Barack Obama Quotes

NPR's Exit Interview With President Obama (19 December 2016)

Barack Obama

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• The primary goal of management education was, as originally conceived, to impart knowledge that could be applied to a variety of real-world business situations.

  

  Warren Bennis
  • World
  • Real
  • Business

• With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Everything
  • Possible
  • Begins

• I'm the type of guy who likes to be there 24-7. I'm Mr. Roses.

  

  AJ McLean
  • Guy
  • Likes
  • Roses

• I have been firming up and making changes in my roster for 2001. This needs to be done from now and then, to make sure what you are booking is working, and to keep a balance in your roster that works.

  

  Pat Garrett
  • Up
  • Done
  • You

• Ah, poder ser tu, sendo eu!Ter a tua alegre inconsciência,E a consciência disso!

  

  Fernando Pessoa

• Truth would quickly cease to be stranger than fiction, once we got used to it.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Truth

• Here's a sigh to those who love me,And a smile to those who hate:And, whatever sky's above me,Here's a heart for every fate.

  

  Lord Byron
  • Heart
  • Hate
  • Smile

• A man may own a thousand acres of land, and yet he still sleeps upon a bed of five feet.

  

  Lin Yutang
  • May

• The house is always full, and we're always cooking - outside, inside, for six, eight, a dozen, 20 people.

  

  Jean-Georges Vongerichten
  • People
  • House
  • Cooking

• There are tons of really good writers out there, but for one reason or another, they just have not had the support that allowed them to build audiences.

  

  Janet Evanovich
  • Good
  • Support

• For so long Versace couture was identified with celebrities and music, which I love. But at the same time it could overwhelm the clothes.

  

  Donatella Versace
  • Time
  • Music
  • Long

• I'm much more indecisive and a people-pleaser than someone who's willing to step into the firing line.

  

  Andrew Lincoln
  • People

• They're really competitive at drama in Texas.

  

  Lynn Collins
  • Drama
  • Texas

• A man in a bookstore buys a book on loneliness and every woman in the store hits on him. A woman buys a book on loneliness and the store clears out.

  

  Douglas Coupland
  • Book

• I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety.

  

  Kevyn Aucoin
  • World
  • Fashion
  • Responsibility

• I think the World Cup is going to be bigger than what a lot of people are anticipating. At this stage in my career, when there is an opportunity, albeit a small one, of being on the team, what a great way to possibly end my career.

  

  Al Leiter
  • People
  • World
  • Great

• I don't want to be one of those 40-something guys in L.A. still dating, still going out to clubs and chasing 21-year-olds. It's not a good look.

  

  Jesse Metcalfe
  • Good
  • Dating

• I think people like players they can relate to. It seems as if people think they know me. I just think I'm an ordinary Joe who plays golf very, very well.

  

  Fred Couples
  • People
  • Golf

• Do I feel any pressure as the most decorated Winter Olympian in American history? None at all. The only pressures that I know I face are those of how to pay it forward: How can I continually make a positive impact in people's lives, help others achieve their dreams, create their own Olympic mindset, creating champions within themselves?

  

  Apolo Ohno
  • People
  • American
  • History

• I remember clearly the afternoon I sat down with Obama. In December 2006, he was preparing for a family trip, and the decision to run weighed heavily on his mind. As a progressive member of Congress from Illinois, I was excited and energized by the prospect of my senator, and my friend, running for president.

  

  Luis Gutierrez
  • Mind
  • Family
  • Remember

• God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.

  

  James M. Barrie
  • God
  • December

• Significant changes in both the level of the overall spending and in the structure of its financing will be necessary, compared with what was on the table in June, if there is to be a deal in December.

  

  Jack Straw
  • Changes
  • Deal
  • December

• NPR's Exit Interview With President Obama (19 December 2016)

  

  Barack Obama
  • December