The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.
One thing that everybody told me about directing was, 'Never compromise'. And the whole job is a compromise. So it's very paradoxical. How do you not compromise when the whole thing is about compromise?
There is time to compromise. There is time to absolutely abhor d word. Most times it is the latter. Compromise is mediocrity. Compromise is cheap.
Nothing will bind the eyes of man quicker than the touch of compromise. A principle not compromised is a principle worth dying for. A dream not compromised is a dream worth living for.
I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I'm sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don'...
I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.
In a relationship, when does the art of compromise become compromising?
Very rarely do people make big compromises with their integrity. Almost every compromise is a small one that is easily justified. The downhill slide is usually a result of many little compromises.
I think it's wrong to compromise your values to fit in with the social climate in Washington, D.C. When it comes to spending, I'm not compromising. I don't care who, what, when or where, I'm not compromising.
Cultural synthesis is how a compromise between various opinions is worked out. But truth does not change, and truth is not arrived at by some sort of compromise.
When you compromise your life, you compromise unhappiness.
This product is a compromise, and the nature of compromise is that you don't get everything you want.
It's not that I'm not willing to compromise. But I won't compromise on principles.
Compromise for your Dream but NEVER Compromise on your Dream.
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.
What compromises women - babies, domesticity, mediocrity - compromises writing even more.
You can compromise between good, better, and best, and you can compromise between bad and worse and terrible. But you can't compromise between good and evil. And now people look at the other side as a completely different kind of animal and say, 'The...
Being in a band is always a compromise. Provided that the balance is good, what you lose in compromise, you gain by collaboration.
I hate to take compromises with a racing car. The more standard a car is, the more compromises you have to take.
The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.
It may be necessary to make compromises in everyday politics, but we cannot compromise with our conscience.
