Negotiating Quotes

Without referring to anybody directly, one of the problems with confrontational public negotiating is that it runs the risk of alienating a public with a median family income of $35,000. So that when a player is complaining publicly that he's only being paid $7-million a year instead of $9-million, a fan can look at that with real anger. And an owner who's challenged publicly may simply become more locked in and less apt to ever compromise. - Leigh Steinberg

With the lease we're negotiating, it gives us the opportunity for the Paints to step up. When people come out here and see this, they'll see the turf first. But you're also going to see a lot of improvements that I think our area is going to be very surprised at. - Chris Hanners

Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It's very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way. - Benjamin Netanyahu

While market expectation is that it will eventually lead to a full blown takeover, it could in the medium term prove to be a negotiating tactic - the board of the London Stock Exchange now have to think again with regards to their possible future while Nasdaq has effectively left itself with a big say in any future developments. - Keith Bowman

Whether you agree with me or disagree with me; like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British nation. - John Major

When you claim to prosecute a war in the name of 'human rights' - a humanitarian war - you deprive yourself of the possibility of negotiating a cessation of hostilities with your enemy. If the enemy is a torturer, the enemy of the human race, there is no alternative but the extremes of total war and unconditional surrender. - Paul Virilio

When we sat down at the negotiating table yesterday, we were prepared to do what the governor had asked of us - to stay as long as it takes to reach an agreement that would allow us to do what all New Yorkers want - rebuild the World Trade Center. Unfortunately, it appears that we were the only ones at the table with that commitment. - Larry Silverstein

What you're seeing is a combination of negotiating tactic and legislative posturing. The GAO report is almost certainly going to shine unflattering light on both programming costs and the cable operators. There's probably enough blame to go around. - Craig Moffett