It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well

It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.

When you see a good move, sit on your hands and see if you can find a better one.

He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess.

I already came upon the world as a extraordinary human being; to my parents' great horror, I was equipped with a clubfoot which, however, did not hamper my rapid progress.

First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game

Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.

Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really have something to worry about!

When you don't know what to do, wait for your opponent to get an idea; it is sure to be bad.

Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns

If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself.

Life and death- what paltry words, what tarnished bookends, what unjust summation for drawing breath one moment and failing to release it the next.

Even after thousands of years, I want to live in your heart with love, joy, and care.

Well, it's a good life and a good world, all said and done, if you don't weaken.

Your people sell the weapons. My people use them.

Why doesn’t anyone go to the moon anymore? What happened to our optimism?

Don’t be afraid, Queen, the blood has long run down into the earth. And on the spot where it was spilled, grapevines are growing today.

Without trying to get too self-indulgent, there's a fine line between making something that's soundtracky and cinematic, or making it sound like a bad 70s prog-rock record.

Comedians rarely have writers, and if you do it's usually a sign of laziness.

Everything we think and feel (and keep thinking and feeling) creates, deep within, the brain we have.

Nothing is the shadow of Everything.