Lubomir Quotes & Sayings

By tradition, a teacher was a most revered figure, a mentor for life, who imparted wisdom as well as knowledge, and who must be respected like a parent. (The murder of a teacher was classified as parricide, which, like treason, was punishable by death of a thousand cuts.) Emperors and princes set up shrines in their homes to honour their deceased tutors. — Jung Chang

Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of greatness and meekness is the sign of true strength. Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love. — Vince Lombardi

I'm sick of all you ammo-phobes being intolerant of my gun. — Patrick Henry

Calling noise a nuisance is like calling smog an inconvenience. Noise must be considered a hazard to the health of people everywhere. — William H. Stewart

Getting information from the internet is like getting a glass of water from the Niagara Falls. — Arthur C. Clarke

Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual ... may well be the chess book of the year ... [It] comes close to an ultimate one-volume manual on the endgame. — Lubomir Kavalek

There is no physical punishment in chess; suffering goes on inside the mind. You defend a bad position for hours, you suffer. You lose, you suffer like in any other sport. Suffering euphoria comes when the opponent blunders in a winning position, but it is undeserved. — Lubomir Kavalek

Love doesn't need a reason. Hate needs a reason. — Stephen Dobyns

I'm on a strict gossip diet. No gossip websites, no gossip magazines. Otherwise, I find it paralyzing to exist. — Julie Bowen

He played with enormous energy and great fighting spirit. Offering him a draw was a waste of time. He would decline it politely, but firmly. "No, thank you," he would say and the fight would go on and on and on. — Lubomir Kavalek

He understands muslin — Jane Austen