all the carping about nickels and dimes and billions on the Hill is genuine. Members rail against a budget that's out of balance but then lunge to protect their pet projects when they're under the knife. (Karl Rove can reportedly do a spot-on imitation of a congressman who cycles from budget-cutting bravado to sniveling pleas for hometown pork.)
Quotes about carping (7 Quotes)
negative, carping and begrudging campaign against Sinn Fein.
People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding.
I am obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my hand a needle better fits, A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong For such despite they cast on female wits. . . .
The Democrats have no actual policy proposals of their own unless constant carping counts as a policy.
I think people have a sense that right now Democrats are completely powerless in Washington, that they're just sort of bystanders. But there's a danger of Democrats' looking always like they are carping. It's important for them to articulate some kind of vision.
I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards -- When I find him to be envious, carping, spiteful, hating the successes of others, and complaining that the world has never done enough for him, I am apt to doubt whether