Tact Quotes

115 quotes by 97 authors

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork. — Wilson Mizner
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. — Isaac Newton
I'm very aware that when one is acting in the theater, you do become kind of animal about it. And you're reliant on instincts rather… — Alan Rickman
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it. — Voltaire
When I was younger I probably didn't understand something basic about tact, but I think it kept faint-hearted people at arm's distance and that's not… — Debra Winger
So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes!… — Dr. Seuss
One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. — Jack Kerouac
Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy. — Warren W. Wiersbe
You'll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You'll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when… — Dr. Seuss
Tact is just lying for adults. — Cassandra Clare
If you never stepped on anybody's toes, you never been for a walk. — Barbara Kingsolver
Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you're offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone's feelings — David Sedaris
The worst of having so much tact was that you never quite knew whether other people were acting naturally or being tactful too. [The human… — W. Somerset Maugham
Everything I think of now is too rude to actually say. — Craig Ferguson
It was not that ladies were inferior to men; it was that they were different. Their mission was to inspire others to achievement rather than… — E. M. Forster
Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense. — Gretchen Rubin
I don't know how to talk. Oh! talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you,… — Oscar Wilde
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 your… — Tanith Lee
Tact, if it be genuine, never sleeps. — Charlotte Bronte
Any man with money to make the purchase may become a dog's owner. But no man --spend he ever so much coin and food and… — Albert Payson Terhune

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