Barack Obama's inspirational whoosh to the presidency in 2008 was unusual. Most campaigns are less exhilarating; indeed, they are downright disappointing - until someone wins.
‐‐ Joe Klein
Barack Obama's journey to the White House has impressed and inspired the entire world.
‐‐ Ehud Olmert
Barack Obama's large contributor was Goldman Sachs - same thing on the Republican side. If you go to both their conventions, you see the same lobbyists paying off both sides so they win either way.
‐‐ Jesse Ventura
Barack Obama's life was so much simpler in 2009. Back then, he had refined the cold act of blaming others for the bad economy into an art form. Deficits? Blame Bush's tax cuts. Spending? Blame the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. No business investment? Blame Wall Street.
‐‐ John Sununu
Barack Obama's military triumphs will come neither in long wars nor even short ones, but in a series of raids.
‐‐ Elliott Abrams
Barack Obama's name will be the one on the peace prize, but his speech and his manner could become a gift for generations to come.
‐‐ Tom Brokaw
Barack Obama's official nomination as the Democratic Party's standard-bearer was a very poignant moment for millions of Americans. As the first non-white major party nominee, Obama is carrying a big load on his shoulders. He's holding the hopes and dreams of a lot of folks who thought the presidency was only reserved for white men.
‐‐ Chuck Todd
Barack Obama's political roots are liberal, but he has always resisted buying into the brand of liberalism that denigrates American greatness and potential.
‐‐ Nina Easton
Barack Obama says that we need to be humble toward terrorism. Yet he is the one we have been waiting for. That is humble?
‐‐ Evan Sayet
Barack Obama seems intent on enrolling more people on food stamps. Mitt Romney's focus is going to be on generating more jobs that will make food-stamps unnecessary for them.
‐‐ Mike Huckabee
Barack Obama wants teacher service scholarships.
‐‐ Nancy Gibbs
Barack Obama wants to change America. Barack Obama wants America to be more like the rest of the world. We don't want to be like the rest of the world. We want to be the United States of America.
‐‐ Marco Rubio
Barack Obama was not born into wealth or privilege, yet today his is president of these United States of America. Barack Obama has lived the American Dream. He has walked in our shoes.
‐‐ Ken Salazar
Barack Obama won a second term but no mandate. Thanks in part to his own small-bore and brutish campaign, victory guarantees the president nothing more than the headache of building consensus in a gridlocked capital on behalf of a polarized public.
‐‐ Ron Fournier
Barack Obama would never accept a court in Mexico decreeing what the law in the United States would be.
‐‐ Michael Gove
Barack Obama would not be President if he were dark skin. You know what I mean? That's just the truth. I might not be as successful as I am now if I was dark skin.
‐‐ J. Cole
Barack wants to stop all children from working on the farm... Can you imagine this? I just, I can't fathom that. Did you ever think we'd grow up in America and see something like that? Let me take it one step further. He wants to disallow the 4-H from training children to work on a farm.
‐‐ John Raese
Barbara Boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the United States Senate today. I know that because I've had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her.
‐‐ John McCain
Barbara Broccoli was a great friend of my late wife's and continues to be someone who is very gracious with me, my family, and our life.
‐‐ Pierce Brosnan
Barbara Castle should have been Labour's - and Britain's - first female prime minister. What a role model she would have been: passionate, fiery, and absolutely committed to social justice.
‐‐ Patricia Hewitt
Barbara Castle was a hero to millions of British women. She inspired a new generation of women to become active in Labour politics, including, of course Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman.
‐‐ Patricia Hewitt
Barbara did the selecting and that's probably the most brilliant thing was she put together a group of women, different backgrounds, different experiences.
‐‐ Star Jones
Barbara Eden is the most beautiful girl in the world.
‐‐ Larry Hagman
Barbara Stanwyck movies drove me nuts, like 'Ball of Fire' and 'Double Indemnity.' I used to go cuckoo when I would see those films.
‐‐ Richard LaGravenese
Barbarians always think of themselves as the bringers of civilization.
‐‐ Pierre Schaeffer
Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization.
‐‐ Edmond de Goncourt
Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made.
‐‐ Jose Ortega y Gasset
Barbecue is an incredibly democratic food. It's cheaper than McDonald's in many places and far more delicious. On the other hand, the only reason it can be that cheap is they use commodity hogs, the worst of the worst, which is - you know, it's an industry kind of ruining North Carolina.
‐‐ Michael Pollan
Barbecue is the good old technique of people making a fire and putting some stuff over the top - I mean, look at the S'more: it's just got a stick. A lot of those goofy toys, it's people who are looking at things to do. I think if you focus on the food, at the most you need tongs or a spoon to flip something; that's about it.
‐‐ Graham Elliot
Barbecue is the third rail of North Carolina politics.
‐‐ John Shelton Reed
Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it's a start.
‐‐ Anthony Bourdain
Barbie has always been an inspiration. Dressing her was part of ever girl's dream.
‐‐ Reem Acra
Barbie is just a doll.
‐‐ Mary Schmich
Barbie ruined my life! It's a really bad image for women. For a long time I thought I was deformed - because my heels didn't touch the ground. I was walking around on tiptoes. What's up with that? I think that it's a bad thing for a woman to try to emulate.
‐‐ Rita Rudner
Barbies were banned at our house, along with television other than PBS. As a kid, I found this horribly embarrassing.
‐‐ Leila Janah
Barbra Streisand developed overwhelming performance anxiety at the height of her career; for 27 years she refused to perform for the general public, appearing live only in private clubs and at charity events, where she presumably believed the pressure on her was less intense.
‐‐ Scott Stossel
Barbra Streisand, for one, is one of my idols. I've listened to her since I was a little kid - the first album I ever bought was 'A Star is Born' with Kris Kristofferson.
‐‐ Idina Menzel
Barbra Streisand has accomplished so much, and Dustin Hoffman as well. They are down to earth and approachable. I admire that.
‐‐ Kevin Hart
Barbra Streisand is without a doubt one of the most honest people I have ever known. There is no doubt in my mind that she will not be doing any more concerts. Of course, she still will be making records and starring and directing in movies.
‐‐ Marvin Hamlisch
Barcelona are my favourite team in Spain, let's put it that way.
‐‐ Frank Lampard
Barcelona is a very old city in which you can feel the weight of history; it is haunted by history. You cannot walk around it without perceiving it.
‐‐ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Barcelona is one of my favourite cities in the world. The fashion and people are just so effortlessly cool.
‐‐ Leigh Lezark
Barcelona is one of the best cities in the world. I love it there. I love Big Sur. It's stunning and you get a therapeutic experience there. The drive up the coast is one of the most beautiful I've ever done. Also, Hong Kong. I could easily live there!
‐‐ Meghan Markle
Bare feet on the grass comfort the spirit and connect the body to the earth all at once!
‐‐ Maximillian Degenerez
Bare hands grip success better than kid gloves. Be thorough in all things, no matter how small or distasteful! The man who counts his hours and kicks about his salary is a self-elected failure.
‐‐ Charles M. Schwab
Bargain... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.
‐‐ Kin Hubbard
Bargaining makes you come up with the best ideas.
‐‐ Trey Parker
Barge traffic on the Mississippi River represents the most efficient, most cost-effective, most environmentally sound means of transporting commodity goods from this region of the country to market.
‐‐ Leonard Boswell
Barium, which is commonly found in power plant waste and scrubber wastewater, has been linked to heart problems and diseases in other organs.
‐‐ Charles Duhigg
Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot.
‐‐ Konrad Lorenz