Quotes About Discretion

Daniel Alejandro Valdes

As a viewer of television if there's something I don't like or find offensive, I just don't watch it.

I don't know too many people who, when the TV announcer says, 'Viewer discretion is advised', then turn the TV off. Those are code words for, 'Turn the sound up; this is gonna be really good.'

I keep my political views to myself.

Most high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court reviews. Our court is virtually alone in the amount of discretion it has.

My Constanze is the virtuous, honourable, discreet, and faithful darling of her honest and kindly-disposed Mozart.

Even people who have successfully obtained a visa are sometimes being turned back at the airport. Such incidents have never happened in the past but are increasing now because even low level officers of the border patrol department are being entrusted with too much discretion power on how they execute the laws.

The world is full of bright men who know all the right things to say and who say them in the wrong place.

Not everything needed to be brought into the light, he knew. Not every truth needed to be told.

Just because you CAN sing doesn't mean you should.

It's much cleverer to keep out of trouble than to get out.

Perhaps the grumbler will object on the ground that he considers p a vital commodity, much more important than q, and that therefore the production of p should be expanded and that of q restricted. If this is really the meaning of his criticism, he is at variance with the valuations of the consumers. He throws off his mask and shows his dictatorial aspirations. Production should not be directed by the wishes of the public but by his own despotic discretion.

Two daiquiris withdrew into a corner of a gorgeous room and one told the other a lie.

After several decades of empirical study, Jaques concluded that just as humans differ in intelligence, we differ in our ability to handle time-dependent complexity. We all have a natural time horizon we are comfortable with: what Jaques called "time span of discretion," or the length of the longest task an individual can successfully undertake.

You better not show that video to anyone.

Best way to keep your secrets from your enemies is to stop telling your friends.

When I say, 'It's a long story,' it usually means I just don't want to tell you.

That we may not fall short of desire, but let us give way to the unspoken passion hidden in the closet of our discretion. ("Crépuscule du désir")

It's very important to know when you're in a pissing match. And it's very important to get out of it as quickly as possible.

Find yourself a used iPhone, maybe from Craigslist, where you have no relationship with the seller. Pay cash for it, toss the SIM card, and restore it to factory settings. You'll need to set up a burner email to get an anonymous iTunes account.

There are some things you don't ask a man. Not if you respect him. He's entitled to stake his claim to what he considers private to himself alone.

Nothing is more conspicuous than a farting princess.

I have a repugnance to be known and understood by everybody. I do not like to have my feelings or my thoughts every one's property.

Discretion is not the better part of biography.