This is their way; I do not pick quarrels with other folks' philosophies.

And we had a great deal to do, so we were often too busy to pick quarrels.

That's time we can use to brood about wrongs, to decide we've been insulted - and to pick quarrels for no particular reason.

One did not pick quarrels with edged wit or edged weapons.

He picked quarrels, as had been his way since childhood.

When the 'lifewater' flows freely, they pick quarrels, which can only be settled by bloodletting.

I am no ruffler who goes about picking quarrels with comrades.

"Oh, come, there are only eight women in the party; they won't pick quarrels quite so soon as that," protested Reggie.

Others, like the fellow who died, pick quarrels everywhere.