Barack Obama Funny Quotes
"(The pundits) said you can't win in a year like this with a name like Obama. There was quite a bit of confusion at first, but it did get me free airtime on Al Jazeera."
—Barack Obama
"But I have to say tonight's venue isn't really what I'm used to. I was originally told we'd be able to move this outdoors to Yankee Stadium, and can somebody tell me what happened to the Greek columns that I requested?"
—Barack Obama at the Al Smith Dinner
"But the truth is when you really get to know Rahm, he does have a softer side, Amy will attest to this; very few people know, I think, know prior to this evening that he studied Ballet for a few years. In fact, he was the first to adopt Machiavelli's the prince for dance. It was an intriguing piece, as you can imagine, there were a lot of kicks below the waist."
—Barack Obama roasting his future chief of staff Rahm Emanuel in 2005
"Hillary is not the first politician in Washington to declare 'Mission Accomplished' a little too soon."
—Barack Obama
"I do love the Waldorf-Astoria, though. You know, I hear that from the doorstep you can see all the way to the Russian tea room."
—Barack Obama poking fun at Sarah Palin at the Al Smith Dinner
"I don't want to be invited to the family hunting party."
—Barack Obama on learning that he and Dick Cheney are eighth cousins
"I figure there's nowhere to go from here but down. So tonight, I'm announcing my retirement from the United States Senate."
—Barack Obama
"I have nothing to hide, I enjoy being myself. I'm not going to change who I am just because it's Halloween."
— Barack Obama appearing as himself on Saturday Night Live in a skit that featured Hillary Clinton dressed as a witch at a Halloween party
"I mean, you know, as somebody who used to be on the cover of Time and Newsweek, you know. Those were the days."
—Barack Obama on David Letterman talking about Sarah Palin
"I would have to...investigate more of Bill's dancing abilities, you know, and some of this other stuff before I accurately judge whether he was in fact a brother."
—Barack Obama on whether Bill Clinton was "our first black president"
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