--- title: "17 His Quotes By Tina Brown" description: "17 His quotes by Tina Brown. Plus more from Tina Brown and more His sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acd/tina-brown-2434_brilliance_obama-for-all-his-brilliance-has-no-real_2124198.png" --- > [Obama, for all his brilliance, has no real, felt understanding of management structures or of business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/obama-for-all-his-brilliance-has-no-real-felt-understanding-of/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acd/tina-brown-2434_brilliance_obama-for-all-his-brilliance-has-no-real_2124198.png) > [Give Obama a script he has made his own, and he is the motivational speaker to end all speakers. Tony Robbins cloned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/give-obama-a-script-he-has-made-his-own-and-he-is-the-motivational/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/tina-brown-2434_abe_give-obama-a-script-he-has-made-his-own_1455351.png) > [Obama achieved something in his first year with health care that successive presidents have been unable to achieve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/obama-achieved-something-in-his-first-year-with-health-care-that/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/651/tina-brown-2434_achieve_obama-achieved-something-in-his-first-ye_2752785.png) > [Interior Secretary Ken Salazar turned out to be all hat and no cattle with his sorry oversight of the Minerals Management Service.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/interior-secretary-ken-salazar-turned-out-to-be-all-hat-and-no-cattle/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/758/tina-brown-2434_cattle_interior-secretary-ken-salazar-turned-ou_3052875.png) > [I am thrilled to share the news that Andrew Sullivan is bringing his trailblazing journalism to 'The Daily Beast.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/i-am-thrilled-to-share-the-news-that-andrew-sullivan-is-bringing-his/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/tina-brown-2434_am_i-am-thrilled-to-share-the-news-that-and_2180279.png) > [Obama's stern demeanor punctuated by intermittent flashes of his wide, relaxing smile is his greatest weapon in defusing pent-up angst.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/obama-s-stern-demeanor-punctuated-by-intermittent-flashes-of-his-wide/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2f/tina-brown-2434_angst_obama-s-stern-demeanor-punctuated-by-int_1486048.png) > [Unlike his predecessors, Obama is not big on 'Masterpiece Theatre' nostalgia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/unlike-his-predecessors-obama-is-not-big-on-masterpiece-theatre/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/tina-brown-2434_big_unlike-his-predecessors-obama-is-not-big_1039388.png) > [Clinton passed his first budget without a single Republican vote in either the House or the Senate. Before it led to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/clinton-passed-his-first-budget-without-a-single-republican-vote-in/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/480/tina-brown-2434_before_clinton-passed-his-first-budget-without_2195472.png) > [Prince William's smiling hostility toward the press is his non-negotiable core value. I am told he is so protective of his privacy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/prince-william-s-smiling-hostility-toward-the-press-is-his-non/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/tina-brown-2434_am_prince-william-s-smiling-hostility-towar_593283.jpg) > [Perhaps Obama is often slow to nail controversies because he needs time to live inside them for a while in his head.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/perhaps-obama-is-often-slow-to-nail-controversies-because-he-needs/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/tina-brown-2434_because_perhaps-obama-is-often-slow-to-nail-cont_2086576.jpg) > [Obama can't change his cool disposition, though it would be nice if he lost the vaguely grudging air he gives off that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/obama-can-t-change-his-cool-disposition-though-it-would-be-nice-if-he/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/tina-brown-2434_air_obama-can-t-change-his-cool-disposition_69596.png) > [Obama has figured out the best method to prepare the way for his verbal Houdini acts: Use political noise as the tune-up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/obama-has-figured-out-the-best-method-to-prepare-the-way-for-his/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac5/tina-brown-2434_acts_obama-has-figured-out-the-best-method-to_3010055.jpg) > [Obama's great asset has always been an ability to maintain his air of authority without being baritone about it. He can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/obama-s-great-asset-has-always-been-an-ability-to-maintain-his-air-of/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/758/tina-brown-2434_ability_obama-s-great-asset-has-always-been-an-a_168142.png) > [Your normal Wall Street big-swinging Richard has enough of a lingering moral compass to at least tell himself that his wizardry benefits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/your-normal-wall-street-big-swinging-richard-has-enough-of-a/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/tina-brown-2434_benefits_your-normal-wall-street-big-swinging-ric_266745.png) > [Back in his Chicago Senate days, when he was seeking greater black credibility, Obama was happy enough to attend the Reverend Jeremiah…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/back-in-his-chicago-senate-days-when-he-was-seeking-greater-black/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d2/tina-brown-2434_attend_back-in-his-chicago-senate-days-when-he_643673.png) > [When George W. Bush hit the campaign trail in 2000, the precious possession he brought with him from home was his personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/when-george-w-bush-hit-the-campaign-trail-in-2000-the-precious/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c1/tina-brown-2434_always_when-george-w-bush-hit-the-campaign-trai_1948345.jpg) > [Captain Richard Phillips of the good ship Maersk Alabama - and Sully Sullenberger splashing down his crippled airliner in the Hudson River…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/captain-richard-phillips-of-the-good-ship-maersk-alabama-and-sully/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aad/tina-brown-2434_alabama_captain-richard-phillips-of-the-good-shi_2238975.png) ## Other authors on His ## More by Tina Brown > [Admitting weakness seems to be such a severe psychic threat for Bush that when he makes a mistake it's safer just to reinforce it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/admitting-weakness-seems-to-be-such-a-severe-psychic-threat-for-bush/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) > [Oprah's stock in trade has always been her powerful unmediated connection. She could feel your pain and empower you to talk about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/oprah-s-stock-in-trade-has-always-been-her-powerful-unmediated/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) > [The digitally native generation has no idea what has been lost to the freedom of intimacy that has no fear of being recorded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/the-digitally-native-generation-has-no-idea-what-has-been-lost-to-the/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) > [Obama can't change his cool disposition, though it would be nice if he lost the vaguely grudging air he gives off that problems of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/obama-can-t-change-his-cool-disposition-though-it-would-be-nice-if-he/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) > [I'm trying to be entertaining without being mean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/i-m-trying-to-be-entertaining-without-being-mean/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) > ['America' is synonymous with opportunity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/america-is-synonymous-with-opportunity/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) > [Washington's Alfalfa Club dinner is a populist's nightmare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/washington-s-alfalfa-club-dinner-is-a-populist-s-nightmare/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) > [Politicians have always been required to be fake, but now the career havoc wrought by a stray, flying sound bite means they have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/politicians-have-always-been-required-to-be-fake-but-now-the-career/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) > [American newspapers are dying mostly because they were so dull for so long, a whole generation gave up on them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/american-newspapers-are-dying-mostly-because-they-were-so-dull-for-so/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) > [Powerful women always interpret hostility as unrequited love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/powerful-women-always-interpret-hostility-as-unrequited-love/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) > [Obama's great asset has always been an ability to maintain his air of authority without being baritone about it. He can be boring, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/obama-s-great-asset-has-always-been-an-ability-to-maintain-his-air-of/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) > ['The Daily Beast' and Howard Kurtz have parted company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/the-daily-beast-and-howard-kurtz-have-parted-company/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) > [The women of Afghanistan, left behind as their men fought, did what the women of World War II did - used their wits and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/the-women-of-afghanistan-left-behind-as-their-men-fought-did-what-the/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) > [Your normal Wall Street big-swinging Richard has enough of a lingering moral compass to at least tell himself that his wizardry benefits somebody or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/your-normal-wall-street-big-swinging-richard-has-enough-of-a/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) > [Manners are the ability to put someone else at their ease...by turning any answer into another question.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/manners-are-the-ability-to-put-someone-else-at-their-ease-by-turning/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/his/tina-brown/#itemlist", "name": "17 His Quotes By Tina Brown", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Obama, for all his brilliance, has no real, felt understanding of management structures or of business.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tina Brown" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/obama-for-all-his-brilliance-has-no-real-felt-understanding-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acd/tina-brown-2434_brilliance_obama-for-all-his-brilliance-has-no-real_2124198.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acd/tina-brown-2434_brilliance_obama-for-all-his-brilliance-has-no-real_2124198.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acd/tina-brown-2434_brilliance_obama-for-all-his-brilliance-has-no-real_2124198.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Obama, for all his brilliance, has no real, felt understanding of management structures or of business.” — Tina Brown", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Give Obama a script he has made his own, and he is the motivational speaker to end all speakers. 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