“Looking back, I should have pursued philosophy and economics and things of that sort in college more, but I didn't.” Quote by Dan Quayle
“I didn't pay a lot of attention as I should have in college.” ShouldPayAttentionCollegeShould Have Author:Dan Quayle
“Most women do not want to be liberated from their essential natures as women.” WantEssentialsLiberated Author:Dan Quayle
“I am fully and entirely concentrated on the board. I never even consider my opponent's personality. So far as I am concerned, my opponent might as well be an abstraction or an automaton.” WellsMightPersonalityConcernedBoardsOpponentsAbstraction Author:Wilhelm Steinitz
“I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth.” IfsMayStillsI CanHandsMouthsLionsBites Author:Wilhelm Steinitz
“I play my king all over the board. I make him fight!” PlayFightingKingsBoards Author:Wilhelm Steinitz
“I shall accord to myself the honor of inscribing myself as an applicant for the American citizenship which according to law I can obtain only after five years residence in this country. And I shall yield to no one of my future countrymen in patriotism. I consider America now my real home.” YearsI CanRealCountryHomeAmericaLawFiveHonorFive YearsYieldCitizenshipAccordMy FutureCountrymenResidenceAmerican Citizenship Author:Wilhelm Steinitz
“The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don't just read about it; you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it.” IfsMeanPhilosophyPlaySoundArguingMessHug Author:Hugh Jackman
“No great player blundered oftener than I done. I was champion of the world for twenty-eight years because I was twenty years ahead of my time. I played on certain principles, which neither Zukertort nor anyone else of his time understood. The players of today, such as Lasker, Tarrasch, Pillsbury, Schlechter and others have adopted my principles, and as is only natural, they have improved upon what I began, and that is the whole secret of the matter.” WorldYearsMatterDoneWholeTodayCertainNaturalSecretPrinciplesPlayerUnderstoodTwentiesEightChampionMy TimeAdopted Author:Wilhelm Steinitz
“I would rather die in America than live in England. I would rather lose a match in America than win one in England. I have come to the conclusion that I neither mean to die soon or to lose the match!” MeanAmericaDiesWinningLosesEnglandConclusion Author:Wilhelm Steinitz
“He is the so-called father of the modern school of chess; before him, the King was considered a weak piece and players set out to attack the King directly. Steinitz claimed that the King was well able to take care of itself, and ought not to be attacked until one had some other positional advantage. He understood more about the use of squares than Morphy and contributed a great deal more to chess theory.” WellsUseCareAbleSchoolFatherDealsPiecesPlayerModernTheoryOughtKingsUnderstoodAdvantageWeakTake CareChessSquares Author:Bobby Fischer