"If your opponent has an exposed king it is frequently worth sacrificing a pawn to be able to bring your rooks into the game, especially if your opponent's rooks are languishing in the corner. Kasparov has made a career out of such sacrifices."

“Yes, Im quirky, loud and crazy.”

“People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake of a story.”

“The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.”

“Yeah, I play a lot of their games. Going way back to Bulls vs. Lakers to the later Live stuff, I go at it quite a bit. More than anything tough, I play Madden.”

Source : Interview with Jeremy Dunham, www.ign.com. July 17, 2002.

“What man needs is not just the persistent posing of ultimate questions, but the sense of what is feasible, what is possible, what is correct, here and now. The philosopher, of all people, must, I think, be aware of the tension between what he claims to achieve and the reality in which he finds himself.”

Source : Hans-Georg Gadamer (2013). “Truth and Method”, p.35, A&C Black

“I think you have to try and fail, because failure gets you closer to what you're good at.”

Source : "Q&A: Louis C.K. on 'Louie,' lenses and knowing when you're lucky". latimesblogs.latimes.com. July 7, 2011.

“Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend.”

“I was not someone who participated in other people's castles”