Barack Obama Quotes

… temperament is your basic orientation toward life. The Elizabethans boiled it down to four types: You were choleric or sanguine or melancholy or aggressive. You can be a good leader from any of them. Lincoln was melancholy, but what a president! It’s more to do with how you grow, how you learn from your mistakes.

Trump's inability to control his own emotions is standing between himself and the presidency.

One of the things that's very troubling to voters about Donald Trump is his erratic behavior, his lack of good temperament to serve as commander in chief.

I've enjoyed the conversations that we've had. [Donald Trump] is somebody who I think is not lacking in confidence.

He [Donald Trump] makes himself look like an idiot every single day.

Everyone has to take Donald Trump seriously, and I think that's what we're seeing.

Donald Trump can improve and get better as he goes along, and I think he will.

Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit.

I think the human mind is fascinating. I love figuring out why people are doing what they do.

I know that Donald Trump is a smart man.

Donald Trump is a phenomenon. Barack Obama was a phenomenon. A phenomenon is a 'happening' or an 'experience.'

The thing that's interesting about Trump is that when you read 'Coriolanus,' you'd be tempted to draw parallels. But I don't do that.

Donald Trump is an interesting fellow.

I understand why people could look at things that Donald Trump says and be deeply offended by them and feel that he is not looking out for their best interests.

Having once met Trump... Ah he's creepy, man.

I think the voters are going to see a stark difference between steady leadership from Secretary Clinton, a depth of experience, and ill-temperament and poor judgment from Donald Trump; that's what they've seen this entire campaign. We welcome these debates.

It's just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country [America].

I think Donald Trump is a complete and utter buffoon and a cancer to our society.

I think Donald Trump is truly a populist.

In politics, Bugs Bunny always beats Daffy Duck. Daffy's always going berserk, jumping up and down, yelling. Bugs's got that sly smile, like he always knows what's up, like nothing can ruffle him.

I think it's an honorable thing that Donald Trump is doing.

Donald Trump has to be respected.

You've got David Petraeus and whatever the pushback might be against [Donald Trump].

[Donald] Trump has many and one of the most obvious is right here in Washington.

I think Donald Trump is going to find it very hard to do the kind of massive change he wants.