Vapeur Terp Quotes & Sayings

A certain grasp of military affairs is vital for those in charge of general policy. — Carl Von Clausewitz

We get the leaders we create. — Peter Block

Grimthorpe (v.) To restore or renovate an ancient building with excessive spending rather than with skill. Grimthorpe is a more or less eponymous word, taken from the title of Sir Edmund Beckett (the first Lord Grimthorpe), a lawyer and horologist in London, who also enjoyed attempting restorations of old buildings. His efforts did not meet with widespread approval, and gave birth to this word. Grinagog — Ammon Shea

Though Anne was born in Alabama and schooled in Mississippi, she had traveled North, and, like many Southerners, gained a theoretical understanding of the concept of cold. But the mind is an overprotective parent. What it doesn't care for, it hides. Like many inhabiting the subtropics, Anne had repressed the reality of subzero mercury. — Kathy Reichs

To me it hit home when the US took away the pledge of allegiance from the kids in school. People that migrate to come to this country can't learn to love a flag that means universal freedom no matter where you come from, you can come here to try and have a better life. — Cristian Machado

Redemption isn't giving a bank robber a job as a teller. — Jane Velez-Mitchell

Everyone wants to look their best, everyone has dreams of wanting to look like something else. But we are who we are. — Samantha Morton