Teach people to play new chess, right away. Why do you offer them a black and white television set, when there is a set in color?

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

Oppression has been in existence as long as man himself has been in existence.

I think I'll be working a lot less as I get older

Poverty is relative, and, therefor not ignoble.

The women that I met were exceptional, extraordinary - tremendous purity, tremendous gentleness, self-giving and power.

When you get older, it's not about what you did that you regret, it's what you didn't do.

I've been saying in the press that being a NY Post investigator reporter is an oxymoron.

Peace is not a dream; it is hard work, and there is nothing naive, glamorous or simplistic about it.

I never went to fashion school. I didn't know what a designer was. I knew I had something, but I didn't know what it was. And it could just have easily been nothing.

We surround ourselves with the true image of ourselves.

You can literally force yourself to be courteous, happy and enthusiastic with every person you meet. After you have forced yourself to be so for a short period of time... the habit takes over.