Isolated Pawn Quotes & Sayings

These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it. — Frances Wright

The essential disadvantage of the isolated pawn ... lies not in the pawn itself, but in the square in front of the pawn. — Richard Reti

My friend Wicker once said to be careful what and how you say what you're really thinking to a woman. After much screwing up in that department with Emma, I've learned it's not what you should hide, but what you say that makes her react the way she does. If I am unable to make myself clear, as I so often do, it's more likely going to go to pot if I try to explain how I really feel. Instead, I rework in my brain what she needs to hear. I don't always nail it, but I'm getting better at it. And it's always the truth even if it isn't how I see it.
Is it deceiving? No. It's being considerate and aware that she is an emotional creature, and that for some crazy reason, craves my attention. I love to make her happy. My jumbled up mess of a mind isn't important in the long run if it just confuses her. So I chose words carefully. When something goes right, I use it over and over again. -Ames — Cyndi Goodgame

We sat in the car
& the night dropped
down until the
only sounds were
the crickets &
the dance of our voices

& for a moment
the world became
small enough to
roll back & forth
between us. — Brian Andreas

The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard — Aron Nimzowitsch

An isolated pawn spreads gloom all over the chessboard. — Savielly Tartakower

There were some problems only coffee and ice cream could fix. — Amal El-Mohtar

The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression. — Felix Frankfurter

One cannot seek happiness, for it is the result of realizing the Truth. The personality, which has security and pleasure as its aims, cannot be happy. Pursuing pleasure or safety will entail covering up any unpleasant or frightening truths. This automatically closes Joy. For Joy is the radiance of the heart when Truth is appreciated. — A.H. Almaas

Knowledge is grateful to the understanding, as light to the eyes. — John Locke

I'm on a mission. And I know the older I get, I may lose a step or two, but it's all up in the medulla oblongata. I've got a lot up there. I've got a lot of knowledge ... in this medulla oblongata. — Shaquille O'Neal

What is a weak pawn? A pawn that is exposed to attack and also difficult to defend is a weak pawn. There are several varieties: isolated, doubled, too advanced, retarded. — Samuel Reshevsky

He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess — Siegbert Tarrasch