Quotes About Tact

thinking to be tactful and adroit, the woman stood

You know, I'm just not going to get into American politics.

Besides, his tact had discovered to him the real nature of Delphine; he divined instinctively that she was capable of stepping over her father's corpse to go to the ball; and within himself he felt that he had neither the strength of mind to play the part of mentor, nor the strength of character to vex her, nor the courage to leave her to go alone.

LA RESPUESTA A UN TONTO El proverbio dice que "la respuesta a un tonto es el silencio": La observación, sin embargo, indica que prácticamente cualquier otra respuesta tendrá el mismo efecto a largo plazo.

Straightforwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.

As my dear wife occasionally reminds me: "Never miss an opportunity to shut the fuck up.

Tim reminds me unnecessarily at breakfast that the Bensons and the McDougalls are coming to dinner tonight and asks me to tell Annie not to breathe heavily down the back of his neck when she is waiting at table. Spend half an hour wondering how I can possibly put this in a tactful manner and realise that I can't. Decide to say nothing about it and hope for the best.

The matter of international relations is very subtle and exquisite.

As veterans we should be smarter about how we talk about things.

I can't do comedy that is cutting and vicious. If I knew I'd said something that was going to make someone feel bad, well, that supersedes everything.

You don't have to apologize for disliking me, only for being discourteous.

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

Don't tell your friends their social faults they will cure the fault and never forgive you.

I would never speak about specifics in my own relationships because I think it's tacky. If you seriously want to know, listen to the music.

But unlike neurosurgeons, we gravitate toward the sensitive area, pressing delicately on it, even if it makes the patient feel uncomfortable.

Coz, he said. You really must learn to shut your mouth from time to time. You'll taste less shoe letter.

She had never gotten it through her gentle head that there was a time for a soft paw and a time for red claws.

So don't be getting sensitive when you think I'm being mean.

Know when to speak your mind and when to let others put their foot in their mouth.

To win, you must use neither aggression nor arrogance. Indeed, you can obtain your goals by being calm and doing all things required to achieve your goals.

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

One should never offend more men than one can persuade

It is well for one to know more than he says