All chess players know what a combination is. Whether one makes it oneself, or is its victim, or reads of it, it stands out from the rest of the game and stirs one's admiration.

The middlegame I repeat is chess itself, chess with all its possibilities, its attacks, defences, sacrifices, etc.

Haste is never more dangerous than when you feel that victory is in your grasp.

It is not a move, even the best move that you must seek, but a realizable plan

Avoidance of mistakes is the beginning, as it is the end, of mastery in chess.

It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all.

All conceptions in the game of chess have a geometrical basis.

... though combinations are without number, the number of ideas are limited.

Haste, the great enemy.

We should praise, rather, the courage of the player who, relying only on his intuition, plunges into a brilliant combination of which the issue does not appear to him too clear.

Chess is a game of understanding and not of memory.

Faith is a powerful force, but you must believe in order to reap its benefits.

You never really get the smell of burning flesh out of your nose entirely, no matter how long you live.

When we’re good, we’re really good, and when we’re bad, it’s really bad. Two people that have that much passion must be doing something awfully right.

Those who replace love in people’s life with bread, are deceitful, and call their deceit “pious”.

I don't like vegetables and most fruit.

I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans.

It's my job as governor to set a vision.

Children in a third world country. That's how we spread democracy.

It's interesting, the secrets you decide to reveal at the end of your life.

If you like Battlestar Galactica...you're probably a huge nerd.