“A change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”
“In my first term, we were together when I was in my second term. I want to be back together when I’m in my third term.”
“I’m also paying more for tennis shoes because Michael Jordan can jump really high.”
“Sasha and Malia aren’t interested in running for president. They’ve told me they’d rather aspire to be Beyoncé.”
“When I was a kid, I inhaled frequently. That was the point.”
“We can’t just change the channel when something doesn’t go our way. And we can’t just tell our kids to study hard and work hard, and then just sit back and criticize their teachers, or turn off the TV and blame the media for everything that’s going wrong in this country.”
“There’s an old saying in Chicago: Politics ain’t beanbag.”
“I’m like the old guy at the bar where you went to have fun, and I told you there’s a price to pay. But you ignored me and now you’re stuck with me for 4 years.”
“I’m experienced enough to know that I’m not always right.”
“I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.”
“I’ve got 99 problems and now Jay-Z is one.”
“Now, let me be clear. I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man.”
“I can’t release my birth certificate because it’s locked away in a vault in Hawaii, guarded by an army of robots.” MOVING ON FRIENDSHIP QUOTES
“Remember when the biggest beef I had with Republicans was over earmarks? Those were the days.”
“I think it’s important to recognize that pop culture is amusing and entertaining, but it’s not necessarily political.”
“We’ve got a war going on in Iraq. We’ve got a war on terror. We’ve got a war on drugs. We’ve got a war on poverty. We’ve got a war on Christmas. We’ve got a war on everything. Maybe we should just declare war on war.”
“I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father Jor-El to save the planet Earth.”
“One thing I’ve learned: You can’t manage the economy in the news cycle.”
“I have stronger faith in Jesus Christ than probably anyone who’s ever run for office.”
“I’m the president, and I’m always responsible.”
“We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer.”
“I was born in Hawaii, where there are many other people who were also born in Hawaii.”
“I’m the guy doing his job, you must be the other guy.”
“The most important office in a democracy is not the office of the president, it is the office of the citizen.”