In modern praxis lost positions are salvaged most often when the play is highly complicated with many sharp dynamic variations to be calculated.

The endgame is an arena in which miraculous escapes are not uncommon.

A great chess player always has a very good memory.

Lack of proper endgame technique allows many players to escape from lost positions, even without any spectacular play on their part.

A real sacrifice involves a radical change in the character of a game which cannot be effected without foresight, fantasy, and the willingness to risk.

Objectivity and presence of mind are essential in such positions where sacrificial temptations are not always resistable.

We don't get to choose if we get hurt in this world, old man, but we do have a say in who hurts us. I know I like my choices. I hope she likes hers.I do, Augustus. I do.

Once again, I felt as I needed to flee or I’d die. That was how my life was panning out.

Truth is a hell of a big point with me. Now I exaggerate—always.

It's a treat to be kissed, even goodbye.

I just never subscribed to the theory that at age 55, you fall off the face of the earth on the Tour...I always felt that was too young of an age for that.

All is flux; nothing stays still.

U.N. weapons inspectors found empty chemical warheads in Iraq. So, the question everyone is asking now is how did Sean Penn miss this?

I want to thank my mother and my father for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true.

Growth that adds volume without improving productivity is fat. Growth that diminishes productivity is cancer.

The bullet we're running from is almost never the one that hits us