Quotes About Tactful

You are so tactful that I have no idea what you want.

Therefore the skilful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field.

The best of merchandise will go back to the shelf unless handled by a conscientious, tactful salesman.

Was that job offer you worked into the blessing? I never saw such tact.

el amable arte de actuar solapadamente.

Sometimes I can be tactful and sometimes not. It all depends on the mood I'm in.

I have never been a very tactful person. I have never been discreet either. I am a voyeur and a gossip. I am also very opinionated. These are good qualities to have if your aim is to be a writer who is read. You could add to that the extremely useful habit of keeping a diary. I

Be open where you can and stealthy where you must

I'm not an agate type ESPN Sports Center highlight, in-your-face kind of a sports fan.

What in the world is this abomination?"Lissa, only slightly more tactful, asked, "Adrian, is this some kind of joke?

Wisdom is an artful method—a skillful, tactical, fair, and diplomatic use of knowledge.

I'm understated in my approach.

I don't believe in being loud. I find that stupid. Understated things work much better.

This velvet-tongued and sweetly passive style of circumspect argument would make him seem sage to some, insinuating and manipulative to others, but inflammatory to almost nobody. The method would also become, often with a nod to Franklin, a staple in modern management guides and self-improvement books.

We've learned to come in sort of gently. We can't come smashing in like, "Hi! It's John and Yoko naked in bed with flags and Yoko screaming and him playing wild guitar in back." We're just coming in through the back door.

My thing is I'm not very P.C., but I'm tactful. I try not to offend anyone.

People who champion Trump say they don't want politics-as-usual. But 'politic' is also an adjective. It means 'tactful and diplomatic.' It's necessary for an elected official to be politic.

I found myself wishing that Jeeves wasn't always so dashed tactful. I mean, it's all very well to remove yourself like an eel sliding into mud when the employer has a visitor, but there are moments — and it looked to me as if this was going to be one of them — when the truer tact is to stick round and stand ready to lend a hand in the free-for-all.

obliquely and delicately,

I think it's funny to be delicate with subjects that are explosive.

I like to be subtle, without being too obvious.

I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.

Perhaps your father wouldn't like it?" suggested Patty doubtfully. "Uncle James didn't like it much. I mean Hugo had to be very tactful about it. He couldn't really get on with his plans until Uncle James died. He died quite suddenly." (Arsenic, thought Will—but he still remained silent.)

I didn't forget your birthday, I'm just fashionably late.