Koltanowski On Chess Quotes & Sayings

When I was 16, I made some little 35mm documentaries about the poor in London. I went round Notting Hill, which was a real slum in the 1950s, shooting film. — David Suchet

We don't need to fundamentally transform America. We need to restore America. — Sarah Palin

I'm not afraid to look like a big, hairy, smelly, foreign devil in Tokyo, though I do my best not to, I really do. — Anthony Bourdain

Despite the documented evidence by chess historian HJR Murray, I've always thought that chess was invented by a goddess — George Koltanowski

Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven. — Juvenal

I would like you to teach [the orcs] civilised behaviour," said Ladyship coldly.
He appeared to consider this. "Yes of course, I think that would be quite possible," he said. "And who would you send to teach the humans? — Terry Pratchett

I thought everybody got into rock 'n' roll because they didn't want to follow instructions. — Mos Def

Health care and education are too important NOT to be left to the free market. — Kevin D. Williamson

The white blouse can be light and floating, impeccable and austere, sumptuous and all-enveloping, tight and close-fitting. It rises up to frame the face. It sculpts the body by transforming itself into a second skin. Imputed with glamour and poetry, freedom and impetuousness, the prim white shirt turns out to have a thousand identities ... — Gianfranco Ferre

All chess masters can play one game blindfolded. — George Koltanowski