Diplomacy Quote by Julian Burnside

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

— Uzoma Nnadi

“tact is the ability to deal with people sensitively, to avoid giving offense, to have a “feel” for the proper words or responses to…

— J Oswald Sanders

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

— Quentin Crisp

Tact, the kind of tact you should cultivate, is not a form of deception or make-believe, but a cultivated taste which gives fine perception…

— Grenville Kleiser

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents…

— Anonymous

Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality.

— Paul Johnson

Underhand euphemism are used, not so much to conceal offence and to deliberately disguise a topic and deceive

— Kate Burridge

What's so useful about the British culture of politeness is the level of passive aggression is really fun to write.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

“Clever politeness can throw people off. Be tactful.”

— Saad Ireland

Politeness is the poison of collaboration.

— Edwin Land

Some people mistake weakness for tact. If they are silent when they ought to speak and so feign an agreement they do not feel,…

— Frank Medlicott

Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep…

— Joseph Wood Krutch