Quotes about Discretion

Don't do it behind the garden gate. Love is blind but the neighbors ain't!

But these mysteries, and many others, were closely locked in Mr. Jackson's breast; for not only did his keen sense of honour forbid his repeating anything privately imparted, but he was fully aware that his reputation for discretion increased his opportunities of finding out what he wanted to know.

Knowledge is power only as long as you keep your mouth shut.

While awaiting deportation proceedings, my parents remained in detention near Boston, so I could visit them. They would have liked to fight deportation, but without a lawyer and an immigration system that rarely gives judges the discretion to allow families to stay together, they never had a chance.

I've learned that usually, the less I know about other people, the better off I am.

Discretion plays a major part in making up the salesman's art, for truths that no one can believe are calculated to deceive.

I believe that it is my responsibility to keep my personal life normal by not talking about it.