First Quote by Phillipa Soo

“On his way offstage, the president shook hands with Lin and said, "I'm proud of you, man." (In a gesture of self-restraint, Lin had…

— Lin Manuel Miranda

How, then, has Obama been saddled with an image of being long on inspiration and short on details? The answer is that journalists are…

— Howard Kurtz

It's been so long since a talented writer last occupied the White House; no wonder, then, that American writers have been among the most…

— Jonathan Raban

If you want to understand what is going on in the White House today, you have to begin with Barack Obama.

— Dinesh D'Souza

If awkward has an antithesis, it is probably Barack Obama.

— Alexandra Petri

Hamilton is my favorite political entrepreneur.

— Travis Kalanick

Sometimes, Barack Obama is Martin Luther King, sometimes, he a black militant from the Sixties, then he's a Baptist minister. He can be so…

— Shelby Steele

Obama was the first president whose biography makes sense to me. He can walk into a room anywhere and find common ground with any…

— Claire Messud

Barack Obama is my American Idol.

— Tara Stiles

Barack Obama heard the American people.

— Elizabeth Warren

I would argue [Donald]Trump is the [Barack] Obama of this election cycle.

— Geraldo Rivera

I don't think that we really know a whole lot about Barack Obama at all that you would really call distinctive.

— John H. McWhorter