Quotes About Discretion

I hope you'll forgive me for ruining the symmetry of your genocide. I was invested in being discreet.

People had secrets. You lived with it or you didn't.

If you can't be good, be careful.

What I like about limousines is they have tinted windows, so no-one can see if you're snogging in the back seat.

Some people just shouldn't speak.

Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.

En la vida lo malo no es conocer, sino mostrar que se conoce. Tan peligroso resulta ser poco discreto revelando que uno sabe de más, como caer en la simpleza de saber de menos. Siempre es bueno prevenir la música antes de que empiece el baile.

It is only the power of discretion to distinguish between good and evil that makes a man out of his beastly inclinations.

For quarrels, they are with care and discretion to be avoided. They are commonly for mistresses, healths, place, and words.

I'm not going to be like a rapper and mention the people I'm talking about in my songs by name.

I rarely read or buy a book because of a review.

I chose not to react to everyone's opinion.

All I can say is I was a lot more discreet as a candidate than I was in real life. Can I say that? Maybe it's indiscreet to talk about discretion.

I Google myself, and I Bing myself, but only in private. I find it very comforting to Bing myself with a nice cup of eggnog.

I don't gossip about myself.

I don't let the left hand know what the right hand is doing.

I really don't like showing my hand.

With all humility and abstinence, with all temperance and patience, with modest bearing and appearance was she. Discreet in answering was she always.

For as I may be saved by God above, I never used discretion when in love But ever followed on my appetite, Whether the lad was short, long, black or white. Little I cared, if he was fond of me, How poor he was, or what his rank might be.

I don't have to tell you it goes without saying there are some things better left unsaid. I think that speaks for itself. The less said about it the better.

I'm a walkawayer. If someone brings me a really crap meal in a restaurant I will tell them it's wonderful and then just never go to the restaurant again. I think that's the best way to do it generally, rather than sit and fight and annoy your head. Just pretend to enjoy it and then leave.

Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy.

By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.