The essential disadvantage of the isolated pawn ... lies not in the pawn itself, but in the square in front of the pawn.

The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations.

It is the aim of the modern school, not to treat every position according to one general law, but according to the principle inherent in the position

Those chess lovers who ask me how many moves I usually calculate in advance, when making a combination, are always astonished when I reply, quite truthfully, 'as a rule not a single one'

A knowledge of combinations is the foundation of positional chess.

Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance.

The pleasure to be derived from a chess combination lie in the feeling that a human mind is behind the game, dominating the inanimate pieces ... and giving them breath of life.

In open positions the safety of the King should be the first consideration.

Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue.

No one has ever played these endgames with such elegant ease as Capablanca.

They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. -Plato, philosopher (427-347 BCE)

The fires of hell were seventy times hotter than the fires of the iron.

[Our children] had the privilege of growing up where they'd raised a lot of food. They were never hungry. They could share their food with people. And so you share your lives with people.

I'm in favor of changing the destination of humans. There are a lot of manned missions that can be done, but not in the direction of the moon.

My life has never been easy. It's like all the major events of my life have always been difficult.

No one saw the recession coming. The UK businesses were solid as a rock, but the issues we had were in Paris, New York and LA. For every pound we were making here we were losing two pounds abroad.

The fate of a nation depends on the way that they eat.

Really do a job and do it well.

That's the problem, we do get used to things.

Thinking is not enough. Nothing is. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience — any f...ing thing.