Quotes by Michelle Obama

About Michelle Obama:

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is an American lawyer and writer. She is married to the 44th and current President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, she is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and spent the early part of her legal career working at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met Barack. Subsequently, she worked as part of the staff of Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, and for the University of Chicago Medical Center.
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So we know that it's not enough for us to simply encourage more people to study abroad. We also need to make sure that they can actually afford it.

Michelle Obama

I hate fund-raising. Haaaaate it. Hate, hate it.

Michelle Obama

People want to feel hopeful.

Michelle Obama

My kids are normal. If they could eat burgers and fries and ice cream every day, they would. And so would I. But that doesn't sustain us.

Michelle Obama

I've seen how the issues that come across a president's desk are always the hard ones - the problems where no amount of data or numbers will get you to the right answer.

Michelle Obama

The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather, paintings and poetry, music and fashion, design and dialogue, they all define who we are as a people and provide an account of our history for ...

Michelle Obama

You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.

Michelle Obama

He’s always asking: ‘Is that new? I haven’t seen that before.’ It’s like, Why don’t you mind your own business? Solve world hunger. Get out of my closet.

Michelle Obama

My most important title is still “mom-in-chief.” My daughters are still the heart of my heart and the center of my world.

Michelle Obama

I am desperate for change - now - not in 8 years or 12 years, but right now.

Michelle Obama

For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

Michelle Obama

It wasn't so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it's just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace...

Michelle Obama

I've seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are.

Michelle Obama

The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that's what's happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal.

Michelle Obama

Together, we can help make sure that every family that walks into a restaurant can make an easy, healthy choice.

Michelle Obama

My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

Michelle Obama

I'm not asking any of you to make drastic changes to every single one of your recipes or to totally change the way you do business. But what I am asking is that you consider reformulating your menu in pragmatic and incremental ways to create healthie...

Michelle Obama

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can ...

Michelle Obama

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, ...

Michelle Obama

If proud Americans can be who they are and boldly stand at the altar with who they love then surely, surely we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at that great American Dream.

Michelle Obama

I never cut class. I loved getting A's, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world.

Michelle Obama

Author Bio

  • NameMichelle Obama
  • Descriptionlawyer, writer, wife of Barack Obama and First Lady of the United States
  • AliasesMichelle daVaughn Robinson Obama; Michelle LaVaughn Obama; First Lady Michelle Obama; Michelle LaVaughn Obama née Robinson
  • BornJanuary 17, 1964
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionLawyer; Writer
  • AwardsHonorary Member