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I don't know that I would say moving the goalposts. At some point people just need to make a decision, making a decision means you just settle in and say this might be hard, but this is what I'm going to agree to, moving the goalposts means you keep changing what you're agreeing to. – Karen Bass	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The FDA is moving the goalposts again and their actions this time could shut off a key source of alcohol for hand sanitizer production, significantly exacerbating the worldwide shortage of hand sanitizer. – Geoff Cooper	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The goalposts haven't disappeared - just shifted. – Cate Campbell	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We don't need 48 hours. We need to just make a decision to help families right now, we are responding to their concerns, we don't want them moving the goalposts, and that's it. – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We are responding to their concerns, we don't want them moving the goalposts, and that's it. – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi	Found on CNN 4 years ago
It's extremely concerning that government has seemingly moved the goalposts for consumers and industry on such a critical issue, with current demand for this still expensive technology still just a fraction of sales, it's clear that accelerating an already very challenging ambition will take more than industry investment. – Mike Hawes	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We got to a breaking point with these parents. ... The US government kept shifting the goalposts, these parents weren't going to wait anymore. – Erika Pinheiro	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I think what we have seen here is a pattern of delay. This seems to be a moving of the goalposts again, sen. Grassley has bent over backwards to offer every possible thing they want. – Carrie Severino	Found on CNN 6 years ago
We've pulled our live head-to-head TV debate w(ith) FIFA Presidential hopefuls. After one declined, some others wanted to, um, move the goalposts. – Victoria Derbyshire	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are. – Arnold H. Glasgow	added by anonymous 10 years ago

I don't know that I would say moving the goalposts. At some point people just need to make a decision, making a decision means you just settle in and say this might be hard, but this is what I'm going to agree to, moving the goalposts means you keep changing what you're agreeing to.

– Karen Bass

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The FDA is moving the goalposts again and their actions this time could shut off a key source of alcohol for hand sanitizer production, significantly exacerbating the worldwide shortage of hand sanitizer.

– Geoff Cooper

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The goalposts haven't disappeared - just shifted.

– Cate Campbell

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We don't need 48 hours. We need to just make a decision to help families right now, we are responding to their concerns, we don't want them moving the goalposts, and that's it.

– House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We are responding to their concerns, we don't want them moving the goalposts, and that's it.

– House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It's extremely concerning that government has seemingly moved the goalposts for consumers and industry on such a critical issue, with current demand for this still expensive technology still just a fraction of sales, it's clear that accelerating an already very challenging ambition will take more than industry investment.

– Mike Hawes

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We got to a breaking point with these parents. ... The US government kept shifting the goalposts, these parents weren't going to wait anymore.

– Erika Pinheiro

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I think what we have seen here is a pattern of delay. This seems to be a moving of the goalposts again, sen. Grassley has bent over backwards to offer every possible thing they want.

– Carrie Severino

Found on CNN
6 years ago

We've pulled our live head-to-head TV debate w(ith) FIFA Presidential hopefuls. After one declined, some others wanted to, um, move the goalposts.

– Victoria Derbyshire

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are.

– Arnold H. Glasgow

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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