Chess is a great game. No matter how good one is, there is always somebody better. No matter how bad one is, there is always somebody worse.

When chess masters err, ordinary wood pushers tend to derive a measure of satisfaction, if not actual glee.

Never resign. There's always a chance your opponent may drop dead before he mates you.

She seemed to think reading was some sort of hobby, as opposed to being as necessary as breathing, sleeping, and eating.

I didn't panic until my chest collapsed and I couldn't breathe. I gasped until I no longer had a throat to do it with. I didn't feel like I was holding my breath - it was more like I had no lungs.

He never realized how noisy American silence was until all the gadgets died.

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.

Religion is induced insanity.

Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.

I've often been accused of spending more time and energy criticizing my fellow Democrats than criticizing Republicans.

I wasn't thinking of being the greatest. But I knew I had a chance.

I feel a huge responsibility to anyone who's younger than me, in helping them take the road less traveled, or finding no road at all and blazing a new trail.

All that peace, man, if felt so good it hurt. I want to hurt it back.