Quotes About Being Tactful

#1. The worst of having so much tact was that you never quite knew whether other people were acting naturally or being tactful too.
[The human element]

W. Somerset Maugham

#2. Jesu, but you're one hideous offence to the eye." I could tell he was going to kill me, so no point in being tactful.

Mark Lawrence

#3. Biographers rue the destruction or loss of letters; they might also curse the husband and wife who never leave each other's side, and thus perform a kind of epistolary abortion.

Janet Malcolm

#4. Figurines and souvenirs and kickshaws and mementos and gewgaws and bric-a-brac, everything either useless to begin with or ornamented so as to disguise its use; acres of luxuries, acres of excrement.

Ursula K. Le Guin

#5. All right, Kit. But you have to be careful. (Billy)
I'll be careful. Just you watch. I'll be as careful as ... as ... as something that's really careful, that's what. (Kit)

Kinley MacGregor

#6. I want to kiss my brother for being so tactful. Rabbit looks grateful as well, and I can only imagine what it would be like to trot out your embarrassing 'enjo kosai' problem in front of your sister, your former love-interest of a couple of weeks, and her two siblings.

Elle Lothlorien

#7. Can you remember who you were..

Danielle LaPorte

#8. I was born a heretic. I always distrusted people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows.

Susan B. Anthony

#9. Whenever your well-being feels at risk around certain people, make a tactful and swift exit.

Judith Orloff

#10. What is important is to deeply understand things and their relations to each other. This is where intelligence lies. The fact of being quick or slow isn't really relevant.

Laurent Schwartz

#11. If we make a great show of respect and love to God, in the outward actions, while there is no sincerity in the heart, it is but hypocrisy and practical lying unto the Holy One.

Jonathan Edwards

#12. There's no reason to be offended if someone is being honest and tactful. To tell the truth in kindness is a huge favor. To help people avoid the wrong path, or get on the right one, can save them years of frustration. In the end, candor grows respect.

Nancy K. Eberhardt

#13. She relaxed against him, her head tucked against his neck. He closed his eyes to better memorize the way she felt in his arms, since he must never hold her like this again.

Melanie Dickerson

#14. I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and the detectives - Jessica Fletcher, 'Columbo,' 'Perry Mason,' 'L.A. Law.' Any sense of guilt appeals to me in a television program - a sense of guilt, or a sense of making a lot of money.

Peter Ackroyd

#15. We the People . . . The People of the Long House.

P.J. Parker

#16. Running should be free, man.

Christopher McDougall

#17. Despite its simple and humble design, Zik is certainly today one of our most successful products in terms of intuitive ergonomics.

Philippe Starck

#18. We should be sensible, tactful, considerate and humble without being servile or scraping. As God's people we stand on our feet; we don't crawl before anyone.

Alcoholics Anonymous