“I'm learning and changing all the time, and I expect to continue doing so my entire life.” Quote by Van Jones
“We're going to bake this planet, and be a curse to all species, including our own, if we don't find an alternative to carbon-based fuel. That's the #1 problem.” IfsProblemPlanetsSpeciesIncludingAlternativesCurseFuelCarbon Author:Van Jones
“The problem isn't that the green jobs aren't sexy enough. It's that they're not plentiful enough. A young person looking for a job isn't looking just for a sexy job, they're looking for any job.” PersonsEnoughProblemJobsYoungGreenSexyPlentifulLooking For A Job Author:Van Jones
“Unfortunately, we have a 50% unemployment rate among our urban youth of color. It's not about making green jobs more attractive. It's about making them more available. And that requires Congress passing legislation that will give a real break to the people who want to introduce new technologies to the American marketplace.” PeopleWantGivingRealJobsBreakTechnologyYouthColorGreenRateCongressAvailablePassingPassingsAttractiveIntroducingUrbanLegislationUnemploymentMarketplaceNew TechnologyUnemployment Rate Author:Van Jones
“There's no higher honor, in my estimation, than being asked to serve in the White House.” HouseWhiteHigherHonorWhite HouseEstimation Author:Van Jones
“I learned more in those six months [ in the White House] than in the prior six years. I don't think that anybody who has had the privilege to serve the country at that level should walk out and behave like a crybaby. And I plan to continue to serve the country in other capacities.” ThinkingShouldYearsCountryHouseWhiteWalksLevelsPlansMonthsSixCapacityPrivilegeBehaveWhite HouseSix MonthsCrybabies Author:Van Jones
“I think we were naive during the first two years of the [Barack] Obama Administration because the Republicans didn't fight us on this point during the 2008 Presidential Election. Obama and McCain both ran on a clean energy platform. But now, uncontested lies have eroded hard-won public understanding. So, we have to go back and make the case again.” ThinkingYearsFirstsTwoHardLyingFightingEnergyUnderstandingCasesRepublicanElectionCleanAdministrationBarackPresidentialRanTwo YearsPlatformsNaiveMccainPresidential ElectionClean Energy Author:Van Jones
“Ordinary Americans can't pollute for free. You can't dump your trash on the sidewalk or throw all your refuse into your neighbor's yard. I don't understand why corporate polluters should be allowed to dump megatons of carbon, the most dangerous pollution in the history of the world, into our thin shell of an atmosphere, and not pay a penny to do it.” WorldShouldPayDangerousOrdinaryRefuseNeighborCorporateAtmospherePollutionShellsYardsCarbonWorld HistoryTrashPenniesDumpSidewalk Author:Van Jones
“I don't like to comment on a specific local issue because there are plenty of people already working on the problem who know a lot more about it than I do.” PeopleKnowsProblemIssuesLocalsPlentyComment Author:Van Jones
“I have many sources of inspiration. I'd have to point to Dr. Martin Luther King, first and foremost. But my parents were good, hardworking folks who kept us in the church and the public schools, and out of trouble, for the most part.” FirstsInspirationSchoolParentChurchTroubleSourceKingsFolksDrsLutherPublic SchoolHardworkingSource Of InspirationDr Martin Luther King Author:Van Jones
“I've had a chance to meet some of my civil rights heroes and, more recently, members of the young generation around [Barack] Obama, people in their teens and twenties who were determined to make history and who were too idealistic to think that what they were trying to do might be impossible. They proved that visionary pragmatism can win over the majority. That comes from a particular place in your heart that generation Y is offering America. They just can't afford to be naive now, in terms of the ferocity of the opposition.” PeopleThinkingTryingHeartMightAmericaYoungWinningTermChanceRightsImpossibleGenerationsParticularHeroMembersTwentiesMajorityDeterminedCivil RightsBarackOppositionOfferingTeensNaiveVisionariesPragmatismIdealisticFerocityYoung GenerationGeneration Y Author:Van Jones
