Quotes About Tact

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.

Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way. —Daniele Vare, Italian diplomat

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

You may speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, but it all depends how you speak it! Got to be tactful, persuasive, throw yourself on the mercy and indulgence of the law. Be humble and innocent, not stiff-backed and defiant.

more than is wise or philosophic; but I contain myself, when nothing is to be gained by giving way.

But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite. ***

There are fashions in saying things just as there are fashions in clothes. You wear what other people are wearing not so much because it's attractive but so as not to be conspicuous; so you can go on bind yourself underneath without being noticed too much.

The right word at the right time stops wars, cures heartaches, mends bridges, sweeps away barriers. The wrong word is the dropped match that lights a forest fire. 

Defending yourself is not the same as offending your enemy. Watch what you say.

If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.

There is no hint too broad for a woman of little tact.

That was almost certainly true—but then, Joe Acosta was a rich and powerful man, and my sister was a tough and stubborn woman, and a meeting of two such people would probably go a lot smoother if at least one person present had just a tiny smidgen of tact. Deborah had never had any; she probably couldn't even spell it. And judging from his reputation, Joe Acosta was the kind of man who would buy tact if he ever needed any. So that left me. I

If I had a family crest, it would read Please Don't Make Me Be an Asshole.

What I do is try to stay away from the hot subjects.

I think that sexiness should be in the subtleties.

Use soft words and hard arguments.

A diplomat is a man who says you have an open mind, instead of telling you that you have a hole in the head.

You're not beautiful!" blurted Harriet. "And you're not tactful, Princess," said Whiskerella dryly. "I can maybe do something with my hair, but I think you're stuck.

Withhold a smile only when the smile can hurt someone. Otherwise, let it bloom forth in a riot.

Never joke at funerals, or during business transactions.

A diplomat, according to Alex Dreier, is "anyone who thinks twice before saying nothing.

In a foolish and loud manner he had argued politics; he had been rude in his disagreeing, and only the adroit tact of his host had sufficed to save the evening. How much I have to learn, Childan thought. They're so graceful and polite. And I—the white barbarian. It is true.

Why trample on a flower when you don't need to?

You can't just march into someone else's country and start telling everyone what to do—even the Marines have to practice a little diplomacy. May