I like my quiet time. There is a writer's sensibility in me sometimes, where I step back. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When I was in Washington, I would usually get home from the Capitol at about 7:30 or 8, and I would try… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of the brightest lights of our time-a brilliant writer, a fierce friend, and a truly phenomenal woman. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You don't need to see my birth certificate, or my college records, or my legal writings, or... anything. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't believe we can get very far, with leaders who write off half the nation as a bunch of victims who… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is a big part of me that has a writer's sensibility. And so that's how I think. That's how I pursue… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A brighter future is ours to write. Let’s begin this new chapter — together — and let’s start the work right now. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our resources may be finite, but our will is infinite, and I am confident that if we come together and summon that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you're reading something from a Nobel Prize-winning physicist next to some guy in his underwear writing in his basement, or his… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Whenever I write a letter to a family who has lost a loved one in Iraq, or read an email from a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We also recommit to supporting tribal self-determination, security, and prosperity for all Native Americans. While we cannot erase the scourges or broken… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life what you look like, where you come from, how much… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have to make sure America writes the rules of the global economy, and we should do it today while our economy… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Writing has been an important exercise to clarify what I believe, what I see, what I care about, what my deepest values… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My top priority in any trade negotiation is expanding opportunity for hardworking Americans. It's no secret that past trade deals haven't always… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“At the end of the day, the circumstances of your life-- what you look like,where you come from, how much money you… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What I'm thinking about are the millions of people, many of whom write me very personal letters :"Dear Mr. President: I did… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So we have a choice to make. We can once again let Washington's bad habits stand in the way of progress. Or… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
How does the saying go? When two locusts fight, it is always the crow that feasts.' Is that a Luo expression?' I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“And then, on September 11, the world fractured. It's beyond my skill as a writer to capture that day and the days… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America, we weaken our ties when we allow our political dialogue to become so corrosive that people of good character aren't even… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this country's energy plan, or endanger our coastlines, or collect another $4… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am somebody who usually writes out the rough draft in longhand. Then I type it into the computer, and that is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Maybe you could be a great writer - maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper -… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Basically, I am a night owl. My wife is an early bird, so she goes to bed around 9:30, and my kids… — 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
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
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
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
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share
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
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
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
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
We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was. — Barack Obama Copy Share
It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share
Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us… — Barack Obama Copy Share
