“They're not gaffes. I've made no gaffes.”
Silvio Berlusconi (1936) Italian politician
On previous comments, as quoted in "Did I say This? in The Observer (20 April 2008) http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/20/italy <br class="br">2008
E4, The Simple Life'/'Britney & Kevin: Chaotic' Trail
“They're not gaffes. I've made no gaffes.”
Silvio Berlusconi (1936) Italian politician
On previous comments, as quoted in "Did I say This? in The Observer (20 April 2008) http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/20/italy <br class="br">2008
Charles Krauthammer (1950–2018) American journalist
2010s, 2016, Donald Trump and the fitness threshold (2016)
“A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth - some obvious truth he isn't supposed to say.”
Michael Kinsley (1951) American political journalist, commentator television host
As quoted in Commentary: The gaffer speaks, The Times, April 23, 1988.
“if you squash me, learn to live with me”
Nas (1973) American rapper, record producer and entrepreneur
Project Roach
On Albums, Untitled (2008)
““She’s young, Kit.”
“That’s no excuse. The universe doesn’t give a damn when it squashes you.””
Robert Lynn Asprin (1946–2008) American science fiction and fantasy author
Source: Time Scout (1995), Chapter 13 (p. 264)
“So knives out
Catch the mouse
Squash his head
Put him in the pot”
Thom Yorke (1968) English musician, philanthropist and singer-songwriter
Knives Out
Lyrics, Amnesiac (2001)
Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)
Speech to national conference http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/06/biden-a-gaffe-is-when-you-tell-the-truth-126866.html of the National Association of Black Journalists, Washington, D.C. (June 20, 2012) <br class="br">2010s