Lasker thought that his rationalism rendered him immune from the surprises of chess theory.

Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.

I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people.

No one ever won a game by resigning.

The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake.

Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself.

The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player.

To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game

A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third... when you know you're going to lose!

The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing

The mistakes are there, waiting to be made

When you spend your life taking care of mudmen, you can't help getting a little dirty yourself.

'Mormonism' has made me all I am; and the grace, the power, and the wisdom of God will make me all that I ever will be, either in time or in eternity.

This foundational principle - that human beings derive their rights from God, rather than from the State, or any other source - is what made America different.

That is why we may say that the historical development of capitalism has involved the thrust towards the commodification of everything.

It is an embarrassing time to be an American. It really is. It's humiliating.

It isn’t a matter of getting the body you want, it’s a matter of doing the most you can with the body you have.

I can be stupid in my lyrics or say whatever I want without having to worry about anybody else's feeling or anybody being embarrassed by it or anything like that.

Wherever I make a movie, no matter what size it is, it's always about a straightforward communication with the producer.

Well as giraffes say, you don't get no leaves unless you stick your neck out.

What did I do? I walked into a drugstore to look for some mints, and then I walked out. What was wrong with that? I didn't kill Mr. Nesbitt.