Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance.

The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations.

It is the aim of the modern school, not to treat every position according to one general law, but according to the principle inherent in the position

Those chess lovers who ask me how many moves I usually calculate in advance, when making a combination, are always astonished when I reply, quite truthfully, 'as a rule not a single one'

A knowledge of combinations is the foundation of positional chess.

The essential disadvantage of the isolated pawn ... lies not in the pawn itself, but in the square in front of the pawn.

The pleasure to be derived from a chess combination lie in the feeling that a human mind is behind the game, dominating the inanimate pieces ... and giving them breath of life.

In open positions the safety of the King should be the first consideration.

Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue.

No one has ever played these endgames with such elegant ease as Capablanca.

Humor is a prelude to faith, and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

I want to be a good man, a good writer.""Be one or the other, Ernest, not both.

Civilization is a movement - not a condition a voyage - not a harbour.

All architecture is great architecture after sunset.

People like to compare something to something that they know. Even with Chris Rock, they say he's like Richard Pryor or Eddie Murphy.

It's hard to know now who, if anyone, in the media has any credibility.

Historic in a good sense, not historic in a sense of 'so we dropped bombs on everyone.

Beauty, you're under arrest. I have a camera, and I'm not afraid to use it.

Being a strong woman is very important to me. But doing it all on my own is not.

You see, after all, few rich men own their property. The property owns them.