C.J. Sansom Quotes

Truly, as the ancients taught us, there is nothing under the moon, however fine, that is not subject to corruption.

C.J. Sansom

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• Before I got into stand-up, I used to be a hip-hop dancer in a crew, and my name was J. Smoove, and my partner was J. Groove.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Up
  • Name
  • Partner

• I think that when you decide to dedicate yourself to creative endeavors and surround yourself with people who are creative, you very quickly learn how hard it is to survive doing those kinds of things, not to mention make a living at them.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • People
  • Surround Yourself

• My mantra is: 'Good design accelerates the adoption of new ideas.'

  

  Yves Behar
  • Good
  • Ideas
  • Design

• At first, I was just trying to sound like DOOM and Eminem, and then I dug out my own voice, I guess.

  

  Thebe Neruda Kgositsile
  • Trying
  • Voice
  • Sound

• Colorado cannot afford to become the next California, with skyrocketing taxes that hurt our state's economy and our quality of life.

  

  Walker Stapleton
  • Life
  • Quality
  • Hurt

• I don't think men like a bad girl. Well, I haven't had a date in a year so I'm obviously doing something wrong. It's not that my standards are too high, I haven't even been asked out in a year. I have no standards, anyone, please!

  

  Yasmine Bleeth
  • Men
  • Bad
  • High

• There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course.

  

  Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Man
  • Know
  • Old

• My approach to every game was to try to erase the games that were before and try to focus on the game at hand.

  

  Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • Game
  • Hand
  • Focus

• Anyone can look beautiful.

  

  Rachel Hunter
  • Beautiful
  • Look
  • Anyone

• Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Right
  • Difference
  • Between

• The biggest thing for me with charity is awareness. Obviously as an athlete, I have an opportunity to make people more aware. The average person doesn't have that opportunity, so the best way is to spare some money, clothing, food - something. Most of us have a little excess of something that we can give.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • People
  • Money
  • Opportunity

• Astronomers have been bewildered by the theory of an expanding universe, but there is no less expansion in the moral infinite of the universe of man. As far as the frontiers of science are pushed back, over the extended arc of these frontiers one will hear the poet's hounds on the chase.

  

  Saint-John Perse
  • Man
  • Science
  • Universe

• Sometimes, the most daunting thing about performing is making eye contact with your audience, so just look above them and at the corners of the room. Soon, you'll totally forget they're there.

  

  Laura Marano
  • Sometimes
  • Eye
  • Forget

• I have beautiful, beautiful clothes, designed by my bachelor boy son, Kenny. Kenny has a big following as it is, and even Lady Gaga has asked Kenny to design dresses for her. But Kenny isn't very keen on, well, shall we say, extreme women. He likes someone that women all over the world can identify with.

  

  Barry Humphries
  • World
  • Women
  • Beautiful

• Unlike the interference of ordinary interest, power, or prejudice, which touches philosophy only at its outskirts and becomes at most a matter for philosophical tactics, the claim of revelation to the highest truth touches philosophy at its core and must affect its whole strategy.

  

  Hans Jonas
  • Power
  • Truth
  • Philosophy

• I'm extremely happy that I could win the gold medal. It's a special moment in my career.

  

  Ma Long
  • Happy
  • Career
  • Win

• And be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity.

  

  Randy Pausch
  • Opportunity
  • Luck
  • Preparation

• If you need food stamps, you should meet the criteria.

  

  Bob Goodlatte
  • Food

• Through transparency we expose corruption, but then there is no action taken against the corrupt.

  

  Aruna Roy
  • Action
  • Corruption
  • Transparency

• A man's tailored jacket is like a compartmentalized storage unit with sleeves. Women eye those pockets with envy while searching for a ticket stub lost in a handbag.

  

  Christina Binkley
  • Women
  • Lost
  • Envy

• Truly, as the ancients taught us, there is nothing under the moon, however fine, that is not subject to corruption.

  

  C.J. Sansom
  • Moon
  • Corruption
  • Taught Us