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I occasionally meet people and they say, 'Oh, I was born to Discreet Music' ... They always have very weird eyes, those people.
— Brian Eno
But in real life, the ideal Parisian woman is calm, discreet, a bit remote, and extremely decisive.
— Pamela Druckerman
A great fear, when it is ill-managed, is the parent of superstition; but a discreet and well-guided fear produces religion.
— Jeremy Taylor
We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.
— Mark Twain
A person who is discreet in speaking will be useful during the good times and will avoid punishment during the bad.
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.
[Discreet women have neither eyes nor ears.] — George Herbert
[Discreet women have neither eyes nor ears.] — George Herbert
I hope that increasing numbers of Christians adopt the practice of wearing a cross in a simple and discreet way as a symbol of their beliefs.
— Keith O'Brien
Satire has been a sanctuary historically monopolized by progressives, originally used as a discreet tool against Western religious fundamentalism.
— Maajid Nawaz
I think Joan's advice would be: always know more than anyone else, always be discreet as possible. And never cry at work.
— Christina Hendricks
Certainly my life will not ever be as private and discreet, and perhaps I should even use the word insulated, as it was before.
— Anita Hill
To live with lucidity a simple, quiet, discreet life among intelligent books, loving a few beings.
— Nicolas Gomez Davila
The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.
— Jack Valenti
Be prudent, diligent, temperate and discreet. Remember that every human being has a claim upon your kind offices.
— Albert Pike
Oh, if I could put some of my reckless spirit into these discreet cautious lazy men!
— Mary Boykin Chesnut
Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit.
— Wade Davis
Remember, its all about you and the dress. Nothing more, so keep the accessories very discreet.
— Alice Temperley
That meddling in other people's affairs ... formerly conducted by the most discreet intrigue is now openly advocated under the name of intervention.
— T. S. Eliot
It's a madness so discreet that it can walk the streets and be applauded in some circles, but it is madness nonetheless.
— Mindy McGinnis
All I can say is I was a lot more discreet as a candidate than I was in real life. Can I say that? Maybe it's indiscreet to talk about discretion.
— Elizabeth Warren
The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.
— Vincent Cassel
Being discreet has never been your strong suit.
— Jen Calonita
I am a very discreet human when it comes to other people.
— Carrie Fisher
Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.
— Arthur Wellesley
Quite the opposite; my definition is too broad. I think we're all quite mad. Some of us are just more discreet about it.
— Mindy McGinnis
Love is ... a madness most discreet
— William Shakespeare
I like density, not volume. I like to leave something to the imagination. The reader must fit the pieces together, with the author's discreet help.
— Maureen Howard
A man may welcome his beloved with circumstance, but a woman's love and her concern for his well-being are discreet.
— Franz Grillparzer
Mothers have need of sharp eyes and discreet tongues
when they have girls to manage — Louisa May Alcott
when they have girls to manage — Louisa May Alcott
In a discreet man's mouth, a public thing is private.
— Benjamin Franklin
What she might have told him was that taxidermy, like sex, is a very personal subject; the manner in which we impose it on others should be discreet.
— John Irving
Aunts are discreet, a little shy / By instinct. They forbear to pry ...
— Phyllis McGinley
Old Time is never discreet or tactful.
— Rex Stout
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
[While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.] — George Herbert
[While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.] — George Herbert
I have a short temper - I think it's part of the Celtic background. I used to be a lot more angry, but I was quite discreet with it.
— Julian Lennon
I am a chatty person, but colossally discreet.
— Junot Diaz
I've got a very behind-the-scenes personality. I don't know how I became a performer. I like to stay discreet, out of the public eye, very low-key.
— Leon Redbone
Cats are distant, discreet, impeccably clean and able to stay silent. What more could be needed to be good company?
— Marie Leszczynska
All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle.
— Miguel De Cervantes
I was a very sickly child. My parents were immigrants. They were not decorous. They were not discreet. They always thought I was gonna die.
— Maurice Sendak
Well. I am not afraid. But to protect you, Katerina, I will be discreet. Plain Kate considered a cat's idea of discretion, and was frightened.
— Erin Bow
Daisy, simple and discreet flower,
That earned the heart of this poet. — Doutor Luis Alexandre Ribeiro Branco
That earned the heart of this poet. — Doutor Luis Alexandre Ribeiro Branco