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I made a bad mistake, instead of sitting down, I should have stood up and walked back, got in my car and drove back to my house, instead, I chose to sit there with my wife anda number of other couples ...You can quibble about the guidelines, etc., etc. But the spirit of what Im preaching all the time was contradicted and I gotta ownthat. And so I want to apologize to you. – Governor Newsom	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We can quibble about what [ emails ] should be re-classified when they go out to the public, but that’s dancing on the head of a pin, that’s partisan politics. – Ellen Tauscher	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
She can quibble that she would have negotiated a better deal, but I don't think that at this point that sort of wordsmithing is going to work, she is tied to it. – Michael Rubin	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Some may quibble over how much more New Jersey spends on our highways than other states, but nobody disputes that we do spend more than everyone else, with New Jersey drivers already shouldering such a heavy tax and toll burden, it’s imperative that we find out why millions we spend on our roads get us so little in return. – Mike Doherty	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I don't quibble with labels. I think we all recognize that this is a particular problem that has roots in Muslim communities, but I think we do ourselves a disservice in this fight if we are not taking into account the fact that the overwhelming majority of Muslims reject this ideology. – President Barack Obama	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right. – Tallulah Bankhead	added by anonymous 10 years ago

I made a bad mistake, instead of sitting down, I should have stood up and walked back, got in my car and drove back to my house, instead, I chose to sit there with my wife anda number of other couples ...You can quibble about the guidelines, etc., etc. But the spirit of what Im preaching all the time was contradicted and I gotta ownthat. And so I want to apologize to you.

– Governor Newsom

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We can quibble about what [ emails ] should be re-classified when they go out to the public, but that’s dancing on the head of a pin, that’s partisan politics.

– Ellen Tauscher

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

She can quibble that she would have negotiated a better deal, but I don't think that at this point that sort of wordsmithing is going to work, she is tied to it.

– Michael Rubin

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Some may quibble over how much more New Jersey spends on our highways than other states, but nobody disputes that we do spend more than everyone else, with New Jersey drivers already shouldering such a heavy tax and toll burden, it’s imperative that we find out why millions we spend on our roads get us so little in return.

– Mike Doherty

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I don't quibble with labels. I think we all recognize that this is a particular problem that has roots in Muslim communities, but I think we do ourselves a disservice in this fight if we are not taking into account the fact that the overwhelming majority of Muslims reject this ideology.

– President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

– Tallulah Bankhead

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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