compromise. But I would say to you that compromise that’s not a solution is a waste of time.

I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them.

Mentors of mine were under a big pressure to minimize their femininity to make it. I’m not going to do that. That takes away my power. I’m not going to compromise who I am.

I’ve got a bit of an independent streak. I’m not afraid of bipartisan compromise on issues that are important to the nation.

We must stop the Tea Party before the United States Senate falls into the hands of extremists and ideologues who leave no room for reason or compromise, who don’t recognize common ground even when they’re standing on it.

You might be looking for a guy with a six pack that’s 6’9 and is a lawyer that has money. You’re not going to get everything. Some times you have to compromise. Maybe he’s 6’2, has a four pack and is a future lawyer.

As we’ve come along, we’ve educated our audience, getting them to understand that brands do not compromise entertainment. For us, they enhance it. They enable it.

I’ve been through a marriage, and I’m still very fond of my ex-husband; but if I’ve learned anything, it’s that relationships are about compromise.

Repeal the Missouri Compromise – repeal all compromises – repeal the Declaration of Independence – repeal all past history, you still cannot repeal human nature. It will be the abundance of man’s heart that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak.

The Tea Party people are ideologues. They are right, and no one can change their minds. There is no reason for compromise.

I’m willing to stand behind this concept, that as conservatives, we can win the Hispanic vote without selling out the values. I don’t think we need to compromise.

Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.

The issue of Kashmir is both political and emotional in nature. Any pragmatic and lasting solution needs India and Pakistan sitting together on a table and discussing a solution that addresses the aspirations of Kashmiris and does not compromise the territorial integrity of either India or Pakistan.

When you have both parties who will not find ways to compromise, who won’t meet in the middle, you have paralysis. It’s the perversion of idealism.

I cannot surrender my principles, though the whole world besides should vote them down – I can make no compromise between truth and error, even though my life be the alternative.

Economic policy is like business – it’s all about compromise.

I love the TV show, and if you make a bad movie it means you’ve soiled it. Just like if we made an advert. We were offered so many times and I’d say, look, this is the good thing, and you can’t compromise that, because then you compromise the integrity of the characters.

This evolution may compromise Java’s claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language than it is today.

I don’t compromise my values and I don’t compromise my work. That’s why I’ve been kicked from one network to the next: I won’t give in.

What you write sets the visual style for the film. But you have to compromise your style in your first few films before people let you do what you want to do.

My mom struggled with her weight so much growing up. I watched her go from a size 2 to a size 22. I just kept seeing her try all these unhealthy ways to lose weight and struggle to be something she wasn’t meant to be. I knew early on that I wasn’t willing to compromise that way.

I don’t think there’s anything in the compromise that means that there’s a clash of ethics.

Whether they are actual poets or their music exemplifies a poetic sensibility, generally speaking, the Americana artist shuns commercial compromise in favor of a singular vision. Which resonates with me.

One of the reasons this record took so long to come out is that we withstood a lot of pressures and we were unwilling to compromise on a lot of things. ‘Tragic Kingdom’ is a battleground. It was the outcome of three years of struggle.

I encountered producers who wanted to hang out after we worked, and when I refused, they wouldn’t let me come back and work again… I would’ve have way more opportunities if I had succumbed. But it never felt right. I always felt like I was going to be successful, and I didn’t want to compromise my morals.

On everything I do I’m always taking someone’s money, whether it’s a movie studio or a record label. Somebody’s paying for it, and I’m always respectful of that. But I’m never going to compromise.

Yes, years of compromise and disappointment have added depth to my acting.

Saudi Arabia is the country that in the end will determine the ability of the Arabs to reach a compromise with Israel.

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

A couple of guys won Academy Awards for the things that I turned down. Today, after coming to terms with everything, after being in therapy for a long time-there are areas where I will compromise.

You can’t put the blame squarely on one person. Casting couch is not just about one person who says ‘come and compromise.’ The other person is also willing to compromise. It’s always a two-way street.

I simply do not think that yelling, swearing, threatening or belittling will get you to the place you want to be faster than kindness, understanding, patience and a little willingness to compromise.

Whether I get adequate attention or not, people here do know the work I have been doing systematically and without compromise for over 40 years. I get tired of people making excuses for guys who don’t continue the art because they can’t make a living.