Tactful Quotes
25 quotes by 22 authors
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Whenever your well-being feels at risk around certain people, make a tactful and swift exit.
— Judith Orloff
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I'm honest. I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big…
— Sherilyn Fenn
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Some people mistake weakness for tact. If they are silent when they ought to speak and so feign an agreement they do not feel, they…
— Frank Medlicott
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Empathically accurate perceivers are those who are consistently good at 'reading' other people's thoughts and feelings. All else being equal, they are likely to be…
— William Ickes
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Sometimes I can be tactful and sometimes not. It all depends on the mood I'm in.
— Melanie Brown
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Everybody admires a go-getter if he is tactful.
— Earl Tupper
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Intelligent and alert, wistful but enthusiastic, frank yet tactful, assured without conceit and tender without sentimentality.
— Cecil Beaton
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I recall that my workshop leaders were tactful in their ways of acquainting me with my shortcomings as a writer. So much so that I…
— Tobias Wolff
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No. I don't have the patience, and I'm not very tactful. People say I can be frightening.
— Zaha Hadid
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Chi-Os were ideal partners for all occasions. They were discrete, desirable, tactful, polite, and fun... Every mom dreamed of her son coming home with a…
— David Letterman
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Talk about tactful - she's got a tongue like a Kalashnikov!
— Steve Fowler
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The best of merchandise will go back to the shelf unless handled by a conscientious, tactful salesman.
— James Cash Penney
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Albus Severus," Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don'tin your…
— Erwin Rommel
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If hatred strikes you, if you get accused, thrown to the lions, you can expect one of two reactions from people who know you: some…
— Milan Kundera
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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
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That is what I like about you, Mr. Dashwood," she said. "You are so decisive. It saves me the bother of thinking for myself." "That…
— Loretta Chase
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Slender Youth. A tour companion who may be either a lost prince or a girl/princess in disguise. In the latter case it is tactful to…
— Diana Wynne Jones
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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
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It is not good to want a thing too much. It sometimes drives the luck away. You must want it just enough, and you must…
— John Steinbeck
Who Wrote These Tactful Quotes
22 authors contributed a total of 25 Tactful Quotes as follows: