Deadlocks Quotes & Sayings

It is almost always a mistake for heads of state to undertake the details of a negotiation. They are then obliged to master specifics normally handled by their foreign offices and are deflected onto subjects more appropriate to their subordinates, while being kept from issues only heads of state can resolve. Since no one without a well-developed ego reaches the highest office, compromise is difficult and deadlocks are dangerous. With the domestic positions of the interlocutors so often dependent on at least the semblance of success, negotiations more often concentrate on obscuring differences than they do on dealing with the essence of a problem. — Henry Kissinger

Empathy is like a universal solvent. Any problem immersed in empathy becomes soluble. It is effective as a way of anticipating and resolving interpersonal problems, whether this is a marital conflict, an international conflict, a problem at work, difficulties in a friendship, political deadlocks, a family dispute, or a problem with a neighbor. — Simon Baron-Cohen

We're still in the Dark Ages. The scared and the superstitious savage still lurks behind the mask of civilization and he will remain there for untold generations to come. — Michael Talbot

I didn't know it was possible to be successful as a writer, so I wasn't afraid to fail. — Jamaica Kincaid

Sometimes, people won't like what you do. Do it anyway. It's better to be happy and hated than miserable. — Kit Rocha

While the game of deadlocks and bottle-necks goes on, another more serious game is also being played. It is governed by two axioms. One is that there can be no peace without a general surrender of sovereignty: the other is that no country capable of defending its sovereignty ever surrenders it. If one keeps these axioms in mind one can generally see the relevant facts in international affairs through the smoke-screen with which the newspapers surround them. — George Orwell

Our goal is to have a country that's not divided by race. — Barack Obama

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think. — Jawaharlal Nehru

My hands resemble some ancient tree: the roots that bind up the earth, the rock and the ceaselessly nibbling wordms. — Mark Z. Danielewski

Jason [Sudeikis] is a successful actor and comedian, I don't think that he takes comedic roles any less seriously than he does dramatic roles. — Taron Egerton

I got sent some cheese once. I'm not sure if that was saying something about my act, or just because I like cheese. — Anton Du Beke

We're all crazy and the only difference between patients and their therapists is the therapists haven't been caught yet. — Max Walker

Monetary discipline forces fiscal discipline on the politicians as well. — Robert Mundell