--- title: "15 Gone Quotes By Barack Obama" description: "15 Gone quotes by Barack Obama. Plus more from Barack Obama and more Gone sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/barack-obama-17_concerned_if-you-look-at-libya-i-was-deeply-concer_2651670.jpg" --- > [If you look at Libya, I was deeply concerned about what would happen after Qaddafi was gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/if-you-look-at-libya-i-was-deeply-concerned-about-what-would-happen/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/barack-obama-17_concerned_if-you-look-at-libya-i-was-deeply-concer_2651670.jpg) > [Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula? I mean, they're charging a lot of money for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/anybody-gone-into-whole-foods-lately-and-see-what-they-charge-for/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/217/barack-obama-17_arugula_anybody-gone-into-whole-foods-lately-and_1366039.jpg) > [Let's face it, Fox News, you'll miss me when I'm gone. It'll be harder to convince the public that Hillary Clinton was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/let-s-face-it-fox-news-you-ll-miss-me-when-i-m-gone-it-ll-be-harder/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/402/barack-obama-17_born_let-s-face-it-fox-news-you-ll-miss-me-wh_2554160.jpg) > [I don’t believe it is possible to transcend race in this country. Race is a factor in this society. The legacy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-don-t-believe-it-is-possible-to-transcend-race-in-this-country-race/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d03/barack-obama-17_accidents_i-don-t-believe-it-is-possible-to-transc_2406360.jpg) > [The Greek people have gone through some very difficult times and there's still a hard road ahead, but despite those hardships, Greece…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-greek-people-have-gone-through-some-very-difficult-times-and/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/barack-obama-17_allies_the-greek-people-have-gone-through-some_97648.jpg) > [Health care costs generally have gone up at a significantly slower rate since ObamaCare was passed than they did before, which has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/health-care-costs-generally-have-gone-up-at-a-significantly-slower/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/barack-obama-17_billions_health-care-costs-generally-have-gone-up_3146926.jpg) > [When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/when-we-send-our-young-men-and-women-into-harm-s-way-we-have-a-solemn/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f33/barack-obama-17_care_when-we-send-our-young-men-and-women-int_853877.jpg) > [Because of you, in Afghanistan we've broken the momentum of the Taliban. Because of you, we've begun a transition to the Afghans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/because-of-you-in-afghanistan-we-ve-broken-the-momentum-of-the/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f1/barack-obama-17_afghanistan_because-of-you-in-afghanistan-we-ve-brok_545923.jpg) > [I think it's very important to remember that so much of the work that gets done between countries is not done at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-think-it-s-very-important-to-remember-that-so-much-of-the-work-that/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d97/barack-obama-17_agency_i-think-it-s-very-important-to-remember_2992477.jpg) > [So my biggest fun has been watching my daughters grow up. Now, unfortunately they're hitting the age where they still love me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/so-my-biggest-fun-has-been-watching-my-daughters-grow-up-now/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d4/barack-obama-17_age_so-my-biggest-fun-has-been-watching-my-d_1388623.jpg) > [What I consistently say to young people - I say it in the United States, but I'll say it here in Germany…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/what-i-consistently-say-to-young-people-i-say-it-in-the-united-states/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/barack-obama-17_assuming_what-i-consistently-say-to-young-people_275362.jpg) > [You got into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/you-got-into-these-small-towns-in-pennsylvania-and-like-a-lot-of/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/410/barack-obama-17_administration_you-got-into-these-small-towns-in-pennsy_2436910.jpg) > [I began feeling the way I imagine an actor or athlete must feel when, after years of commitment to a particular dream...he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-began-feeling-the-way-i-imagine-an-actor-or-athlete-must-feel-when/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/barack-obama-17_accepting_i-began-feeling-the-way-i-imagine-an-act_3208690.jpg) > [What I remember thinking at that point, having gone through both the ups and downs of my first four years, and seeing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/what-i-remember-thinking-at-that-point-having-gone-through-both-the/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/barack-obama-17_born_what-i-remember-thinking-at-that-point-h_1922472.jpg) > [We've now got a group of young people in this country who for all practical purposes are American. They grew up here.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-ve-now-got-a-group-of-young-people-in-this-country-who-for-all/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/barack-obama-17_college_we-ve-now-got-a-group-of-young-people-in_2874926.jpg) ## Other authors on Gone ## More by Barack Obama > [So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/so-here-s-what-i-want-you-to-know-and-here-s-what-i-want-all-our-men/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-peaceful-transition-of-power-is-one-of-the-hallmarks-of-our/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/as-opposed-to-getting-into-arguments-about-well-these-folks-have-been/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/donald-trump-is-temperamentally-unfit/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [What we've said to the girls is: 'If you guys ever decide that you're going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/what-we-ve-said-to-the-girls-is-if-you-guys-ever-decide-that-you-re/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/nobody-is-listening-to-your-telephone-calls/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/all-of-us-take-offense-to-anyone-who-reaps-the-rewards-of-living-in/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-world-is-complicated-and-full-of-grays-but-there-s-still-truth/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [ That is another theme in the book \[Dreams from My Father\]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/that-is-another-theme-in-the-book-dreams-from-my-father-how-do-we/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-can-say-across-europe-that-many-principles-that-have-been-taken-for/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/so-americans-understand-the-costs-of-war-yet-as-a-country-we-will/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-want-to-thank-the-greek-people-publicly-for-their-humanitarian/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-had-a-farewell-dinner-for-some-of-my-senior-staff-and-generally/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [ It's good to get fresh legs in \[the White house\]. I think that it refreshes our democracy. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/it-s-good-to-get-fresh-legs-in-the-white-house-i-think-that-it/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/believe-it-or-not-entertainment-is-part-of-our-american-diplomacy-it/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gone/barack-obama/#itemlist", "name": "15 Gone Quotes By Barack Obama", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you look at Libya, I was deeply concerned about what would happen after Qaddafi was gone.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barack Obama" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/if-you-look-at-libya-i-was-deeply-concerned-about-what-would-happen/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/barack-obama-17_concerned_if-you-look-at-libya-i-was-deeply-concer_2651670.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/barack-obama-17_concerned_if-you-look-at-libya-i-was-deeply-concer_2651670.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/barack-obama-17_concerned_if-you-look-at-libya-i-was-deeply-concer_2651670.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you look at Libya, I was deeply concerned about what would happen after Qaddafi was gone.” — Barack Obama", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula? 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Because of you, we've begun a…” — Barack Obama", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think it's very important to remember that so much of the work that gets done between countries is not done at the level of presidents, but is done within various agencies, whether it's law enforcement or economic ministries. And when they establish relationships and systems of communications and shared projects and shared visions, those structures continue even after any particular president is gone. 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And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. 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