Quotes by Stealth TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth. Ambrose Bierce stealth acquire force The best way to deal with bureaucrats is with stealth and sudden violence. Boutros Boutros-Ghali stealth violence way The secretiveness. The stealth. Those were obviously the aspects of cocaine use I was addicted to. George Carlin stealth cocaine use Modesty is only arrogance by stealth. Terry Pratchett stealth modesty arrogance No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves. William Hazlitt stealth approach perfection Be not thy tongue thy own shame's orator. William Shakespeare stealth shame tongue