Zitat des Tages über Takt / Tact:
Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.
When I was younger I probably didn't understand something basic about tact, but I think it kept faint-hearted people at arm's distance and that's not such a bad thing, because life is short and I know the kind of people I want to work with.
Even though I'm not a competitive athlete, I have to still maintain things and try to keep myself fit because I am at that age where I need to make sure to get those regular checkups and make sure everything is in tact.
I have the necessary lack of tact.
Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.
Without tact you can learn nothing.
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.
If you use tact you can say anything, then make it funny.
Tact ops is a unit which breaks into homes and offices to plant bugging devices. They get into mafia hangouts, they go into embassies, they go into terrorist hangouts, and they describe themselves as court-sanctioned burglars.
In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork.
I don't deliberately go into comedy or go into indies, but I do deliberately try to keep changing tact, because I think that is the key to longevity in a career.
Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.
