Quotes About Tact

Not everything that's true needs to be said.

Asked for your opinion on the prints, you have two choices: truth or tact. I ask for the bathroom.

I don't believe in speaking ill of the dead, even when it's the truth.

In my experience tact is usually worse than the brutalities of truth.

There are questions so indiscreet, that they deserve neither truth nor falsehood in reply.

Ahora bien, es un hecho conocido que, a veces, los libros se tienen entre sí un odio mortal. Aún tratándose de libros enteramente normales, cualquiera que tenga un poco de tacto no colocará Justine junto a Heidi ni Las leyes tributarias junto a La historia interminable, aunque, naturalmente, los libros normales no pueden oponerse a eso...

Valerie Feigen watched in near bewilderment as her husband acquired, haltingly, in fits and starts, a trait resembling tact.

I'm simply saying that there are advantages in sending a skilled diplomat who can always say, 'I'll get back to you on that, Mr. Minister'.

Lynn wanted to say she was sorry, but she couldn't seem to speak around the foot in her mouth.

I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.

Be classy, not flashy. - Kailin Gow

Don't make jokes about food.

I'm not big on fat jokes. That's a little beneath me. I'm not a huge fan of making a joke - and as I say this, I'm sure I do it - completely at someone else's expense.

It is great cleverness to know when to conceal ones cleverness.

The secret of being boring is to tell everything.

Betreffs des Mauls, da solltet Ihr das Eure vielleicht halten.

If you can't say it to me in front of my kids, don't say it.

Her tact had to reckon with the Atlantic Ocean, the General Post-Office and the extravagant curve of the globe.

Nora seemed by instinct to have perceived the fitness of her not speaking of her own affairs, and indeed displayed in the matter a precocious good taste.

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

Diplomacy is the art of getting what you want without offending anyone too badly.

Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not rudeness.

I want you to be nice...until it's time to not be nice.

Manners are a way of getting what you want without appearing to be an absolute swine.