Barack Obama: “Thomas J. Curry, of Massachusetts, to be Comptroller of the Currency for a term of five years.”

It is a decision about how do we face and embrace this finite amount of time we have on the planet.

I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.

I’m going to insist that we can do better than we’re doing right now.

And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.