Discreet Quotes
69 quotes by 64 authors
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They also explained how the sensors can monitor the levels of acetone on people's breath, and this can be used to tell people who suffer…
— Anne Campbell
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A person who is discreet in speaking will be useful during the good times and will avoid punishment during the bad.
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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That meddling in other people's affairs...formerly conducted by the most discreet intrigue is now openly advocated under the name of intervention.
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet to run amok and tilt at all I meet.
— Alexander Pope
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We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.
— Mark Twain
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Cats are distant, discreet, impeccably clean and able to stay silent. What more could be needed to be good company?
— Marie Leszczynska
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Two persons who have chosen each other out of all the species with a design to be each other's mutual comfort and entertainment have, in…
— Joseph Addison
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I like density, not volume. I like to leave something to the imagination. The reader must fit the pieces together, with the author's discreet help.
— Maureen Howard
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Britney's a very beautiful human being. After I worked with her, I realized that there was a reason why she was the most popular pop…
— Zoe Saldana
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With his continual doctrine [Bishop Hooper] adjoined due and discreet correction, not so much severe to any as to them which for abundance of riches…
— John Foxe
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If you have a grateful heart (which is a miracle amongst you statesmen), show it by directing the bearer to the best wine in town,…
— John Wilmot
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Oh, if I could put some of my reckless spirit into these discreet cautious lazy men!
— Mary Boykin Chesnut
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In no country has the historical blackout been more intense and effective than in Great Britain. Here it has been ingeniously christened The Iron Curtain…
— Harry Elmer Barnes
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The press and politicians. A delicate relationship. Too close, and danger ensues. Too far apart and democracy itself cannot function without the essential exchange of…
— Howard Brenton
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We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove. We have two opinions: one private,…
— Mark Twain
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Certainly my life will not ever be as private and discreet, and perhaps I should even use the word insulated, as it was before
— Anita Hill
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Love is . . . a madness most discreet
— William Shakespeare
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De-Christianizing America has been high on the progressive agenda, and, thanks to the government (especially the federal courts), it has been a great success. Nor…
— Joseph Sobran
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The poor child was the drudge of the household, and was always in the wrong. He was, however, the most bright and discreet of all…
— Charles Perrault
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Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief of them that…
— Robert Grosseteste
Who Wrote These Discreet Quotes
64 authors contributed a total of 69 Discreet Quotes, led by these top contributors: