Top 40 Tactful Quotes
#1. It is not good to want a thing too much. It sometimes drives the luck away. You must want it just enough, and you must be very tactful with Gods or the gods.
John Steinbeck
#2. What is the tactful, the effective way of announcing that your life's work has been wasted?
Francis Spufford
#3. That is what I like about you, Mr. Dashwood," she said. "You are so decisive. It saves me the bother of thinking for myself."
"That is what I like about you, Mrs. Dashwood," he said. "You are so sarcastic. It saves me the trouble of trying to be tactful and charming.
Loretta Chase
#4. I had never been enormously tactful; I had no practice dealing with overly friendly boys.
Stephenie Meyer
#5. Nobody wants to know a colored woman's opinion about her own status of that of her group. When she dares express it, no matter how mild or tactful it may be, it is called 'propaganda,' or is labeled 'controversial.' Those two words have come to have a very ominous sound to me.
Mary Church Terrell
#6. I hate the way, once you start to know someone, care about them, their behavior can distress you, even when it's unreasonable and not your fault, even if you were really trying to be careful, tactful.
Tanith Lee
#7. To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be humane.
Jane Harrison
#8. 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
#9. I'm English. We're about as tactful as a hot poker up the bum, most of the time.
L.H. Thomson
#10. 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
#11. Whenever your well-being feels at risk around certain people, make a tactful and swift exit.
Judith Orloff
#12. The best of merchandise will go back to the shelf unless handled by a conscientious, tactful salesman.
James Cash Penney
#13. What in the world is this abomination?"
Lissa, only slightly more tactful, asked, "Adrian, is this some kind of joke?
Richelle Mead
#14. Albus Severus," Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, "you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.
J.K. Rowling
#15. Sexual revelation in literature, must be tactful and must serve plot
Gore Vidal
#16. Old Time is never discreet or tactful.
Rex Stout
#17. [He] had the hard eyes of the disciplinarian and the smile of a man who must be tactful and pleasant to many people.
A.E. Van Vogt
#18. Part of me felt mollified by the letter, though another part felt he still could have been a bit more tactful in his earlier treatment, busy or no. The rest of me pointed out that all of these "parts of me" probably should be in therapy.
Richelle Mead
#19. This is supposed to be a touch-feely conversation where we tell you, 'Don't worry, you'll always have a family here with us.' And then we may or may not have sappy music piped in."
Ted rolled his eyes. "That was tactful, Eve. Wonderful.
Debra Anastasia
#21. I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that.
Sherilyn Fenn
#22. 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
#24. Do you have any Greek in you? That was just a tactful way of asking if you're pregnant. If you're not, then let's break up.
Demetri Martin
#25. You don't have to prove confidence; when you have it, it'll show.
Real confidence is quiet, tactful, civil, and humble.
Rosalinda Oropeza Randall
#26. Did I offend you?" Lannister said. "Sorry. Dwarfs don't have to be tactful. Generations of capering fools in motley have won me the right to dress badly and say any damn thing that comes into my head.
George R R Martin
#27. She said there was no tactful way for a naked person to cope with a runny nose, especially while dancing. Orly grudgingly agreed.
Carl Hiaasen
#28. Chi-Os were ideal partners for all occasions. They were discrete, desirable, tactful, polite, and fun ... Every mom dreamed of her son coming home with a Chi Omega, a woman's woman.
David Letterman
#29. I have motherfucking finesse. Just because I speak my mind means I'm not tactful?
Jamie McGuire
#30. Intelligent and alert, wistful but enthusiastic, frank yet tactful, assured without conceit and tender without sentimentality.
Cecil Beaton
#31. Did you refuse to be tested to see if you and he were Soul Complements because you were afraid you might want sex with him?
Yes, I am tactful that way.
Devon Monk
#32. No. I don't have the patience, and I'm not very tactful. People say I can be frightening.
Zaha Hadid
#33. Everybody admires a go-getter if he is tactful.
Earl Tupper
#35. 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
#36. The clock moves on and hours pass too quickly; I was only a second in the tactful moments of life.
Kristian Goldmund Aumann
#37. Sometimes I can be tactful and sometimes not. It all depends on the mood I'm in.
Melanie Brown
#38. 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
#39. Talk about tactful - she's got a tongue like a Kalashnikov!
Steve Fowler
#40. You are so tactful that I have no idea what you want.
Mason Cooley
