While it is a cause for regret that Fischer did not continue to produce scintillating games, he perhaps had a greater impact on chess than any other twentieth century player

The clock is just as much a part of the game as the board and pieces, and losing because of time-trouble is no different to losing because of weak play -- it's still a zero on the score-sheet.

I might not have been so young, but age alone doesn’t necessarily make you less foolish.

There is no point of being enlightened unless you have started enlightening others!

A boy is a magical creature - you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of your heart.

Being a lawyer is not merely a vocation. It is a public trust, and each of us has an obligation to give back to our communities.

Happy people attract other happy people. Show the world your smile, and the world will smile back.

Our country's national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob.

Note that the eating of flesh is not only physically against nature, but it also makes us spiritually coarse and gross by reason of satiety and surfeit.

The more you have to do, the more you have only NOW to get it done. That's why busy people get the most done.

I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can be achieved only if everybody has a seat at the table - is the most important challenge facing our country today.