I don't keep any close friends. I don't keep any secrets. I don't need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that's all.

I could give any woman in the world a piece and a move; to Gaprindashvili even, a knight.

I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves

I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.

I don't like American girls. They're very conceited, you know. In Europe they're more pleasant.

Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.

The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality.

Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck.

All I want to do, ever, is play chess.

America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they're doing in Yugoslavia...

I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent

The denunciation of injustice implies the rejection of the use of Christianity to legitimize the established order.

You are my only friend in the world, and I want to talk to you. Or, perhaps, be silent with you.

It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.

Let your prayer for temporal blessings be strictly limited to things absolutely necessary.

Duty doesn't need to call; it only needs to whisper. And if you heed the call, no matter what happens, you have no need for regret." Odd Thomas

It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging.

We do not act because we know, but we know because we are called upon to act; the practical reason is the root of all reason.

Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.'

Enjoy life while it is happening.

The problem that we have is that most Americans don't even study American history, let alone Pinochet, Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin and all these guys.