现实是，你知道，作为一个黑人，巴拉克去趟加油站都可能被开枪打死。

The greatest leaders are not necessarily the ones who do the greatest things. They are the ones that get the people to do the greatest things.

There is no such thing as great wisdom in the world, just as there is no such thing as talent. What exists is triviality. If you keep doing repetitive things, you become an expert; if you do repetitive things with special focus, you become a master.

The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.

I'm not perfect, but I'm trying every day to be better than I was yesterday.