Quotables

‘We cried wolf and that was wrong.’

Liberal TV host Bill Maher on how liberals demonized former President George W. Bush and GOP presidential candidates John McCain and Mitt Romney: “They were honorable men who we disagreed with and we should have kept it that way.”

‘We’ll give them our cigarettes.’

Iraqi Maj. Yasir Mohammed on handing out water and cigarettes to fleeing Mosul residents, who couldn’t smoke for two years under ISIS occupation.

‘We became such great losers. Good sports. Good losers. I just hope we’re good winners.’

Chicago Cubs fan and actor Bill Murray after the Cubs on Nov. 2 won the World Series for the first time in 108 years.

‘There is relief coming.’

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan on regulatory changes that a Republican Congress and the Trump White House will bring for farmers, ranchers, and energy producers in the United States.

‘We just said “nope” that’s too onerous for us.’

Chuck Wingate, executive director of the Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg, Pa., on his group’s decision no longer to accept food donations from the federal government in the face of new rules barring religious activities while distributing USDA-donated food. The group had reportedly received about 1,000 pounds of food per month from USDA, or about 0.5 percent of the food it gives out.