Van Jones Quotes

We've have to heed our Biblical obligation to be good stewards of the Earth after leaving the Garden of Eden.

Van Jones

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• The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.

  

  Tamae Watanabe
  • Fun
  • Reason
  • Marriage

• I have to wear two sports bras when I do my cardio. It takes a lot to hold these puppies up!

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • Sports
  • Training
  • Puppies

• Kids love to look at pictures of themselves.

  

  Nancy O'Dell
  • Love
  • Kids
  • Look

• Love is the strongest and most fragile thing we have in life.

  

  Vanessa Paradis
  • Life
  • Love
  • For Her

• The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.

  

  Yitzhak Rabin
  • Peace
  • Struggle
  • Israel

• The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.

  

  I. M. Pei
  • Practice
  • First
  • Building

• Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
  • Life
  • Up
  • God

• I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Writing
  • Country
  • Truth

• Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.

  

  Barry Manilow
  • Long
  • Live
  • Anything Is Possible

• The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Heart
  • Soul
  • Alone

• I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.

  

  Hailey Gates
  • Up
  • War
  • Culture

• If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Me
  • Unique
  • One Thing

• Selectors can't please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It's an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.

  

  Kapil Dev
  • Job
  • Cricket
  • Committee

• I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.

  

  Nanci Griffith
  • Time
  • Opportunity
  • Own

• It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.

  

  Taryn Manning Boomkat
  • World
  • Music
  • Different

• I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • People
  • Myself
  • Laugh

• If contemporary artists sincerely seek to be original, unique, and new, they should begin by disregarding the notions of originality, individuality, and innovation: they are the cliches of our time.

  

  Octavio Paz
  • Time
  • Unique
  • Innovation

• The natural sweetness of leeks, with their soft, oniony aroma, makes them the perfect winter comfort food.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Food
  • Perfect
  • Winter

• The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.

  

  Sam Snead
  • Great
  • Player
  • Defeat

• We can't let Donald Trump put us at risk.

  

  Jon Ossoff
  • Risk
  • Trump

• My dad's one true quest in life was for the Platonic ideal of peanut butter. And I remember one day he announced, with a look of utter transfiguration on his face, that he had found paradise on Earth in a jar with a yellow cap. And it was called Red Wing.

  

  Christopher Buckley
  • Life
  • Remember
  • True

• We've have to heed our Biblical obligation to be good stewards of the Earth after leaving the Garden of Eden.

  

  Van Jones
  • Good
  • Earth
  • Garden