Seirawan Yasser Quotes & Sayings

Well, the clown suit is a riot, too. — Michael Chiklis

I do pool exercises, like weightlifting but underwater. I walk, I swim ... I'm pretty fit for an old bloke. — Eric Idle

A worker may be the hammer's master, but the hammer still prevails. A tool knows exactly how it is meant to be handled, while the user of the tool can only have an approximate idea. — Milan Kundera

There's no answer for my offense, just like the polythagorean theorem. — Shaquille O'Neal

I became very much, if I have to describe myself, I'm sort of a Libertarian Capitalist, and I was looking for, what's the economic engine that's going to drive us into space. — Peter Diamandis

So he [Sigmund Freud] called this "the uncanny" and he also referred to cities as well, like the idea of walking through the city and the way the urban landscape could lead you to a sense of disorientation and to a kind of, you know, sense of repetition. And the way a city can unfold as you walk. — DJ Spooky

We need freedom, not through suffering, but through wisdom. — Nebo D. Lukovich

The world championship is a disputed title. You've got a situation like boxing. Speaking as a member of the chess world, it's extremely undignified. — Yasser Seirawan

Describing one competitive advantage of IBM's Deep Blue chess computer. It has no fear. — Yasser Seirawan

Though most people love to look at the games of the great attacking masters, some of the most successful players in history have been the quiet positional players. They slowly grind you down by taking away your space, tying up your pieces, and leaving you with virtually nothing to do! — Yasser Seirawan

Throughout chess history, great debates have raged about the pros and cons of hanging pawns. The debates are nonsense; the answer is cut and dried. If the pawns can be attacked and forced to move forward, they are weak. If they can be defended and remain where they are, they are strong. — Yasser Seirawan

As the Jews were making constant disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, he [ Claudius ] expelled them [the Jews] from Rome — Suetonius

Bobby is the most misunderstood, misquoted celebrity walking the face of this earth — Yasser Seirawan

Let the perfectionist play postal. — Yasser Seirawan

Sen. Obama is a decent person and a person you don't have to be scared of as president of the United States. — John McCain

How come the little things bother you when you are in a bad position? They don't bother you in good positions. — Yasser Seirawan

Things look especially bleak for common killers such as diabetes and heart disease. Those ailments clearly have a genetic component. But when scientists survey genes looking for which mutations patients have in common, they come up empty. — Sam Kean

On days where I feel the karma is in balance I'm not afraid of death. And when I feel it's weighing heavily on the negative side, then I get very scared and just think about eternal damnation and how unpleasant that would be. — Will Oldham

I think a player constantly improves his understanding of chess with experience. — Yasser Seirawan