Tartakower Opening Quotes & Sayings

I wish I felt as calm as I look — Patrick Rothfuss

Any opening is good enough, if its reputation is bad enough. — Savielly Tartakower

Dude, your girlfriend is so far past high maintenance even the janitor quit. — Samantha Young

Psychologically, the choice of an appropriate opening is of the utmost importance for a player's success in a tournament. — Savielly Tartakower

Reading, for me, is like this: consumptive, pleasing, calming, as much as edifying. It's how I feel after a good dinner. That's why I do it so often: It feels wonderful. The book is mind and I insert myself into it, cover it entire, ear my way through every last slash and dot. That's something you can do with a book, unlike television or movies or the Internet. You can eat it, or mark it, like a dog does on a hydrant. — Tara Bray Smith

I have this little neighbor next door. He comes over and tells me about playing Call of Duty, and he's talking about, 'Aw yeah, I slit this guy in the throat and then I stuck a grenade up this guy's ass.' He's describing it in all this detail, and that makes me uncomfortable. I don't think that's good for him. — Jonathan Gottschall

The broader question if Sarah Palin becomes vice president, will she be shortchanging her kids or will she be shortchanging the country? — Amy Robach

It was madness, it was possession, it was desire. Most of all, though, it was love. — Kate Morton