“It's not compatible to expect multilateralism to work and, at the same...” — Roberto Azevedo Quote

“It's not compatible to expect multilateralism to work and, at the same time, to expect to walk out with everything you wanted. This is a recipe for failure. If we prize the system, we have to come knowing that we will need to make compromises. Sometimes painful compromises.”

“Making strong infrastructural reforms, particularly in the area of social security, that's not an appealing prospect for any country or for any political structure. But that's a reality.”

“At the WTO, it's never a general surgery. It's always a very specific, clinical, precise surgery - and you can't miss the target. If you miss the target, you kill the patient. It's as simple as that.”

“If you look at some of the people in the Hall of Fame, my numbers are compatible.”

“He and I were about as compatible as a rat and a boa constrictor.”

“You need to find someone that you're gonna pair-program with who's compatible with your way of thinking, so that the two of you together are a complementary force.”