Quotes About Tact

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If you can't be kind, at least be vague.

Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change.

A really good diplomat does not go in for victories, even when he wins them.

You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.

You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.

The best lawyers are those who can win without arguing

This was one of those occasions when discretion was the better part of not getting your face bashed in.

even when I leaned in as far as I dared without being obvious

I have always been fond of the West African proverb: 'Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far,'

no one knew better than Lincoln that words have consequences. In a world of tinder, he was determined to hold his rhetorical gifts in abeyance in order to reach across factions and avoid a single spark that could set loose an avoidable conflagration.

I wished to warn you about the scimitar cut, and also that your men may find it disconcerting when the Janissaries scream.' No more than amused at the tact, 'I scream too,' said Lymond gravely. 'And louder. But it is kind of you to advise.

Tact,' Lymond said, 'is the name you should have upon your tombstone.

never get into a pissing match with folks who buy ink by the barrel

It was due to his tact, to his judgment, to his sympathetic manipulation of human beings that the atmosphere had always been such a happy one... If there was a change, therefore, the change must be due to the man at the top.

Mr Rycroft said nothing. It was so difficult not to say the wrong thing to Captain Wyatt that it was usually safer not to reply at all.

I'm a diplomat, I make myself agreeable to some of the most vile people on earth

It will be a physical encounter but we must not respond in kind.

I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.

I know you aren't supposed to speak ill of the dead.

Shouts and blows may have won arguments for you in the past, fellow. They are pointless in the current situation.

The elephant is never won by anger; nor must that man who would reclaim a lion take him by the teeth.

Never insult seven men if you're only carrying a six shooter.

What is denominated discretion in man we call cunning in brutes.