Chess is a beautiful mistress.

A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending!

A chess player never has a heart attack in a good position.

Lack of patience is probably the most common reason for losing a game, or drawing games that should have been won.

I often play a move I know how to refute.

I don't care very much for miniatures. I don't try to beat my opponents quickly because if they are strong, I think I should respect them. It is too risky to play sharply to beat them in 20 moves.

A draw may be the beautiful and logical result of fine attacks and parries; and the public ought to appreciate such games, in contrast, of course, to the fear-and-laziness draws.

The books say that it is not so serious to lose time in a closed position; I am lucky, since these comments have not harmed me too much.

The stomach is an essential part of the Chess master

In my opinion the Open variation is absolutely correct - and more interesting than the Closed.

Don’t just be a church goer, find God

When your heart aligns with the truth of its energy, GRATITUDE sings your name, LOVE flows freely, and every bit of your being is awakened, breathing and moving in perfect HARMONY.

When I was younger I did karate and martial arts, and I think it's really cool for girls to have those kinds of abilities.

Men leave their riches either to their kindred or their friends, and moderate portions prosper best in both.

Bill Bennett really became an idol for me. I listened to him every morning from 6 to 9 for, oh, years.

My spirit life very much depends on my work. My work very much depends on my spirit life. And I pray every day, as part of my own ritual, to a god I believe in, not a god somebody else believes in.

Even if Osama bin Laden is caught tomorrow, it is five years too late. To capture him now I don't think makes us any safer.

There is kind of a fundamental conformity, which is a virtual requirement to enter into the media.

I was so unhealthy as a child, and at least three or four times my parents were told to get ready, that I would not make it.

I'm sure. But it doesn't work with me. for one thing, you won't look me in the eye. As for the other...I don't know. I can just tell.