Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes

When I hear Obama speak he just seems really sincere and he just seems like somebody who actually has his heart and his motivation in the right place. Forget about color or race or gender or whatever, he's got his heart in the right place.

I still think people like to hear from someone's heart and how they really feel than the old political rhetoric trying to not say the wrong thing because how would it look, would they get votes, lose votes.

Donald Trump believes in America, he believes in its people. He believes in its promise, is very liberating and you see that when you're with him privately, you see it publicly.

Barack Obama was always special, you know? And not special, like, He's gonna be important, he's gonna be president. He was special in terms of his honesty, his sincerity, his compassion for other people.

What I like about stand-up is, it's truthful. I'm not up there trying to get laid or look cool. I'm up there because I really love it, and it makes people happier.

The only thing I can really offer the Filipino people is my sincerity.

Acting is no longer about lying. It's now about revealing the truth. People are at ease with me now. Honesty is the best policy.

People are always asking, "Is this person in front of me the same on the inside as he or she appears to be on the outside? Is there congruence between what's within that person and the words and actions I'm viewing and hearing externally?" Children ask that about their parents; students ask it about their teachers; parishioners ask it about their pastors and priests; employees ask it about their bosses; and in a democracy, citizens ask it about their political leaders.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.

Authenticity is your most precious commodity as a leader.

I always tell what I believe. Whether it's true, I'm no more sure than any man.

I like to remember what Michelle Obama said in her amazing speech at our Democratic National Convention: When they go low, we go high. And Barack Obama went high, despite Donald Trump's best efforts to bring him down.

Everybody in the world is capable of democratic development. Some people in the world are unlucky enough to get stuck with really bad political leadership and with really bad political institutions.

Don't ever speak publicly about anything that you're not passionate about and that you don't actually believe you have something truly unique about it to deliver.

A lot of us are too busy focusing on what we think people want to hear, as opposed to just saying what's in our hearts.

Regardless of how funny I want to be, I don't ever have a problem speaking from my heart or speaking honestly to people.

I pretty much stay true to myself and try to find the good in people and not be snarky.

I believe the American people are looking for someone to speak the truth.

For the political leader the religious doctrines and institutions of his people must always remain inviolable; or else has no right to be in politics, but should become a reformer, if he has what it takes!

I do what I do. Barack Obama does what politicians do.

Barack Obama and the Democrat Party convince people that America's best days are over.

I'm sick and tired of government ministers in this Labour government who simply blame other people when things go wrong.

If you don't live what you sing about, your mirror is gonna fade.

In general, my rule is find out where your heart is, then speak from the heart. People know the difference between that and something scripted.

The music that I make is pretty sincere; it's from my heart and I love it, and what just happened is more people have started to connect with my heart, and I haven't followed some kind of marketing scheme.