The reason I didn't fly over from Maui at their beck and call is my wife was about to have a baby at any time. Those guys knew that. These guys would not compromise and meet me halfway.
Sammy Hagar

The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.
T-Bone Burnett

The Senate needs 60 votes to pass anything. They have to compromise with liberal Democrats to spend more money. Even though arguably we have control of the Senate, we really don't.
Steve Chabot

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.
Charles R. Swindoll

The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.
Enid Bagnold

There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common sense.
Jeanette Rankin

They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?
Princess Diana

This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language than it is today.
Bjarne Stroustrup

This product is a compromise, and the nature of compromise is that you don't get everything you want.
Conrad Bums

To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.
Golda Meir

To say that an artist sells out means that an artist is making a conscious choice to compromise his music, to to weaken his music for the sake of commercial gain.
Ken Burns

Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes.
Tom Cochrane

True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
Moliere

Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.
Daniel Pipes

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
Samuel Butler

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
Larry Wall

We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage requires a lot of compromise.
Raquel Welch

We all understand that compromise is part of the legislative process, yet at the same time, I would submit that wilderness is not for sale.
Nick Rahall

We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision.
Ed Wood

We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum.
Aiden Wilson Tozer