Quotes of Tact - somelinesforyou

“ Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip. ”

- Unknown

“ Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were. ”

- George E. Bergman

“ Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; its opposite, the unthought part which you say. ”

- Henry Van Dyke

“ Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock. ”

- Will Rogers

“ He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, not progress, the highest lesson of statecraft. ”

- James Russell Lowell

“ Without tact you can learn nothing. Tact teaches you when to be silent. Inquirers who are always questioning never learn anything. ”

- Benjamin Disraeli

“ Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent. ”

- William Gilmore Simms

“ Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you. ”

- Oliver Herford

“ Diplomacy is to do and say, the nastiest thing in the nicest way. ”

- Isaac Goldberg

“ Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains, they drown in every drop. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ Silence is not always tact, but it is tact that is golden, not silence. ”

- Samuel Butler

“ Tact is, after all, a kind of mind reading. ”

- Sarah Orne Jewett

“ Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his head. ”

- Unknown

“ It is tact that is golden, not silence. ”

- Samuel Butler

“ 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

“ Tact in audacity consists in knowing how far we may go too far. ”

- Jean Cocteau

“ Tact is ability to see others as they wish to be seen. ”

- Unknown

“ Tact is knowing how far to go too far. ”

- Jean Cocteau

“ Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. ”

- Howard W. Newton

“ Tact is the intelligence of the heart. ”

- Unknown

“ Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ The secret of man's success resides in his insight into the mood's of people, and his tact in dealing with them. ”

- Josiah Gilbert Holland

“ 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 call it being tactful. Cowardice would be a much better name. ”

- Frank Medlicott

“ The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten. ”

- Mark Twain

“ A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol. ”

- Adlai E. Stevenson

“ Never say "oops" in the operating room. ”

- Dr. Leo Troy

“ There's the one thing no nation can ever accuse us of and that is secret diplomacy. Our foreign dealings are an open book, generally a check book. ”

- Will Rogers

“ Diplomacy: The art of saying "nice doggie" until you can find a rock. ”

- Wynn Catlin

“ Cultivate tact for it is the mark of culture... the lubricant of human relations, softening contacts and minimizing friction. ”

- Baltasar Gracian
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