Quotes About Discretion

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She was discrete about writing in her notebooks … This too pointed to potential derangement. What had her majesty to note down? She never used to do it. And like any change in behavior of the elderly, it was readily put down to decay. Probably Alzheimer's.

All the parties would send their inputs to God. God would reliably determine the results and return the outputs. God being the ultimate in confessional discretion, no party would learn anything more about the other parties' inputs than they could learn from their own inputs and the output.

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you - it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

Relationships or not, I believe that people don't need to know about my life beyond a certain point.

Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.

I am very adamant about keeping my private life private. I don't prefer to talk about my family.

Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.

I'm a very private person. I like staying home and doing my stuff. I hate people invading on my privacy. I hate talking about my private life.

Of course I have a personal life.

The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.

Keeping your private life as private as possible is the smartest thing.

I don't write about my life in my column.

Can you also write down that under no circumstances can either of us tell anyone the truth?" I ask him. "The first rule of Fight Club," Peter says knowingly. "I've never seen that movie." "Of course you haven't," he says, and I make a face at him. Also: mental note, watch Fight Club.

Never, never tell them. Try and remember that. Never tell anyone anything ever. Never tell anyone anything again.

We never argued about these things because I kept my mouth shut about things I did not like.

Not everything needs to be revealed. Everyone should cultivate a secret garden.

know for a fact that if we did as many drug searches of rich white schools as we do poor black ones, there'd be an outcry about our "lack of discretion." It's tricky on both sides.

I claim for Canada this, that in future Canada shall be at liberty to act or not act, to interfere or not interfere, to do just as she pleases, and that she shall reserve to herself the right to judge whether or not there is cause for her to act.

Discretion is the most powerful tool a police officer carries on the beat, because an appropriate level of discretion can short-circuit the use of lethal force. Discretion and de-escalation measures are pro-community, pro-police, and create more trust while making everyone safer.

There's nowhere in London where you can use a whip without getting too much attention.

I do not like to discuss a game with the other players right after the final whistle.

The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.

I like to keep some privacy, be a normal person.