Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player

Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation

Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.

Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could be victorious than the absolutely correct one.

Alekhine is a poet who creates a work of art out of something that would hardly inspire another man to send home a picture post card.

I honestly feel very humble when I study Capablanca's games.

Alekhine's real genius is in the preparation and construction of a position, long before combinations or mating attacks come into consideration at all.

The 'chess machine', by which admiring title he had been known, revealed the great drawback of a machine: it had not sufficient flexibility to adapt itself to altered circumstances.

The essence of Capablanca's greatness is his rare talent for avoiding all that can complicate or confuse the conflict.

All aesthetic judgment is really cultural evaluation.

Naomi giggled that same giggle with which Enoch had become infatuated.

It is time to leave behind the divisive battles of the past. It is time to move forward as one nation.

I didn't have many friends; I was kind of bullied at school.

I know: If you're looking down at Earth, you're looking through an atmosphere that has a bit of haze in many places and not just occasional clouds.

Even good people are obliged to deceive.

In the moment of appreciation we live again the moment when the creator saw and held the hidden likeness.

My brothers can be a little out of control sometimes and so somebody has to be able to keep them focused.

Actual human discourse happens within a number of contexts, not in some sort of unified public forum.

A man's readiness and commitment are not enough if he does not enjoy help from above as well; equally help from above is no benefit to us unless there is also commitment and readiness on our part.