Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.

I've met enough KGB colonels in my life.

If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.

A grandmaster needs to retain thousands of games in his head, for games are to him what the words of their mother tongue are to ordinary people, or notes or scores to musicians.

It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.

I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy.

Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster.

At the end of the day, it's all about money.

Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as it might be.

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.

When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games I knew the winning method.

It seemed possible to me, in the dry heat of that courtroom, that heaven was a metaphor for the grace of perspective you get when you die

What if I’ll always be the person on the outside? The person who doesn’t belong.”“You belong, Echo, ” he says against my temple. “Right here with me.

More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.

Families across America are feeling the pinch as they watch debts mount, bills pile up and savings disappear.

I would have to say the best was when my mom formed a company for me. I write out all of the checks for my performance business. I get to see the money I make and how much it takes to do what I do.

Boys will break your heart. Real men will pick up the pieces.

A curst Cow hath short hornes. [A curst cow has short horns.]

I only said, 'I want to be left alone.'

Music is really something that makes people whole.

Never judge a book by it's cover or who you're going to love by your lover.