I try never to get too high when things are going well. I try never to get too low when things are going poorly. I try to keep an even keel.
Barack ObamaYou know, it's fashionable right now for people to be cynical. We go in cycles like this and right now a lot of people are saying, 'Oh, America is doing terribly' and 'What are we going to do?'
Barack ObamaIf [black] nationalism could create a strong and effective insularity, deliver on its promise of self-respect, then the hurt it might cause well-meaning whites, or the inner turmoil it caused people like me, would be of little consequence.
Barack Obama