Magnus Quotes

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's OK to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.

It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the dowry is too large.

I've known parabatai so close they were almost the same person; do you know what happens, when one of them dies, to the one that's left-

Do there exist many worlds, or is there but a single world? This is one of the most noble and exalted questions in the study of Nature.

The greater and more persistent your confidence in God, the more abundantly you will receive all that you ask.

Natural science does not consist in ratifying what others have said, but in seeking the causes of phenomena.

Every orientation presupposes a disorientation.

I have never gone out to mingle with the world without losing something of myself.

You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you're - you're the best and you'll win every time.

What I admired most about him [Bobby Fischer] was his ability to make what was in fact so difficult look easy to us. I try to emulate him.

Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.

Love is a conflict between reflexes and reflections.

Banish, therefore, from thy heart the distractions of earth and turn thine eyes to spiritual joys, that thou mayest learn at last to repose in the light of the contemplation of God.

Soon the day will come when science will win victory over error, justice a victory over injustice, and human love a victory over human hatred and ignorance.

Culture is a little like dropping an Alka- Seltzer into a glass- you don't see it, but somehow it does something

The woman who needs to be liberated most is the woman in every man, and the man who needs to be liberated most is the man in every woman

You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes; that's what intuition is.

Propaganda is the art of persuading others of what you don't believe yourself.

I am trying to beat the guy sitting across from me and trying to choose the moves that are most unpleasant for him and his style.

Anywhere you want. Thailand, South Carolina, Brezil, Peru-- Oh, wait, no, I'm banned from Peru. I'd forgotten about that. It's a long story, but amusing if you want to hear it.

Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.

I don't think there is a thing like overconfidence in chess. It's always better to be too confident than too reluctant.

People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.

When you have fun then you're more interested in learning.

I'm more interested in the games than the people.

Kids love games and chess is a game where you have to sit down and concentrate and it just helps in every way.

I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.

I've never really had a favorite player, past or present.

I think of myself as a freewheeling bisexual.

Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head.

There are so many games that I've seen that I've learned from. I never - that's also part of the same - never single out a particular player or a particular game.

I'm definitely the first no.1 in the world since Fischer, and probably at least since Kasparov, who probably has the most potential to dominate for the foreseeable future.

Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics.

I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.

Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man.

I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.

If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.

Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.

I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue.

I learnt an enormous amount, but there came a point where I found there was too much stress. It was no fun any more. Outside of the chessboard I avoid conflict, so I thought this wasn't worth it.

My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.

I don't really watch too many movies. I don't have the patience usually to watch one, one and a half or two hours in a row.

It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.

I don't look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans.

Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

It's nice to be financially secure. Apart from that, I really don't care too much about money.

Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.

I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person.

For me, the most important thing is to continue to play well and to be a positive figure and hopefully a role model for kids as well.

Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert.