Negotiation Ninja Prints

'This contract proposal needs more work. I'm not experiencing any twinges of guilt over it.'

'Which 'win' is ours? Because the one on the left looks bigger.'

"Your body language says you've lost interest."

"I'm getting the fire-breathing dragon with wings. He wanted $200, but I talked him down to fifty bucks."

"The salary is negotiable, take it or leave it."

'I'm going to train you to 'Confront Difficult People'... okay, raise your hands if you're a difficult person.'

'You are lucky, I've already refused to see five salesmen this morning.'

'In negotiations, he appeared to have ice in his veins, but his tail betrayed him.'

"I do have a fallback position, but it involves firearms."

'We can agree with me or you can be wrong.'

"People like sincerity - learn to fake that and you've got it made."

Every Friday lunchtime procurement managers would gather to boast of the size of bid documents they had received that week.

"I admire Nesby because his agendas are never hidden."

'The warranty is for the life of the vehicle but we're not responsible if the vehicle doesn't live very long.'

'This agreement doesn't allow much wiggle room.'

'We're making progress. I just got a firm 'maybe'.'

'I'm glad you guys could work this out in a reasonable manner.'

"Heck of a way to start the negotiation."

'All right, all right, Hershman, you can go attend the 'improve your negotiating skills' seminar.'

'I'm too personally involved to accept a settlement? Of course not. Send their lawyer in.'

"I'm looking for one highly competitve sales representative"

"Well, your people heard wrong. We are not prepared to sweeten the deal."

"And for an extra fourteen hundred dollars I'll stop touching your arm."

"The meeting will come to order."

'What do you mean by, your people do not want to get in touch with my 'kind' of people?'

'Lose the beach ball, Leonard. She's corporate. They play hardball.'

'Let me get this straight: The job comes with a full health care package? Including a dental plan? Impressive! What kind of salary are we talking?'

'Mack's a closer. That's why management loves him.'

"Can we count on you to give our customers added value?"

Buyers' Market - 'I'll give you 20pence for those' Lady pointing at veg costing ?3.50

'Hey, get out of my space!'

'I was hoping we could cut out the middleman.'

No Reasonable Offer Refused

The Art of the Deal by Uncle Sidney

'Watch it...I'm carrying a concealed weapon...my lawyer.'