Chess is most certainly not my life.

I thought I was playing the world champion, not some 27-eyed monster who sees everything in all positions.

I think I can safely conclude that there is not a lot to be said for playing chess while on Valium.

If you don't want to be stabbed in the back you should be aware of who is standing behind you.

I just loved making words into stories by the sound of my voice.

Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.

Nothing can discourage the appetite for divinity in the heart of man.

My first wish is to be simple in my actions, truthful in my speech, honest in my opinions, and natural in my behavior. In other words, I want to be clean in mind, heart, and body.

...if all we mean by our love is a craving to be loved, we are in a very deplorable state.

California is a state peculiarly addicted to swift enthusiasms. It is a seed-bed of all manner of cults and theories, taken up, and dropped, with equal speed.

I ran for president to present the citizens of America. I am here to change the broken system so it serves their families and their communities well.

I went into the army worth a million and a half dollars, and came out a beggar.

Any road is bound to arrive somewhere if you follow it far enough

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.