Barack Obama Quotes
I think the most important thing is to take the long view on things. We live in such a 24/7, Twitter-fed, constant news cycle, and everything's a crisis, everything is terrible, everything is doomsday, everything is - if it doesn't get solved tomorrow, your presidency is going off the rails.
Quotes to Explore
-
Let's judge a man on what he's done.
-
Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
-
It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
-
I come from a place where everything about me, even my body language, is saying: I mean you no harm. I smile, I laugh. Basic stuff for most people.
-
I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.
-
Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly insignificant, slipping away. Earth's seven oceans seem vast and impenetrable, but a closer look tells another story.
-
I never ever paid attention to any election.
-
The good name of the United Nations is one of its most valuable assets - but also one of its most vulnerable. The Charter calls on staff to uphold the highest levels of efficiency, competence and integrity, and I will seek to ensure to build a solid reputation for living up to that standard.
-
The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
-
I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
-
I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
-
Anyone can rap if you've got brains. So I just went with it.
-
If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
-
I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss!
-
Clark Gable seemed fascinating all his life because there wasn't so much information about him. Today, you're on television all the time.
-
Most important thought, if you love someone, tell him or her, for you never know what tomorrow may have in store.
-
I don't know how I got involved in 'Celebrity Wife Swap.' It came from my agent Hugh. He got the opportunity for me.
-
It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.
-
I'm against having a Fed. It's socialism in its worst form. But until the Fed is gotten rid of, the only economic variable the poor have to counteract the injustices of the Fed is the minimum wage law.
-
I think character is very much a product of where you live, who you are, what is happening in that time of your life, and I'm interested in those pressures, those forces. A political context, a social context, really determines if not who people are then how they treat one another and what they say, how they speak.
-
I think new experiences are extremely important. I think it's really important to constantly challenge yourself. Comfort is not a good thing. It's good to take yourself out of your comfort zone and to look for new challenges.
-
For an actor working in television or film, I think it's important to understand how the medium works - how the camera and lenses work and how the sound and the editing works.
-
I do look after everyone around me; that's just who I am. I am a real mother hen.
-
I think the most important thing is to take the long view on things. We live in such a 24/7, Twitter-fed, constant news cycle, and everything's a crisis, everything is terrible, everything is doomsday, everything is - if it doesn't get solved tomorrow, your presidency is going off the rails.
