Best Discretion Lines
155 Discretion quotes by 130 unique authors
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Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about…
— Rudy Giuliani
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What a world of trouble those who never marry escape! There are many happy matches, it is true, and sometimes "my dear," and "my love"…
— Mark Twain
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The heart sometimes leaps forward when the head tells us to be still. When this happens, patience is clearly called for as we seek to…
— Alexander Clark
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Understand that wisdom is higher than intellect and discretion is higher than debating.
— Nirmala Srivastava
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If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a…
— James Madison
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By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief.
— Joe Torre
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Lawsuits are rare and catastrophic experiences for the vast majority of men, and even when the catastrophe ensues, the controversy relates most often not to…
— Benjamin Cardozo
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The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising…
— Henry Steele Commager
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The rest is a mere matter of detail, to be settled with judgment, discretion, and caution.
— John Griffin Carlisle
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Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.
— Junius
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I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going…
— John Bolton
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We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them out of discretion, and so disappears the most beautiful, the…
— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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It is desire that impels man to lose his discrimination and understanding, and thus commit wrong actions.
— Senoraroy
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Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.
— King Everett KeithThe Encourager
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We need to know all the facts and be able to discern the situation before we pass judgment on someone. Sometimes life has been very…
— David Kreger
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Not Everyone You Lose Is A Loss. Unless It's Me... Then You Screwed.
— Cv Pillay
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Open mouth, change feet.
— Rock Cowles
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When you learn to discipline your tongue, you'll stop scrutinizing, judging and condemning others. You'll then focus on your own weaknesses.
— Mufti Ismail Menk
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Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, and expense.
— Donald Rumsfeld
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Perish discretion when it interferes with duty
— Hannah Moore
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Its a sign of troubled times when the concept of pressure becomes an acceptable excuse for ethical shortcuts and moral shortcomings. Pressures are just temptations…
— Michael Josephson
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The better part of valour is discretion.
— William Shakespeare
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We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient discretion to meet the circumstances in each case.
— Hugo Black
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Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in…
— George Santayana
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit.
— American Proverb
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