"Memorization of variations could be even worse than playing in a tournament without looking in the books at all."

-- Mikhail Botvinnik

#Book Quotes #Chess Quotes #Memorization Quotes

“Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school. You're the best there. You've been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we'll make nice music.”
“I was a Scientologist before I was an actress, and I've always felt people are not only content with whatever religion I have, but are always interested.”
“Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings.”
“Managing innovation better may be the only way out of the abyss called commodity hell.”
“It stirs up envy, fame does. People feel fame gives them some kind of privilege to walk up to you and say anything to you - and it won't hurt your feelings - like it's happening to your clothing.”
“I’ve been an investigative reporter for a long time, and almost always, the government says that [‘you can’t publish that because of the national security risk’] when you write a story. And then they can never back it up. They say that about everything. And it’s like the boy who cried wolf. It’s getting old.”

Source : "James Risen's risk of prison means journalism is being criminalised" by Lindsey Bever, www.theguardian.com. August 10, 2013.
“Only in math can you buy sixty cantaloupes and no one asks what the hell is wrong with you.”
“I'm at the age where i don't have to kiss arse or play nice!”

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