Quotes About Discretion

Other people's tragedies should not be the subject of idle conversation.

Someone yelled something downstairs, and I said, "Come on," suddenly realizing I really didn't want to be found with Rafe in Daniel's bedroom, however innocent the explanation.

Just because someone asks you a question, don't you think you have to answer.

Uneori e mai bine s? nu spui ceea ce ?tie toat? lumea.

Knowledge is power only as long as you keep your mouth shut.

Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em.

You may be thinking that a bag is just a thing in which to put other things. And you're right, of course. But that's what makes them so extraordinary. A bag has no intentions or desires of its own, it embraces every object that we ask it to hold. You trust the bag, and it, in return, trusts you. To me, a bag is patience; a bag is profound discretion.

She shouldn't speak her thoughts; nothing good ever came of speaking your thoughts.

If you have to keep something secret it's because you shouldn't be doing it in the first place!

Other people's sex lives are a little like other people's holidays: you're glad that they had fun but you weren't there and don't necessarily want to see the photos.

People are secretive when they have secrets.

Be prudent, diligent, temperate and discreet. Remember that every human being has a claim upon your kind offices.

Your private life is your private life and you keep it to yourself. You get more respect that way.

De gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Nothing more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.

I didn't want to destroy anything or anybody. I just wanted to slip quietly out the back door, without causing any fuss or consequences, and then not stop running until I reached Greenland.

To which she had replied, "There is nothing I would rather not talk about, Billy, and nobody whom I would rather not talk about it with!

And if he presses, tell him it's a female matter. That stops any question.

Men believe women are hopeless gossips, but women know men are. The poor creatures are worse than women in some ways, because they cannot admit to themselves that they are gossiping, or doubt the discretion of the individuals in whom they confide. 'Strictly in confidence, old boy, just between you and me...'.

There are occasions upon which a candid expression of opinion may be not only rude, but counterproductive. L

I've never been very keen on women who hang their sex round their neck like baubles. I think it should be discovered. It's more interesting to discover the sex in a woman than it is to have it thrown at you, like a Marilyn Monroe or those types. To me they are rather vulgar and obvious.

Do not menion them more than you help. Do not refer to them by name. To name is to reveal; it is the inevitable clue, and our only hope lies in ignoring them, in order that they may ignore us.

Much must remain esoteric and veiled. The risks of too much knowledge are far greater than the menace of too little. With knowledge comes responsibility and power,—two things for which the race is not yet ready. Therefore, all we can do is to study and correlate with what wisdom and discretion may be ours, using the knowledge that may come for the good of those we seek to help, and recognising that in the wise use of knowledge comes increased capacity to receive the hidden wisdom.