Chess is neither a science nor an art. It is what human nature most delights in--a fight.

When you see a good move, look for a better one.

Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging. Chess must not be memorized.

On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.

The hardest game to win is a won game

Without error there can be no brilliancy

I keep on fighting as long as my opponent can make a mistake.

By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be - what human nature mostly delights in - a fight.

The laws of chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not.

The combination player thinks forward; he starts from the given position, and tries the forceful moves in his mind

I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed

The best way to worship God is to honor His people

To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one's self.... And to venture in the highest is precisely to be conscious of one's self.

Sorry if this little war’s inconvenienced you in any way, ” Indris drawled. “I’ll try to schedule the next one with you in mind

Departure beyond the borders of my country is for me equivalent to death.

I'm trying to do what Frank O'Hara did and remind myself there there's a lot of good stuff. I write about New York for my own mental health.

Everyone will admire you when you do well. What a horrible thing to do to someone.

If you know exactly what you want to be, you need to spend as much time as possible with people who are actually that already.

Junkies are liars. They have to be professionally.

There's always something special when the service academies play each other that's not in any other game. This is not a regular game, and everyone involved knows that.

[Donald Trump] would be chaos for the country, I think.