Everybody admires a go-getter if he is tactful.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

— Anatole France

Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless…

— Philip Dormer Stanhope

Some people mistake weakness for tact. If they are silent when they ought to speak and so feign an agreement they do not feel,…

— Frank Medlicott

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

— Mason Cooley

“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…

— P. G. Wodehouse

Be sure, when you think you are being extremely tactful, that you are not in reality running away from something you ought to face.

— Frank Medlicott

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

— W. Somerset Maugham

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…

— Tanith Lee

Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless…

— Anonymous

“thinking to be tactful and adroit, the woman stood”

— Yasunari Kawabata

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

— Melanie Brown

“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…

— Debra Anastasia

Growing up, I didn't feel tactful or classy.

— Chappell Roan

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

— Judith Orloff

Talk about tactful - she's got a tongue like a Kalashnikov!

— Steve Fowler