Quotes about tactful (9 Quotes)


    Nothing against senior citizens, but they tend to have more time on their hands and their schedules aren't as tight as people who've got to work. You might be curious about the tumors they want to tell you about, but you're probably in a hurry, too. You're there to work out, but you also want to be tactful.

    I will try to be tactful, considerate and respectful when I speak, but America is a free country, ... We have a Constitution and a Bill of Rights and 1,863 people who have died in Iraq in the name of America's freedom.

    Sen. Richard Cohen (DFL-St. Paul), who authored legislation calling for inflation to again be considered in state budget projects, was less tactful. We knew that if you don't budget for inflation it will catch up with you, ... Three dollars a gallon for gas was not predictable, but rising costs were certainly predictable. We had an ostrich-buries-his-head-in-the-sand approach to the budget because we were trying to get through the session without admitting we had to raise taxes.

    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. Tact is an active quality t hat is not exercised by merely making a dash for cover. Be sure, when you think you are being extremely tactful, that you are not in reality running away from something you ought to face.

    Several people say it and especially my wife, ... It's not exactly the same but, really, I'm from Jersey, he's from Jersey .... He's earned the right to bust chops with the media. So I have to pick and choose my spots and be more tactful, because people are like, 'What have you ever done'








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