Barack Obama Quotes

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

Barack Obama

• December

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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

• On the 1st day of December, 1830, I was confirmed, and in accordance with the word of the Lord I was ordained an Elder under the hands of the Prophet.

  

  Orson Pratt
  • Day
  • Hands
  • December

• For me, a line has to sing before it does anything else. The great thrill is when a sentence that starts out being completely plain suddenly begins to sing, rising far above itself and above any expectation I might have had for it. That's what keeps me going on those dark December days when I think about how I could be living instead of writing.

  

  John Banville
  • Great
  • Writing
  • Dark

• It was a dreamlike time for me from December 1997 to March of '98. Before that, I was basically unknown. Then, bang! The starting gun fired, and everybody just started running. It was learn-on-the-job. And there were more opportunities for work than I had time to do them.

  

  Ben Affleck
  • Time
  • Work
  • Job

• What does it mean to be an American? While each of us may have our own specific answer to that question, we likely can agree on the basic principles of America: freedom, equal opportunity, and rights accompanied by responsibilities.

  

  Ben Nelson
  • May
  • American
  • America

• Whomsoever you follow, howsoever great, see to it that you follow the spirit of the master and not imitate him mechanically.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Spirit
  • Master
  • Imitate

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

  

  Barack Obama
  • December