“ Silence is not always tact, but it is tact that is golden, not silence. ”
- Samuel Butler- Copy
- 2.4K
“ Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all those who would climb, but especially for those who have to step out of the crowd. ”
- Benjamin Disraeli- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Diplomacy: The art of saying "nice doggie" until you can find a rock. ”
- Wynn Catlin- Copy
- 2.8K
“ Without tact you can learn nothing. Tact teaches you when to be silent. Inquirers who are always questioning never learn anything. ”
- Benjamin Disraeli- Copy
- 3.7K
“ To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy. ”
- Will Durant- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were. ”
- George E. Bergman- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Tact in audacity consists in knowing how far we may go too far. ”
- Jean Cocteau- Copy
- 2.4K
“ Experience is what allows us to repeat our mistakes, only with more finesse! ”
- Derwood Fincher- Copy
- 1.3K
“ Experience was to be taken as showing that one might get a five-pound note as one got a light for a cigarette; but one had to check the friendly impulse to ask for it in the same way. ”
- Henry James- Copy
- 141
“ If you fall, fall on your back. If you can look up, you can get up. ”
- Les Brown- Copy
- 3.4K
“ Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains, they drown in every drop. ”
- Charles de Gaulle- Copy
- 2.6K
“ One shouldn't talk of halters in the hanged man's house. ”
- Miguel de Cervantes- Copy
- 1.8K
“ To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
- 689
“ A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
- 170
“ I mean, I'm a Chicago Irishman, I know how to finesse things. So at least, working with the young people I was able to accomplish pretty much what I wanted to. ”
- Andrew Greeley- Copy
- 236
“ Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear. ”
- Billy Gibbons- Copy
- 521
“ A lightweight, by definition, is a man who cannot assert his authority over the national press, cannot manipulate reporters, cannot finesse questions, prevent leaks or command a professional public relations operation. ”
- Timothy Crouse- Copy
- 791
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