Lodewijk Prins famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The only thing Chess players have in common is Chess.
-- Lodewijk Prins -
Possibly, over the course of time, the brain capacity of ***** sapiens will have made such great progress, that complications as contained in this game can be fathomed instantly with a shrug and a smile. Then, not only will the game of chess have ceased to exist, but also will the remembrance of frequently missed objectives elicit pity, as a reaction to the shortcomings of a lower organized form of life.
-- Lodewijk Prins
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Little Bobby Jones of Atlanta is really a fine player, and shows every indication of becoming a tremendous great one, once he is master of himself, which must come with maturity.
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I want to help Manchester United win the Premier League and become the best player in the world.
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Psychology is the most important factor in chess.
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I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.
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Combination is a soul of chess.
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Chess is a matter of vanity.
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Religion and science have a common ancestor - ignorance.
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Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance, to sense the ultimate in the common and the simple, to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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By the time I'm 40, interplanetary travel will be common. Nobody will want to talk to me at that age, anyway.
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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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