Quotes of Negotiating - somelinesforyou

“ Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree. ”

- Dean Acheson

“ Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent. ”

- Marvin Gaye

“ All children have preparedness, potential, curiosity and interest in constructing their learning, in engaging in social interaction and in negotiating with everything the environment brings to them. ”

- Lella Gandini

“ Negotiating sugar trade in bilateral free trade agreements is a recipe for disaster for the U.S. sugar industry, and it is unnecessary. ”

- Kent Conrad

“ For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships. ”

- Deborah Tannen

“ This is an example of the resiliency of the market, of what has driven stocks higher for months. You've got PPI, GE, not so great, but they find a positive angle and take the market up. ”

- John Hughes

“ Prepare by knowing your walk away and by building the number of variables you can work with during the negotiation… you need to have a walk away… a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents the least you will accept. Without one, you have no negotiating road map. ”

- Unknown

“ The ability to form friendships, to make people believe in you and trust you is one of the few absolutely fundamental qualities of success. Selling, buying, negotiating are so much smoother and easier when the parties enjoy each other's confidence. The young man who can make friends quickly will find that he will glide, instead of stumble, through life. ”

- John J. McGuirk

“ The correct strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreign clients is a Japanese strategy: ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefully feel for pressure points. If an impasse is reached, don't pressure… ”

- John L. Graham

“ Negotiating techniques do not work all that well with kids, because in the middle of a negotiation, they will say something completely unrelated such as, You know what? I have a belly button! and completely throw you off guard. ”

- Bo Bennett
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