Kristina McMorris

People often refer to bygone days as a simpler time. Perhaps, more accurately, my grandparents' generation focused better on what mattered. Traffic jams and minor quibbles with my husband Daniel pale in comparison with the worries that were faced on the home front and battlefield during the Second World War.

American Author

Joss Whedon

Most of the dialogue in 'Speed' is mine, and a bunch of the characters. That was actually pretty much a good experience. I have quibbles. I also have the only poster left with my name still on it. Getting arbitrated off the credits was un-fun.

American Writer

Heather Mac Donald

This ideal of the Socratic academy is so reasonable that it may seem foolish to quibble with it. Of course, students should engage with ideas that they disagree with rather than silencing anything that challenges their worldview.

American Editor

I'm never interested in movies where you don't care about the people you're watching, and that's my biggest quibble about horror, that kids have gotten stupider and stupider.

Dominic Raab

Working as a Foreign Office lawyer in 2003, I was less worried by the quibbling over U.N. resolutions on Iraq than the coalition's capacity to effect positive change.

British Politician

Gordie Howe

I might have some quibbles with the way the game is played today, but at its core, I know that hockey will always be hockey no matter what year the calendar reads.

Canadian Athlete

Nigel Hawthorne

I can't grumble. I've been very content with the way things have gone. I may have minor quibbles as we all have, but I'm still working at 70.

English Actor

Vicki Lawrence

I think the older you get, the more 'let's cut to the chase' you get, 'let's quit quibbling about this, let's tell it like it is.

American Comedian

Augustus Sol Invictus

I did sacrifice a goat. I know that's probably a quibble in the mind of most Americans.

American Activist

Use 'quibble' for issues that aren't critical to the main argument or outcome.

Not Crucial

'Quibble' often implies petty or unnecessary arguments, and may have a mildly negative connotation.

Negative Tone

Using 'quibble' indicates minor delays in decisions or actions due to small disagreements.

Conversation Delays

As a noun, a 'quibble' is a minor complaint, not a serious objection.

Minor Complaint

'Quibble' as a noun often points to someone being particular or nuanced in their feedback or critique.

Speaks with Nuance

A quibble usually doesn't stop a plan, event, or decision from happening; it's more of a side note.

Not a Blocker

 And if you completely disagree with me, if you partially disagree with me, if you even quibble with me, then you're wrong," then there's no discussion, no tolerance, no evolution, and certainly no learning. Most of us are not vegetarians yet. Then again, we haven't had

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 accepted idea that the pharaohs were foreign invaders bringing rapid progress to a backward country but with quibbles discovery of a king who predated the Pharaohs cracks began to appear in this theory the history books were about to be rewritten

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 but apparently no brains existed in this place when Democrats passed and signed this bill into law now tiny little quibble of a footnote Sonny Bono you

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