The fellow who says he'll meet you
halfway usually thinks he's
standing on the dividing line.
?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.
?Francois FéNelon
It is a trick among the dishonest to
offer sacrifices that are not
needed, or not possible, to avoid
making those that are required.
?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.
?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.
?Lance Morrow
Buying is cheaper than asking.
?German Proverb
The go-between wears out a thousand sandals.
?Japanese Proverb
We're eyeball to eyeball and
the other fellow just blinked.
?Dean Rusk
Let us never negotiate out of fear.
But let us never fear to negotiate.
?John F Kennedy
