Jean-Georges Vongerichten Quotes

I arrived in New York in 1986, when I was 28. The market here was nothing. In the Union Square farmers' market, it was a couple of potatoes, everything from California. So the only place I was comfortable shopping was in Chinatown, because it all came from Hong Kong.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: chef
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: March 16, 1957

Topics

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Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable.

John C. Maxwell

TimeMoneyMoreIrreplaceableThan

Lawyers are like beavers: They get in the mainstream and dam it up.

John Naisbitt

LawyersUpGetLikeDamMainstream

My mom was not able to buy us the expensive Air Jordans, so if I wanted something that was a little bit nicer, my brother and I, we had to go earn money for it.

Troy Carter

MoneyBrotherMomGoAirEarn

Men and women have defined roles, and it's the responsibility of a parent to make sure they know which way to go; otherwise, a child would feed themselves with their feet without the correct guidance.

Monica Johnson

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If your business had no risk, you could go get a bank loan and call it a day. VCs like risks - without them, venture capital wouldn't exist. But they need to be risks that VCs are good at assessing and managing.

Jose Ferreira

GoodBusinessDayRisksYouGo

Even while modeling, I was still practicing kung fu and boxing as sports.

Djimon Hounsou

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Your brain forms roughly 10,000 new cells every day, but unless they hook up to preexisting cells with strong memories, they die. Serves them right.

Douglas Coupland

MemoriesDayBrainStrongDieNew

One wants to entertain the audience till the end. Sometimes, the desire is never-dying, as ANR garu once said. The caveat is that one has to be watchful of public reception.

Chiranjeevi

EndDesireSaidSometimesAudience

One of the hardest things to do for business people and leaders is to keep the team focused on achieving the goal.

Clay Clark

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When I run, I think about everything: physics, family problems, plans for the weekend. I haven't made any big discoveries on a run, but it does give me time to think through problems. Some solutions are obvious, but they are only obvious when you are relaxed enough to find them.

Wolfgang Ketterle

FamilyTimeMeProblemsThinkYou

I've had an experience that... I don't know the right label to put to it, if it was an angel or Jesus or what. Nobody knows anything for sure about that, but I know that I had an encounter, and I know that things exist beyond this realm, most definitely. I'm grounded in that.

Phyllis Smith

ExperienceAngelNobodyKnowBeyond

I would rather be at Reggae Sunsplash, which happens once a year, than doing some horrible Brady Bunch reunion.

Susan Olsen

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