Tact Quotes · Page 3

“Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.”

— Isaac Newton

The secret of man's success resides in his insight into the moods of people, and his tact in dealing with them.

— J. G. Holland

“...[S]ome of the opinions which people entertain should be respected, and others should not.”

— Socrates

Tact is for people who aren't smart or witty enough to be sarcastic.

— Anonymous

Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

Looking back on it at least my pride is in tact 'cause we said no strings attached and I still got tied…

— Anonymous

“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.”

— Winston Churchill

Truth or tact? You have to choose. Most times they're not compatible. It's so hard to draw the line.

— Eddie Cantor

I don't deliberately go into comedy or go into indies, but I do deliberately try to keep changing tact, because I think…

— John C. Reilly

What children, in fact all of us at any age, find frightening is unreliability and emotional coldness. The idea that you can't…

— Tilda Swinton

Opinion! If every one had so little tact as to give their true opinion when it was asked this would be a…

— Edna Ferber

Because there can be consequences for saying the first thing that pops into our heads, it is prudent to exercise tact.

— Jeanne Phillips

Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

Some people mistake weakness for tact. If they are silent when they ought to speak and so feign an agreement they do…

— Frank Medlicott

A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail... Fluency,…

— Charles Horton Cooley

God made poor woman with no heart, But gave her skill, and tact, and art, And so she lives, and plays her…

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

I shifted in my chair as Dad waited for a response. He seemed determined, his resolve unwavering. This would take tact. Prudence.…

— Darynda Jones

It [the pharmaceutical industry] is the most profitable industry in the world, and partially funds the US government. It surpasses oil in…

— Margot Kidder

It was not that ladies were inferior to men; it was that they were different. Their mission was to inspire others to…

— Anonymous

The chief misery of the decline of the faculties, and a main cause of the irritability that often goes with it, is…

— Charles Horton Cooley

“Being popular doesn’t always win spiritual change. Christ didn’t pour out the coins of the moneychangers and overturn their tables with any…

— Shannon L. Alder

You'll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You'll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So…

— Dr. Seuss

“Tact is the ability to formulate your thoughts, carefully choose your words and effectively communicate them without offending anyone. This is the…

— Uzoma Nnadi

To act honestly- even at the risk of saying the unpleasant truth, or of saying no and causing distress to others- if…

— Piero Ferrucci

Just because something is true doesn't mean you have to say it.

— Katherine Triandafilou

You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him on the…

— Anonymous

He seemed determines, his resolve unwavering. This would take tact. Prudence. Possible Milk Duds.

— Darynda Jones

Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent.

— William Gilmore Simms

Some people are just like some schools during summer, they have, NO CLASS.

— Anonymous

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

— Isaac Newton

“Arrogance, disrespect and demand have higher price. Kindness, respect and tact give better prize.”

— Angelica Hopes

I have tales to tell, but I don't tell them. Discretion. Discretion.

— Gregory Peck

“The art side of leadership involves orchestrating another performer's science to produce the desired result.”

— Orrin Woodward

In my experience tact is usually worse than the brutalities of truth.

— Robertson Davies

Tact is for people with too much damned time on their hands.

— Lois Greiman

Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.

— Anonymous

“I am convinced that I never wrong anyone intentionally...”

— Socrates

Tact is the rare ability to keep silent while two friends are arguing, and you know both of them are wrong.

— Hugh Allen

Truth or tact? You have to choose. Most times they are not compatible.

— Eddie Cantor

“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. ” Howard W. Newton”

— Warren W. Wiersbe