Alexander Chase Quotes

In politics, you must learn to say 'no' without offending people. That is an art that one must master: to satisfy a person even when you have to say 'no' to him.

Be open and honest, but perceptive to your boss's situation. That's my advice to graduates worried about working with a new boss.

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Women want honesty but sometimes get upset if you are honest, so you need to know when to be honest.

Don't beg, don't threaten and don't assume you're always right.

We don't have to be rude with each other; we have to be diplomatic.

People think I'm rude. I'm not rude; I'm just not networking. It's just honesty.

All of you, leave," Vlad responded curtly. "That's not nice," I mumbled. "You should talk to them before you bite them, too. Common curtesy.

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.

It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.

Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

'Honesty' in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a difference between being candid in what you're talking about, and people voicing their insulting opinions under the name of honesty.

I'm not always the most diplomatic person.

I know a few expressions. I know what Hilary Clinton basically says in Russian when you translate her into Russian over and over and over is, 'izvinite pozhaluista.' That's, 'excuse me please, excuse me please.' Let's reset things. That's not the way you deal with folks. You show strength if you made a mistake.

So I think it's better to say something than not to say anything at all, even to an ignorant person.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

I have a talent for dealing with difficult men.

You can't make people respond.

I'm very honest - brutally honest. I always look at things from their point of view as well as mine. And I know when to walk away.

It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence.

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.

Be polite. Write diplomatically. Even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

If You are a man of trust, sent by one great man to another, be exact when he sends You. Give his message as he said it. Guard against slanderous speech, which embroils one great with another.