"I don't buy the hype when everybody..." - Quote by Barack Obama
I don't buy the hype when everybody is saying how wonderful things are and how great I am, and I don't get too down when people say, "This is a disaster and he's done for."
More by Barack Obama
“I think I'm able to reach a lot of folks, despite the fact that the conventional news media sometimes says, "You know, this speech is too long," or "It's too complicated," or "He needs to have better sound bites," or what have you.”
“I think we all know that world owes an enormous debt to Greece and the Greek people.”
“Generally speaking, Rand Paul is been more wrong than right. He has an isolationist view of the world that I don`t share.”
More on Humility
“But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.”
“To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.”
“I would prefer to battle the 'I'm special' feeling not by the thought, 'I'm no more special than anyone else,' by by the feeling, 'Everyone is as special as me.'”