American Quote by Tina Brown

I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed…

— David Frum

So with President Obama, he's a very different style. Very thoughtful, posed.

— Fiona Hill

Obama's pop-cultural focus may seem demeaning to the office of the presidency. It may be mockable. But it is also tremendously effective.

— Ben Shapiro

President Obama is a gifted politician. He is gifted with rhetoric virtuosity. He is gifted with the ability to lie directly to camera without…

— Ben Shapiro

Fate handed Barack Obama the best of all political gifts - a dyspeptic, surly, spiteful opposition on the one hand and very unpopular financiers…

— Bill Moyers

I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed…

— David Frum

Obama's the most thoughtful-sounding president I can remember. He seems to be saying what he wants to say, and that is a great relief.…

— Roy Blount, Jr

When every high school graduate can spell the word, 'inauguration,' let's put lampshades on our heads and listen to his speeches until Obama's voice…

— Paula Poundstone

“This is a book unlike any other on Barack Obama. It is not the typical effusive book of apostolic praise, but neither is it…

— Dinesh D'Souza

“The firm’s fourth partner, Jeff Nussbaum, had carved out a niche writing jokes for public figures. It was he who taught me about the…

— David Litt

Just to hear President Obama speak - he's eloquent, he's so classy.

— Jolene Ivey

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…

— Tina Brown