Quotes: Compromise

Don’t compromise even if it hurts to be yourself.

For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in daily life; in this way, not to evade destiny, as the ordinary people try to do, but to fulfil it in its true potential – the imagination.

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

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.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity.

No, you’re not allowed to be bossy when you’re married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

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

I’m interested in why people compromise when they shouldn’t. It comes back to what V’s about in a sense. We’ve all got ideals, but given the right circumstances, we’ll forget about them and put them behind us. I’m very interested in why people do that.