Quotes About Discretion

I do not want to pour out my heart to the world. I am cautious of what I say and to whom.

I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.

I think that the terms of the Affordable Care Act do give the states a fair amount of wiggle room and to do things as they see fit. The Affordable Care Act was not designed as some sort of one-size-fits-all solution from Washington. There's lots of discretion given to the states.

I'm not affiliated with either Wikileaks or Anonymous - of course, it's not like I would tell you anyway if I were because the whole point is to be anonymous.

They will, on the one hand, have sex with just about anything that moves, given an easy chance, like males in a low-MPI species. On the other hand, when it comes to finding a female for a long-term joint venture, discretion makes sense; males can undertake only so many ventures over a lifetime, so the genes that the partner brings to the project—genes for robustness, brains, whatever—are worth scrutinizing. The

Mi relación con Piel Divina era secreta, al menos hasta donde la situación era controlable por mi. No quiero decir con esto que en mi circulo de amigos desconocieran mi homosexualidad, que yo llevaba con discreción pero sin ocultamiento. Lo que si desconocían era que me entendiera con un real visceralista, si bien el mas atípico de todos, un real visceralista al fin y al cabo.

All men value their own secrets far above those of others.

There is power in the keeping of a secret, and power in the revelation of a secret. Sometimes it takes very wise man to discern which is the path to greater power.

And while you're 'hearing' all this vital gossip, I might point out to you that no wise man tells all he knows. And that he who carries tales has little else in his head...

I know you meant no harm by it, boy. But men don't talk about times spent among the pillows with a lady. And assassins don't talk about…our business.

A secret is only a secret as long as only one man knows it.

To pry would involve being told an answer I didn't want to hear. So I didn't pry.

What's her name? None of your business. That can't possibly be her name.

I'm telling you now. Without knowing for sure if you sent them, or why, I was left to my own discretion. If you want me to bother you with every little detail that comes up, just say so. He shrugged. But I was under the impression that you wanted me to handle shit. Murray's face reddened with bluster. I do, damn it. They were shit, Trace explained. They've been handled.

When a man picks up a gun he picks up responsibility. He has a dangerous weapon, and he'd better have coolness and discretion...He'd better have judgment. That other man who wears a gun also has a family, a home, he has hopes, dreams, ambitions. If you're human, you must think of that. Nobody in his right mind takes a human life lightly.

kept him from going forward. His innate caution

Rockefeller refused to publicize such sensitive information.

I pressed him no further, and never found out where his father lived.

They are fools who kiss and tell'-- Wisely has the poet sung. Man may hold all sorts of posts If he'll only hold his tongue.

in case anyone might think I was snooping.

If you start reading a book and you don't like it you always have the option of shutting it. At this point it loses its capacity to offend you.

Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.

I don't know who took what. That is pretty private with an individual.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.