He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess.

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.

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

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!

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.

For parents, it is important to respect the personality of a child

Warfare is now an interlocking system of actions—political, economic, psychological, military—that aims at the overthrow of the establishedauthority in a country and its replacement by another regime.

The first step to empathy and compassion is realising the similarities between yourself and those that are suffering

This team just wasn't good enough today, but they had the unity I always wanted. To have an American team like this has always been a dream of mine.

I had auditioned for 'Saturday Night Live' two or three times before and never really saw myself there. I looked up to Belushi and Bill Murray and Aykroyd and I never saw myself as in their world.

The term science means something quite different for our generation than it did not so many generations ago.

Robert Redford used to be such a handsome man and now look at him: everything has dropped, expanded and turned a funny color.

Why do you complain of your fate when you could so easily change it?

We can dream of an America, and a world, in which love and not money are civilization's bottom line.

Got it," I say. "Did you tell Peeta this?" "Don't have to," says Haymitch. "He's already there.