A Quote by Barack Obama

I'm never surprised by controversies that are whipped up in Washington.

Barack Obama

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Never Surprised Up Washington Whipped

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Barack Obama
American - President
Born: August 4, 1961

One of the questions I often get asked is, "Were you surprised that Trump won?" I always answer the same way: "I was surprised, I am surprised and I will never stop being surprised."

David Frum

Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter?

Steven Wright

Who knows controversies better than me? The controversies always chase people who are active and decision makers.

Sharad Pawar

Whipped cream isn't whipped cream at all if it hasnt been whipped with whips, just like poached eggs isn't poached eggs unless it's been stolen in the dead of the night.

Roald Dahl

It is one of the misfortunes of our political system that parties are formed more with reference to controversies that are gone by than to the controversies which these parties have actually to decide.

Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest.

Frederick Douglass

Whoever allows himself to be whipped, deserves to be whipped.

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

There has been two awful fights in town this week. You don't know anything about such fighting at home as I speak of; this is no place for women and children, yet, although they all say it is so quiet here... if a man fights in Kansas and gets whipped, he never says anything more about it. If he does, he will get whipped for his trouble.

Wild Bill Hickok

He who is whipped oftenest, is whipped easiest.

Frederick Douglass

There are a lot of young kids serving in Washington, D.C.: kids that are smart, hard-working, but they've never farmed. They've never run a business. They've never been in the private sector. They went from high school into college and right into Washington, D.C.

Ron Johnson

Those who deny the first principle should be flogged or burned until they admit that it is not the same thing to be burned and not burned, or whipped and not whipped.

Avicenna

Destiny's Child has never broken up officially. So don't be surprised one day if there's a new record or a tour because the group never officially broke up.

Mathew Knowles

Winston Churchill was one of the most unpopular politicians in the late '30s and by the mid-'40s he was considered one the greatest statesmen, possibly of all time. I'm not comparing myself. I'm just saying that controversies come and go, but the important thing is sticking to your principles and persevering through those controversies.

Pierre Poilievre

I really thank my parents for giving me the good sense to not get into anything wrong. There are many people around who like controversies, and I actually wonder how do they do it. I don't have the courage to get into controversies. There are people who love it; I find it silly.

Saina Nehwal

But 'This Town' is official Washington. It's political Washington. It's not the Washington that clogs New York Avenue. It's not the Washington that lives in Gaithersburg. It's not the Washington that accounts for most of the population. 'This Town' refers to the people who think they run your country.