“Any seasoned deal maker will tell you that spontaneous negotiation's a bad strategy; the ad hoc approach will leave you ripped-off, busted, conned, stiffed, outsmarted and generally holding the shitty end of the stick.” EndsDealsApproachStrategySticksMakersAdsSpontaneousNegotiationRippedBusted Book:I, Lucifer Source: I, Lucifer
“Like all my poems, 'Negotiations' has several sources. It deals with aging lovers and the often silent deals they make. Thinking about bargains made me think of The Little Mermaid and that made me remember something I had just read about the incredibly complex process by which tadpoles (actual little mermaids) are somehow able to reabsorb their tails and fashion their future frog legs.” ThinkingLittlesMadeAbleRememberProcessDealsFashionSourceLoversAgingSilentComplexesLegsTailsNegotiationBargainsFrogsMermaidRemember SomethingTadpoles Author:Rae Armantrout
“Plastic surgery is one of the ways that people deal with the aging process. And I don't mean by using it as a form of denial, but as a kind of negotiation with it.” PeopleWayKindMeanFormProcessDealsAgingDenialPlasticSurgeryNegotiationPlastic SurgeryAging Process Author:Nora Ephron
“My top priority in any trade negotiation is expanding opportunity for hardworking Americans. It's no secret that past trade deals haven't always lived up to their promise, and that's why I will only sign my name to an agreement that helps ordinary Americans get ahead, the bill put forward today would help us write those rules in a way that avoids the mistakes from our past, seizes opportunities for our future and stays true to our values.” WayWritingHelpingTodayPastValuesOpportunityNamesDealsSecretMistakeHavensPromiseOrdinaryTradeBillsPrioritiesAgreementOur FutureOur PastNegotiationExpandingStay TrueGet AheadHardworkingTop PrioritiesSeize The Opportunity Author:Barack Obama
“I would a whole lot rather had Carly Fiorina over there doing our negotiation than John Kerry. Maybe we would've gotten a deal where we didn't give everything away. But the issue for us is to have a Congress that stands up and says not only no, but "Hell no" to this money going to a [Iran] regime that is going to use it for terror...” GivingWholeUseDealsHellIssuesCongressTerrorIranRegimesNegotiationJohn Kerry Author:Rick Perry
“When America does not lead, the world is a dangerous and a tragic place. This is a bad deal. [Barack] Obama broke every rule of negotiation.Yes, our allies are not perfect, but Iran is at the heart of most of the evil that is going on in the Middle East through their proxy.” WorldHeartDoeAmericaEvilPerfectDealsMiddleDangerousEastBarackBrokeTragicIranAlliesMiddle EastNegotiationNot PerfectProxy Author:Carly Fiorina