Ultimatum Quotes

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

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Diplomats, Messages, Compromise

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• Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you're prepared to lose.

  Abigail Van Buren

  Giving, Golfers, Prepared

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• ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Demand, Lasts, Diplomacy

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.227, 谷月社

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• Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you're not going to get anywhere.

  Phil McGraw

  Authority, Deals, Ifs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.

  Christopher Reeve

  Accepting, Conventional Wisdom, Absolutes

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• Decisions made in real time are never perfect.

  David Strathairn

  Real, Perfect, Decision

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• Hope for the best, plan for the worst.

  Lee Child

  Hoping For The Best, Worst, Plans

  Lee Child (2014). “Personal (with bonus short story Not a Drill): A Jack Reacher Novel”, p.179, Delacorte Press

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• Well, there's been plenty of ultimatums, and one thing that we better be very clear is that we can't continue to have the kind of defiance of the United Nations, the defiance of the international community that we've had.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Community, Kind, Defiance

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• Jesus Christ.” The fury on Nick’s face was enough to send me reeling and he hit the table hard enough with his hand that it made the plates and the silverware on the table bounce and clatter. “You give me the names and approximate location of those men who gave you that ultimatum and I’ll kill every goddamned one of them.” I sighed before I said quietly. “I already did.

  Cheyenne McCray

  Jesus, Men, Hands

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• With parents, that's the only way sometimes that they can get across to their kids is by giving them an ultimatum.

  Harry Shum, Jr.

  Kids, Giving, Parent

  "'Glee's' Harry Shum Jr.: An Ultimatum Could Impact Mike and Tina, New Directions" by Lesley Goldberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 28, 2011.

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• I think that, whether you liked the outcome or not, the reasons for doing Ultimatum were necessary. The Ultimate Universe had become too much like the regular Marvel Universe, and that was certainly not a good thing for the line.

  Jonathan Hickman

  Thinking, Lines, Outcomes

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• It's hard enough to be in a marriage, and then have a kid, then kids, it changes everything. For me, I'd become more concerned with my children. Not that I ignored Britney, but my kids are always most important . . . I mean, we were having complications. I didn't give her an ultimatum, but I was trying to work stuff out with her, and she didn't even talk to me or anything and went behind my back and filed [for divorce]. [I was] completely blindsided.

  Kevin Federline

  Children, Kids, Divorce

  "Kevin Federline: My Side of the Story". Interview with Marisa Laudadio, people.com. December 03, 2008.

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• When my husband gives me this ultimatum, "You either stop singing, or you move out," then it became very clear that what I needed to do - not just because I wanted to sing, but because I didn't want to live with anybody who issued ultimatums to me like that - would be to move out.

  Rene Marie

  Husband, Moving, Giving

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• I didn't have any definition of self. I never fit in, so I started pretending I was other people. I'd find people I thought were cool and dress how they dressed, talk how they talked, do whatever they were into. This led to a period of drugs and anchohol. When his family gave him an ultimatum to get clean or they'd report him to the police Corey said, "I was done fighting myself. I finally said, "I'm gonna start looking at my life and figure out why I'm doing this.

  Cory Monteith

  Fighting, Self, People

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• The Gospel is not an alternative, it’s an ultimatum.

  Reinhard Bonnke

  Alternatives

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• Then you get into it, especially if you start talking about football, fighting and Muhammad Ali. Then the ladies get very bored and start delivering ultimatums.

  Oliver Reed

  Football, Fighting, Talking

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• We who preach the gospel must not think of ourselves as public relations agents sent to establish good will between Christ and the world. We must not imagine ourselves commissioned to make Christ acceptable to big business, the press, the world of sports or modern education. We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Sports, Thinking, Agents

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• Even with some of the best action films like 'The Bourne Ultimatum,' which is a great action film with a great chase sequence, so much of it is computer-generated. But that doesn't bother me. I think it works. It's fantastic.

  William Friedkin

  Thinking, Action, Computer

  "Inside the Forgotten Movie Masterpiece 'Sorcerer'". Interview with Bryan Reesman, www.esquire.com. April 30, 2014.

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• I was happy when I read the script [The Bourne Ultimatum ] - the first version they sent me - to see that before, there's some humanity too.

  Julia Stiles

  Humanity, Scripts, Firsts

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• It was nice that there [ in the Bourne Ultimatum ] was a reference to the relationship . It's very subtle - it's actually without dialogue. I do think it's powerful even without words.

  Julia Stiles

  Powerful, Nice, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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