Discretion Quotes · Page 8

One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one…

— Oscar Wilde

It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law, according to the golden mete-wand of the…

— Edmund Burke

“We observe that one of the great attributes of discretion is that it can mask ignorance of all the most common and…

— Eleanor Catton

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak…

— Francis Bacon

We must use our judgement and discernment in deciding what ideas to accept and what ideas to reject.

— Senora Roy

there was great difference between persons and, discretion did not always accompany years nor was youth always with out it

— Benjamin Franklin

Your memo is trumping a Congressional statute. You don't have the discretion on whether to follow the law or not.

— Trey Gowdy

Knowledge is the treasure of the mind, but discretion is the key to it, without which it is useless. The practical part…

— Owen Feltham

There is nothing absurd or impracticable in the idea of a league or alliance between independent nations for certain defined purposes precisely…

— Alexander Hamilton

I confess myself utterly at a loss in suggesting particular reforms in our ways of teaching. No discretion that can be lodged…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We think the administration can give us a lot of regulatory flexibility which will bring more insurers in the marketplace, which means…

— Paul Ryan

“No one talks about it. No one talks about them at all. “The Ancients prefer discretion,” Mom once told me. But some…

— Melissa West

Lord Jesu, I ask Thee, give unto me movement in Thy love without measure; desire without limit; longing without order; burning without…

— Richard Rolle

Discretion is the most powerful tool a police officer carries on the beat, because an appropriate level of discretion can short-circuit the…

— John Fetterman

I think that the terms of the Affordable Care Act do give the states a fair amount of wiggle room and to…

— Neal Katyal

If a young lady has that discretion and modesty without which all knowledge is little worth, she will never make an ostentatious…

— Hannah More

Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.

— Chanakya

“The Truth Can Hurt . . . “Honesty is one of your most valuable virtues, however, when used without discretion, it can reap unfavorable repercussions.”

— Susan C. Young

I have real TV studios. If I have an idea, I can go shoot it. I can experiment. If I choose to…

— Criss Angel

When a man gives himself up to the government of a ruling passion,--or, in other words, when his HOBBY-HORSE grows head- strong,--farewell…

— Laurence Sterne

Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Conversing with children is a fine art… An art form that demands large amounts of both honesty and misdirection. Or maybe discretion…

— Miriam Toews

The Art of Love: knowing how to combine the temperament of a vampire with the discretion of an anemone.

— Emile M. Cioran

“While he knew he could count on her discretion in public, all was fair when it came to family.”

— Kristi Ann Hunter

I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous…

— John Bolton

A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment.

— Ambrose Bierce

All I can say is I was a lot more discreet as a candidate than I was in real life. Can I…

— Elizabeth Warren

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me…

— Denis Diderot

If a cause be good, the most violent attack of its enemies will not injure it so much as an injudicious defence…

— Charles Caleb Colton

The future woman must have a life work and economic independence. She must have the right of motherhood at her own discretion.

— W. E. B. Du Bois

Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.

— St. Catherine of Siena

Have you not observed that there is a lower kind of discretion and regularity, which seldom fails of raising men to the…

— Jonathan Swift

Equality before the law in a true democracy is a matter of right. It cannot be a matter of charity or of…

— Wiley Blount Rutledge

“That we may not fall short of desire, but let us give way to the unspoken passion hidden in the closet of…

— Erik Pevernagie

I have seen the day of wrong through the little hole of discretion, and I will right myself like a soldier.

— William Shakespeare

They make their fortune who are stout and wise, Wit rules the heavens, discretion guides the skies. [Lat., Che sovente addivien che'l…

— Torquato Tasso

We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to…

— Alexandre Dumas

That's the whole point of... of prosecutorial discretion in the judicial system. It's finding a just outcome in an individual case.

— Andrew Thomas

Jurors should acquit, even against the judge's instruction . . . if exercising their judgment with discretion and honesty they have a…

— Alexander Hamilton

Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real…

— Henry Steele Commager