When I was eleven, I just got good.

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

Words never fade away but echo on for eternity. Let your echo ring sweet.

Stop doing what everybody is saying and invest in personal growth.

Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

Nothing worse could happen to one than to be completely understood.

He had kept his head, kept his health and his strength, bearing up under a weight of work and worry that only a few could have carried.

My father taught me respect for quality as well as a sense of dignity - great values as we face a world going in a different direction. I try to teach my children to stay close to the real things.

When asked if he was a basketball player he replied No I clean giraffe ears.

Jon: Have you seen the wall? | Sam: I'm fat, not blind.

Here's good news: God is even more committed to your change, your growth, and your transformation than you are.

Anybody who is afraid of reading a page of text is not the reader that I want.