Barack Obama Quotes
And if that child should ever get the chance to travel the world and someone should ask her where is she from, we believe that she should always be able to hold her head high with pride in her voice when she answers, "I am an American." That is the course we seek. That is the change we are calling for.
Quotes to Explore
-
If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
-
I am a very reclusive, private person.
-
I'm not looking to shock anyone.
-
We've got a yawl named the Phebe, which is named for a boat in a whaling journal my father and I edited. We keep a copy of the journal on board.
-
In the investment business, you must expect to be wrong.
-
The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
-
I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.
-
When I watch Rumble Johnson, he's a bully. He bullies guys. He makes them go backward, and he traps them. I'm not going to allow that. If he tries to bully me, I'll stand right in front of him, and if he hits me, I'll hit him right back. And then we'll see how the bully handles it when nobody is going to run away from him.
-
Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.'
-
War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
-
I wouldn't mind having my heart broken because it would mean that I had that much feeling connected to somebody. And that would be really great.
-
I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
-
In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
-
You are the only you. That means you don't lose roles to anybody else. There's no competition, so they either want you or they don't want you, and it's not that they wanted someone else over you.
-
The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
-
When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.
-
God does arithmetic.
-
Few things are more important to our country's future than recruiting and keeping great teachers in our schools.
-
I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
-
They can keep their God, they can keep their Light. I want the world back. I want questions, not the answer. I want my own life back, and my own death!
-
I never was a great Thatcher fan, and it wasn't a sad day in my life when she resigned.
-
Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.
-
I don't know the time frame exactly, but it's clear they're all going to want to start spending money again.
-
And if that child should ever get the chance to travel the world and someone should ask her where is she from, we believe that she should always be able to hold her head high with pride in her voice when she answers, "I am an American." That is the course we seek. That is the change we are calling for.
