{"quotes":[{"text":"The sea is a lonely and hostile place, Captain,' Jansen said coldly. 'It is always best not to make enemies of those who might be your friends. You never know when your ships may cross.","author":"Jocelyn Murray","tags":["diplomacy","enemies-and-friends","hostility","sea","ships","tact"],"id":28983,"author_id":"Jocelyn+Murray"},{"text":"'Let us agree not to step on each other's feet ' said the cock to the horse.","author":"English proverb","tags":["tact","diplomacy"],"id":40476,"author_id":"English+proverb"},{"text":"A positive is just two negatives going in two different directions. So, if something doesn't work, change tact, and come at it from a different direction. You never know, it may just work.That's being positive for ya!","author":"Anthony T. Hincks","tags":["change","correct","direction","doesn-t-work","failure","negative","philosophy","positive","right","sign","succeed","tact","wrong"],"id":43234,"author_id":"Anthony+T.+Hincks"},{"text":"Dr. Cox: Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present, Man Not Caring.[points to self].","author":"Bill Lawrence","tags":["caring","dr-cox","humour","sarcasm","scrubs","tact"],"id":43502,"author_id":"Bill+Lawrence"},{"text":"In this slipshod age, we need object lessons in language and thought. – Edith Wharton on an address by John Hay.","author":"John Taliaferro","tags":["communication","statesmanship-i","tact"],"id":49876,"author_id":"John+Taliaferro"},{"text":"[She] had the indefinable charm of someone who said little but thought much. Miss Prim had always felt that such people were at a marked advantage. They never said anything tactless, never spouted nonsense, never had cause to regret their words or justify themselves.","author":"Natalia Sanmartín Fenollera","tags":["behavior","inspirational","tact"],"id":50735,"author_id":"Natalia+Sanmart%C3%ADn+Fenollera"},{"text":"In any case, I hadn’t gone into the subject of dorm living too deeply with him, not because I hesitated to probe his tender spots but because I would have been probing my own. This is called tact, and is reputed to be a virtue.","author":"Alexei Panshin","tags":["privacy","tact","virtue"],"id":62520,"author_id":"Alexei+Panshin"},{"text":"If any pilgrim monk come from distant parts  with wish as a guest to dwell in the monastery  and will be content with the customs which he finds in the place  and does not perchance by his lavishness disturb the monastery  but is simply content with what he finds  he shall be received for as long as he desires. If  indeed  he find fault with anything  or expose it  reasonably  and with the humility of charity  the Abbott shall discuss it prudently lest perchance God had sent him for this very thing. But  if he have been found gossipy and contumacious in the time of his sojourn as guest  not only ought he not be joined to the body of the monastery  but also  it shall be said to him  honestly  that he must depart. If he does not go  let two stout monks  in the name of God  explain the matter to him.","author":"Saint Benedict","tags":["tact","diplomacy"],"id":119939,"author_id":"Saint+Benedict"},{"text":"Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.","author":"Abraham Lincoln","tags":["definitions","tact","wit"],"id":132900,"author_id":"Abraham+Lincoln"},{"text":"Tact by its nature entails staying mum, prudently electing to forgo urging other people to pursue an alternative course of action. Creation of silent spaces in our own life and equitable distribution of periods of respite that allow for periods of equable inner reflection is necessary to spur personal growth. It is equally important to honor other people’s intrinsic need for periods of introspection, uninterrupted by unsolicited advice.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["diplomatic","introspection","privacy","private-life","prudence","respecting-others","self-reflection","silence","tact"],"id":165085,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":37,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}