Chernev Chess Quotes & Sayings

I remember having to quit school and quit my job. I just sort of moved all my stuff into other people's places. Within, like, six months, I was able to earn enough money from touring to rent a place again. — Conor Oberst

Then the great old, young, beautiful princess turned to Curdie.
'Now, Curdie, are you ready?' she said.
'Yes ma'am,' answered Curdie.
'You do not know what for.'
'You do, ma'am. That is enough. — George MacDonald

The essence of a thing is invisible to the eye, U May said. Learn to perceive the essence of a thing. Eyes are more likely to hinder you in that regard. They distract us. We love to be dazzled. — Jan-Philipp Sendker

Forget about surviving 40 years in the music business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie has been a struggle-and-a-half, I want to tell you. I stand here as a survivor, I want you to know, for all the parents out there. — Lionel Richie

Great persons, like great empires, leave their mark on history. — Janet Wallach

Has no one ever told you that it is the height of impropriety to kiss any gentleman, unless you have the intention of accompanying him immediately to the altar? — Georgette Heyer

Chess is not for the timid. — Irving Chernev

Every discovery in pure science is potentially subversive; even science must sometimes be treated as a possible enemy. — Aldous Huxley

I feel inauthentic at a party ... Going to a party is a 'low' activity - the authentic self is compromised, fragmented - one plays 'roles.' One isn't fully present, beyond role-playing. One doesn't (can't) tell the full truth, which means one is lying, even if one doesn't literally tell lies. — Susan Sontag

I think probably one of the coolest things was when I went to play basketball at Rucker Park in Harlem. First of all, who would think that Larry the Cable Guy would go to Harlem to play basketball? And I was received like a rock star. It was amazing! There were people everywhere. There were guys walking by yelling, 'Git 'r done!' — Larry The Cable Guy

They say in moments of great fear or desperation, a man will always make a choice - either to flee or face his enemy, but choice requires thought, and in the moment when you know for certain that death is stalking you with strides you cannot outrun, there is no time for thought. You do not choose. Like Betto, or Malchus, or Valens, you act, doing either one thing or the other. — Andrew Levkoff

The best initial move for white is 1. P-K4. — Irving Chernev

The sign of a great Master is his ability to win a won game quickly and painlessly — Irving Chernev

I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French. — Anna Held

Every Chess master was once a beginner — Irving Chernev

I knew there was no bottom to the Darkling's pain. He would just keep falling and falling. — Leigh Bardugo

Today, although as a whole, the industry is still male-dominated, more women are drawing comics than ever before, and there are more venues for them to see their work in print. In the 1950s, when the comic industry hit an all-time low, there was no place for women to go. Today, because of graphic novels, there's no place for aspiring women cartoonists to go but forward. — Trina Robbins

The truth is, when it gets really quiet, when the silence gets too loud, i really start to miss everyone. — Stephen Chbosky