A lot of pictures of yourself - you know, it's a little narcissistic. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Pot had helped, and booze, maybe a little blow when you could afford it. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A little reminder to those who don't back Obama and gay marriage. It's probably cause you're gay. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My little girls can break my heart. They can make me cry just looking at them eating their string beans. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am a little jet lagged from my trip to Malaysia...The lengths we have to go to to get CNN coverage these… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You might slow down a little bit, you might not jump as high as you used to, but I know what I'm… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me, and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Anybody who gets into bed and turns out the lights the first night in the White House probably feels a little bit… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As you get older, your mind gets a little more set. And it needs the poking and prodding and breaking through of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm inspired by my own children, how full they make my heart. They make me want to work to make the world… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Elections are always a little bit funny. People start saying things and emphasizing differences. After the election, my hope is, is that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The world must come together to confront climate change. There is little scientific dispute that if we do nothing, we will face… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of the most durable and destructive legacies of discrimination is the way we've internalized a sense of limitation; how so many… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now, at times this issue has tended to degenerate into an 'either-or' type of debate. Either we protect our people from terror… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Teddy Roosevelt supported a progressive income tax. If I am sitting pretty and you've got a waitress who is making minimum wage… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we got there and we looked up and we said, "You know what? Black folks are still doing a little bit… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I find it hard to believe that my God would consign four-fifths of the world to hell. I can't imagine that my… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We reward people a lot for being rich, for being famous, for being cute, for being thin... one of the values I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I can document this past week [of presidency] we've put out memos from every agency showing what did we do. Try to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In your generation, everybody is constantly bombarded with all kinds of different input from different cultures, and that's a strength, that's a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And then you've got President Clinton who made the case as only he can. After he spoke, somebody sent out a tweet-… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Who is Barack Obama? Contrary to the rumors you have heard, I was not born in a manger. I was actually born… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I would say this, I'll go back to those black ladies I was talking about who love them some Barack and love… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I know there are problems that I say to myself, If maybe I was a little more gifted I might have been… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm determined to disagree with people without being disagreeable. That's part of the empathy. Empathy doesn't just extend to cute little kids.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want to reduce America's deficit by cutting spending that we don't need but also by asking the wealthy to do a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If [black] nationalism could create a strong and effective insularity, deliver on its promise of self-respect, then the hurt it might cause… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Michelle will tell you that when we get together for Christmas or Thanksgiving, it's like a little mini-United Nations... I've got relatives… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you listen to the rhetoric, it is so over-the-top and so overheated, and most importantly, is not acknowledging the fact that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of the things that you learn, having been in this [President's] office for four years, is the old adage of Abraham… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Even when you go up ramp, and you think about [Franklin D. Roosevelt] wheeling himself up, you know, got a little cigarette… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'll remember the view out this window [from Oval Cabinet], because this is where we had our - the playground that we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Sometimes when these kinds of things happen, it can seem a little bit too much to bear. But what I want the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you've got little kids, and you're tucking them in. When you open a door and they're in their pajamas and they're,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I say that is because those are the times where sometimes you feel actually a little bit hurt. Because you feel like… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of my strengths is I have a pretty even temperament. I don't get too high when it's high and I don't… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have complete confidence in Secret Service. These guys and gals are unbelievably professional. They know what they’re doing and I basically… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
![“I can document this past week [of presidency] we've put out memos from every agency showing what did we do. Try to be as honest as possible. There's a little hype involved obviously. It's spin because it's our agencies. We feel some pride about it. But tried to be self-critical as well.” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/33d/barack-obama-17_agency_i-can-document-this-past-week-of-preside_98484.jpg)
![“If [black] nationalism could create a strong and effective insularity, deliver on its promise of self-respect, then the hurt it might cause well-meaning whites, or the inner turmoil it caused people like me, would be of little consequence.” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/60f/barack-obama-17_black_if-black-nationalism-could-create-a-stro_1426805.jpg)
![“If you listen to the rhetoric, it is so over-the-top and so overheated, and most importantly, is not acknowledging the fact that there's nothing else [like guns] in our lives that we purchase where we don't try to make it a little safer if we can.” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/23a/barack-obama-17_facts_if-you-listen-to-the-rhetoric-it-is-so-o_1020615.jpg)
![“One of the things that you learn, having been in this [President's] office for four years, is the old adage of Abraham Lincoln's. That with public opinion there's nothing you can't do and without public opinion there's very little you can get done.” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8ab/barack-obama-17_abraham_one-of-the-things-that-you-learn-having_504252.jpg)
![“Even when you go up ramp, and you think about [Franklin D. Roosevelt] wheeling himself up, you know, got a little cigarette holder in his mouth, and it, that, that awe that you feel, that reverence that you feel for the place never entirely leaves.” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3a7/barack-obama-17_awe_even-when-you-go-up-ramp-and-you-think-a_705826.jpg)
![“I'll remember the view out this window [from Oval Cabinet], because this is where we had our - the playground that we put in when Malia and Sasha came in. Being able every once in awhile to look out the window and see your daughters during the summer, swinging on that swing set, that made the…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/46c/barack-obama-17_able_i-ll-remember-the-view-out-this-window-f_440844.jpg)
![“When you've got little kids, and you're tucking them in. When you open a door and they're in their pajamas and they're, you know, wrestling with you and asking you, you know, to read to them and stuff, [The white House] starts feeling like home pretty quick. Not to mention having a mother-in-law…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e9c/barack-obama-17_asking_when-you-ve-got-little-kids-and-you-re-t_284141.jpg)
![“I say that is because those are the times where sometimes you feel actually a little bit hurt. Because you feel like saying to these folks, "[Don't] you think if I could do it, I [would] have just done it. Do you think that the only problem is that I don't care enough about the plight of poor…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9c9/barack-obama-17_bits_i-say-that-is-because-those-are-the-time_2451942.jpg)
![“That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we get the black to see through the eyes of the white? Or the citizen to see through the eyes of the immigrant? Or the straight to see through the eyes of the gay? That has…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/00d/barack-obama-17_black_that-is-another-theme-in-the-book-dreams_10185.jpg)
