Negotiation Quotes
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Note to the wise: whenever someone insists that he wants to buy something from you, but tells you there's no real value in it yet, two things are happening: he's lying, and you're being taken.
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What we are discussing is what we have to do, the very clear undertakings given by the European Council at a summit last December and again this June, to lead to an opening of negotiations on October 3rd. I will say that I am reasonably hopeful that this deadline can be met.
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The single and most dangerous word to be spoken in business is no. The second most dangerous word is yes. It is possible to avoid saying either.
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If our expected partners in the negotiations in the framework of the road map do not uphold their commitments, we will preserve the Israeli interest in every way.
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No negotiation is ever possible if you have to negotiate not only with the people in the room but also with some other committee in permanent session.
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The two priorities have to find a commonality. That's what this negotiation is about.
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We were in negotiations, but then the Japanese side suspended them unilaterally. Now, at the request of our Japanese partners, we have reopened these talks.
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This is a negotiation. Our aim was to listen.
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No one's interested really in knowing what policies or diplomatic initiatives or arms negotiations might have been compromised by me.
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I hope, but I can't predict, that the negotiations at the beginning of next week will be fruitful.
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Open the book of universal history at what period we may, it is always the India trade which is the cause of internal industry and foreign negotiation.
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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.
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Jihad and the rifle alone. NO negotiations, NO conferences and NO dialogue
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Negotiation builds a team as well as a set of requirements.
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We were not born to sue, but to command.
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Fred Wilson is a legendary VC and the Managing Partner of Union Square Ventures in New York City. At AVC, he writes one of the most popular startup blogs and covers issues from negotiation to hiring to fundraising. He's a machine for dispensing helpful advice and insightful commentary for those in our industry.
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The single most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up and walk away from the table without a deal
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Your "if" is the only peacemaker; much virtue in "if.
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The WTO has outlived its usefulness as a setting for trade negotiations. It can still be a good place to resolve disputes (though this can take years) and share ideas, but most countries would be better off choosing their own trading partners and lowering trade barriers at their own pace.
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Donald Trump can have some advantage in negotiations. NAFTA is high on his agenda.But if he goes too far, I think the president of Mexico Enrique Pena and the Mexicans will decide they would just as soon get out of NAFTA, and we don't want that either. There may need to be some changes, but to re-imagine the entire world we have had an international order. It's not perfect, but for 70 years, it has kept Europe whole and free and safe, and we need to keep it in place.
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The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.
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We have worked to make our trade negotiations more transparent and to negotiate value-based agreements. We have listened to concerns, for example by carrying out a reform of the investment protection system and setting out to create a multilateral investment court. Our world is rapidly changing and this creates a multitude of concerns.
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There is always a chance [for negotiations with Japan], or else it makes no sense to talk. How great is it? Right now, it is difficult for me to say, because this will depend, among other things, on the flexibility of our partners.
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As women, we're always in negotiation with how we're being perceived versus how we feel.
