Steinkopf And Sons Quotes & Sayings

In 1843, after annexing the Indian province of Sind, British General Sir Charles Napier sent home a one word telegram, "Peccavi" implying "I have Sind..."

(Napier was under explicit instructions that:
1. He was not to attack Hyderabad.
2. If provoked to fighting, he was under no conditions take Hyderabad's
capital -- Sind.
He then (according to the story) send the one word message Peccavi to London and of course all the recipients understood that he had violated his order and taken the city - the old British boy school Latin training... — Charles Napier

Dream more.
Plan more.
Work more.
Achieve more. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Her only weak part, they figured, was a fear of the desert, perhaps a fear of drying in the scorching sun, perhaps a lack of water to drink. — J.M.K. Walkow

It's not letting your anger out that gets people hurt. Its keeping the anger locked up in side that hurts you. — Jack Kirby

People seem to be looking for discipline in a topsy-turvy world. — Gordon B. Hinckley

It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no survey to remove repressions. — Harvey Milk

I believe in dreams more than I believe in God. Dreams get into you and leave, then come back with new fruit, but God is just a vast desert. — Hassan Blasim

Every journey has a destination, known or unknown. — Dean Koontz