True. Liquids make control difficult.
> full wine glasses that you absolutely must not spill balanced
I'm not sure what you mean by spilling. The liquids are usually contained in fully closed tanks and cannot spill. The thrust usually keeps the liquid at the bottom around the engine intakes. However, liquid sloshing inside the tanks is a problem. Even with slosh dampers, sloshing liquid manages to create attitude disturbances that can cause control instability unless managed carefully.