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!

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.

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

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.

Nobody really knows what I am, ” Nyx said. “Not until I put a bullet in their head.

Not working is bad for you. It is my drug, it gives me a high; most performers will tell you that. And there is nothing like the high that an audience gives you.

Unfortunately, we're using the same language to talk about the language we'retalking about.

The man who wins is the man who hangs on just five minutes longer after everyone else has quit.

I always thought what if you took a myth of childhood like the tooth fairy and made it a central scary thing. We did it on Hellboy and we did it on 'Don't be afraid of the dark'.

Meditation is the direct means of eradicating the very cause of the majority of diseases, both mental and physical.

I accept all awards. I like them.

People who dwell in God dwell in the eternal now.

Parenting meant that whether or not your children understood you, your obligation was to understand them.

The lover heals the world not by a vague and abstract love for everybody and everything, but by becoming passionate and vowing fidelity to concrete relationships, persons, institutions, and places.