A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third... when you know you're going to lose!

Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.

I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people.

No one ever won a game by resigning.

The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake.

Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself.

The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player.

To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game

The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing

The mistakes are there, waiting to be made

A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover.

It's not the wound that teaches, but the healing.

The big one was at least cute, and as annoying as she was, you couldn't get mad at a golden retriever.

True lovers spend half of their life dreaming to get their beloved and half with nightmares losing them.

I read a little bit of nonfiction and a lot of poetry. I think of poetry as my shot of whiskey when I don't have time to savor a whole bottle of wine.

Race totally matters. Race totally changes your point of view. It's a different experience.

Why is our media quick to find evil in our local police, but tnot in Islamic terror?

If you're old enough to be arrested, you're old enough to carry a gun.

The religious opponents of Christian conservatives are presented as moderates.

Enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.

I put heavy weight on certainty. It's not risky to buy securities at a fraction of what they're worth.