Van Jones Quotes

Now I think liberals have gone from underreacting to Trump and saying that Trump is just a clown and a buffoon, and that Hillary Clinton's going to kick his ass, to now overreacting, and saying, "Oh my God, 60 million people consciously endorsed a white supremacist for president."

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• If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don't stop, don't put it down.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Good
  • Love
  • Stop

• It's almost like he's started to sound even more exotic the more people started doing him. I don't know why, but there's just something about Al Gore that makes me laugh.

  

  Dana Carvey
  • People
  • Why
  • Sound

• Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.

  

  Ted Yoho
  • People
  • Power
  • America

• I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.

  

  Faith Prince
  • Up
  • Age
  • Dad

• And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • Friends
  • You
  • Seen

• Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.

  

  Pat Summerall
  • Like
  • Player
  • Everything

• Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Men
  • Long
  • Wonder

• The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.

  

  Walter Pater
  • Up
  • Different
  • Together

• In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.

  

  Hack Wilson
  • Career
  • Player
  • Top

• I used to have a real passion for writing, but not so much anymore - probably because I do too much of it.

  

  Wale
  • Writing
  • Real
  • Passion

• You learn to read the audiences after a while, and there are all different kinds of gigs.

  

  Van Morrison
  • Different
  • You
  • Learn

• My father used to take me to the movies on Saturdays. In 1940, when I was four years old, we encountered 'Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe.' I loved it. Especially the rocket ship, which I later realized had no airlock and no washroom. But they managed to get to Mongo with it.

  

  Jack McDevitt
  • Father
  • Universe
  • Ship

• I think very few people still understand the distinction between CEOs on Wall Street and the hedge-fund billionaires operating separately.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • People
  • Think
  • Wall

• I'm one of the actors who really enjoys working with kids and animals, which is always a no go. There's something beautiful about it because you tend to forget yourself as an actor.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • Kids
  • Beautiful
  • Yourself

• At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

  

  Salvador Dali
  • Age
  • Growing
  • Ambition

• I'm a full-time writer, which means I have the entire day to get my work done. But that can also be bad, because that means I have the entire day to get in my way.

  

  Dani Shapiro
  • Time
  • Work
  • Done

• As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations.

  

  Ed Sheeran
  • People
  • Life
  • Death

• A book is either autobiography or a novel.

  

  Imre Kertesz
  • Book
  • Autobiography
  • Either

• After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of speech. I set up the publishing company in Hong Kong, with offices in Shenzhen in mainland China, and managed to publish works of fiction, philosophy, and politics by unapproved authors.

  

  Ma Jian
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Freedom

• People are lonely. They want company and your book can provide them company and a little bit of hope. And there's nothing wrong with that.

  

  Donald Miller
  • People
  • Book
  • Hope

• Randy Newman and I grew up together in Los Angeles. We are both products of the film studio era. Randy is one of the great songwriters of our time and one of the fun people to be with.

  

  Leonard Slatkin
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• If I'd started in business thinking I knew everything, I'd have been sunk before I started... Never think of learning as being a burden or studying as being boring. It may require some discipline, but it can be an adventure. It can also prepare you for a new beginning.

  

  Donald Trump
  • Thinking
  • May
  • Business

• I have real good parents. They poor. They have regular, poor jobs and what not. They real good people and what not; I was just raised in a bad society.

  

  Cardi B
  • People
  • Good
  • Real

• Now I think liberals have gone from underreacting to Trump and saying that Trump is just a clown and a buffoon, and that Hillary Clinton's going to kick his ass, to now overreacting, and saying, "Oh my God, 60 million people consciously endorsed a white supremacist for president."

  

  Van Jones
  • People
  • God
  • Thinking