There's no one alive I can't beat.

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

Ten minutes of meditation a day, keeps the psychiatrist away.

The more you resist change, the more it will be painful for you to accept it.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

Five parts of my brain contain alien power, whatever I do or say cannot be denied on the intergalactic highway of existence.

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Death has this much to be said for it: You don't have to get out of bed for it. Wherever you happen to be They bring it to you—free.

The neuro-physiological organization which we call instinct functions in a blindly mechanical way, particularly apparent when its function goes wrong.

Pixar has outdone itself in visual magic and vivid storytelling.

Allegories are, in the realm of thought, what ruins are in the realm of things.