Barack Obama Quotes

When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they're going, to care for their families while they're gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never ever go to war without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace, and earn the respect of the world.

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• When I took over the ministry for science and technology, our weather systems were in shambles. Nobody believed in the IMD. Nothing was in digital mode. I changed all that. We got automatic rain gauges, automatic weather stations, Doppler radars.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Rain

• If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.

  

  Vin Scully
  • Great
  • Home
  • Doubt

• Indonesia's diversity is formidable: some thirteen and a half thousand islands, two hundred and fifty million people, around three hundred and sixty ethnic groups, and more than seven hundred languages.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
  • People
  • Diversity
  • Thousand

• All my books are optimistic!

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • Books
  • Optimistic

• My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

  

  A. A. Milne
  • Good
  • Wrong
  • Places

• I have no sense of direction at all. Thank the Lord for my TomTom, otherwise I'd spend my whole life lost.

  

  Tamsin Egerton
  • Life
  • Lost
  • Direction

• The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Will
  • Take
  • Ideology

• Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.

  

  Victoria Billings
  • Fine
  • Twins
  • Togetherness

• I don't see a superstar out there. I don't see Georges St-Pierre coming back.

  

  Nate Diaz
  • See
  • Back
  • Superstar

• Breaking up is hard to do... so it's essential to keep getting wiser - and wiser - about what healthy love is all about.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • Love
  • For Her
  • Healthy

• Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.

  

  Jack Bruce Cream
  • Know
  • Dad
  • Like

• I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.

  

  Maluma
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Talent

• Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.

  

  Wendell Johnson
  • Remember
  • Words
  • Never

• The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Life
  • Art
  • Sadness

• It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.

  

  Imran Khan
  • People
  • Important
  • Country

• The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of.

  

  Ednita Nazario
  • Freedom
  • Explore
  • Tradition

• Stories are the common ground that allow people to connect, despite all our defences and all our differences.

  

  Kate Forsyth
  • People
  • Differences
  • Common

• I'm nothing without a band. I always feel like I'm part of the road crew until I'm on stage.

  

  Chrissie Hynde Pretenders
  • Band
  • Road

• I fully intend to preach the word of God to you until there's a difference between how you walk out of here and how you walked in here.

  

  T. D. Jakes
  • God

• The rich are richer, and the poor are poorer, in the city than elsewhere; and, as a rule, the greater are the riches of the rich and the poverty of the poor.

  

  Josiah Strong
  • Poverty
  • Rich
  • Poor

• Once computers can program, they basically take over technological progress because already, today, the majority of technological progress is run by software, by programming.

  

  Jaan Tallinn
  • Today
  • Progress
  • Computers

• No matter how bad your heart is broken, the world doesn't stop for your grief.

  

  Faraaz Kazi
  • World
  • Heart
  • Bad

• When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they're going, to care for their families while they're gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never ever go to war without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace, and earn the respect of the world.

  

  Barack Obama
  • World
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  • Women