Barack Obama Quotes

If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.

I do not understand this analogy," Mencheres muttered.

I get a lot of people complaining about my ambiguity, often in cases which there is nothing ambigous at all. As far as I can see, people read it when they were half stoned and listening to the TV. Then they come back and say gee, it's impossible to figure out what's going on in a story.

i can't understand her" well son, you might as well try to understand the sun". derived form the book:fires of heaven by robert jordan.

What matters is where you want to go. Focus in the right direction!

I asked you, baby, If you understood- You told me that you didn't, But you thought you would.

I just said what I said and it was wrong. Or it was taken wrong. And now it's all this.

Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what's urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.

I have not the pleasure of understanding you.

If you have no destination, you'll never get there.

Now, we learn that a system must have an aim. Without an aim, there is no system.

What is the difference between astroturf and grass? I don't know, I never smoked astroturf.

You really have to have a goal.

If you don't have a vision, you can never be focused in a direction.

My formula for happiness: a Yes, a No, a straight line, a goal.

Know what it is that you are trying to find out.

From the very beginning I felt that I would do a series.

Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. Lord Polonius: What is the matter, my lord? Hamlet: Between who? Lord Polonius: I mean, the matter that you read, my lord.

Quand celui à qui l'on parle ne comprend pas et celui qui parle ne se comprend pas, c'est de la métaphysique When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics.

Don't focus on the problem, focus on the PURPOSE.

You really have to have a goal. The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal. Know what it is you want to find out.

How can I be sure I've succeeded, if I can't remember what I was trying to do

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point from which one must begin.

Some lives drift here and there like reeds in a stream, depending on changing currents for their activity. Others are like swimmers knowing the depth of the water. Each stroke helps them onward to a definite objective.