Silman Chess Quotes & Sayings

The disgust with dirt can be so great that it keeps us from cleaning ourselves
from "justifying" ourselves. — Friedrich Nietzsche

I'm as prone to 'declinism' as the next over-mortgaged middle-aged guy. — David Ignatius

A script is only as good as the director who's making it. — Helen McCrory

If your opponent cannot do anything active, then don't rush the position; instead you should let him sit there, suffer, and beg you for a draw — Jeremy Silman

I don't play the lottery. I don't care what my horoscope says. I think most things about the world could be improved if people thought more about what they're doing. When someone gets upset with their computer, I tend to side with the computer. I think art is overrated, and bridges are underrated. In fact, I don't understand why bridges aren't art. It seems to me they're penalized for having a use. If I make a bridge that ends in midair, that's a sculpture. But put it between two landmasses and let it ferry two hundred thousand cars per day and it's infrastructure. That makes no sense. — Max Barry

So you, the kings, you too must reflect upon this punishment, because the immortals are here in the midst of manking, observing those who do not hold the gods in awe ... but grind each other down with crooked judgements — Hesiod

I'm not a sports guy. However it's interesting to be in a place where people have a sporting fever. One time I was in Italy during one of the European soccer cups, and it's interesting because it's so electrifying. — Ian MacKaye

I don't carry cash often. I'm all about the plastic. — Brendan Robinson

If they finally move, is it because they are warm enough, or is it that they are stiff, or bored? — Lydia Davis

Destiny plays its cards in a way that no one can comprehend. — Anurag Shourie

'Six Feet Under,' for me, was college. Alan Ball and Alan Poul ran that show and really taught me what it meant to really run a show in a classic way. — Jill Soloway

Fischer, who may or may not be mad as a hatter, has every right to be horrified — Jeremy Silman

That was when I remembered rules 1 and 2.
"Search often for opiates and dispose of as needed."
"Begin with the hollowed-out heels of Holmes's boots. — Brittany Cavallaro

Being Jewish myself, I somehow didn't see the problem: who cares what a mentally ill (but strangely likable) individual says? If he didn't make some money at chess, I could see him becoming a street person, shaking his fists at cars as they passed by his corner of the block. Isn't it preferable to have him in a self-sufficient position rather than as a liability of the state? — Jeremy Silman

Leaders make things better and that requires change. — Andy Stanley

The correct way to play chess is to develop each and every piece (chess is a team game!), get your King safely castled, and only then begin more aggressive maneuvers. — Jeremy Silman

I've always got into stunts; even at drama school, I was falling down trap doors, and swinging in on ropes. — Thomas Howes

It is my happy privilege to be able to stand here and tell you that if you elect me you will have elected a governor who has made no promises of preferment to any man or group. — Charles Edison