"Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom...." - Quote by Barack Obama

“I have to say that my kids, like every child in America, is completely absorbed with Harry Potter. And so, I have gotten sucked into it, too; I can't wait for the next one to come out. I am trying to figure out what happens with Harry and Voldemort. So we have been reading that.”

“There isn't anyone who can't serve ... nobody who can't help somebody else.”

“Politics in this country [USA] is always tough. It's always contentious, because this is a big country and a diverse country, and people have strong points of view, and we've got a great diversity of interests.”

“High politic is only common sense applied to great things.”

“We must all learn to hear what we do not like. The question is not, 'Is it pleasant?'but, 'Is it true?'”

“Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.”

“Perhaps no philosopher is more correct than the cynic. The happiness of the animal, that thorough cynic, is the living proof of cynicism.”

“It is a law of nature that every decent man on earth is bound to be a coward and a slave”

“You know very well that I no longer think. I am far too intelligent for that.”