Quotes by Tact Tact is rubbing out another's mistake instead of rubbing it in. Leo Buscaglia rubbing-it tact mistake Tact is rubbing out another's mistakes, not rubbing them in. Marvin J. Ashton tact mistake You are so tactful that I have no idea what you want. Mason Cooley tact want ideas Indiscretion has always seemed to me to be one of the privileges of tact. Natalie Clifford Barney tact privilege Ugliness without tact is horrible. Nathaniel Hawthorne ugliness tact horrible Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you. Oliver Herford tact lying Tact is the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt. Orlando Aloysius Battista tact lightning ability I prefer the "tackiest" person in the world to the stylish person who has no tact. Perry Brass stylish tact world The true gentleman is subtly poised between an inner tact and an outer defense. Puzant Kevork Thomajan tact gentleman defense In my experience tact is usually worse than the brutalities of truth. Robertson Davies tact brutality I have the necessary lack of tact. Ted Koppel tact «12