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

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

Chess is most certainly not my life.

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

Thoughts guide you everyday. They become your choices. If you're not happy with your life, change your thoughts. Think more positive.

When I was first starting out as a kid, I tried to pad my résumé with everything I had ever done-ice-skate, carry a tune.

if you stay still, earth buries you, ready or not.

One finds one's way only by taking it.

You can't get unfamous. You can get infamous but you can't get unfamous.

There's never been a particular band that I've followed religiously. But I do tend to listen to sadder music.

The Depression taught me what frugality means and the importance of not losing money.

Every man is as lazy as he dares to be.

If my cup won't hold but a pint and yourn holds a quart, wouldn't ye be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full?

It's a fez. I wear a fez now. Fezes are cool.