"When you don't know what to do, wait for your opponent to get an idea; it is sure to be bad."

-- Siegbert Tarrasch

#Ideas Quotes #Waiting Quotes #Opponents Quotes

“People see what they wish to see. And in most cases, what they are told that they see.”

Source : Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.30, Random House
“The average age of the world's great civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependency, from dependency back to bondage.”
“The excitement really didn't start to build until the trailer - which was carrying me, with a space suit with ventilation and all that sort of stuff - pulled up to the launch pad.”
“It is not ***** or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more television addicts, more baseball and football addicts, more movie addicts, and certainly more alcohol addicts in this country than there are narcotics addicts.”
“I beg of you always to dwell upon the necessity of a thorough understanding of principles, in order to stop the vivacity of his mind, and please do not forget to meditate upon the subject of our discussion.”

Source : Nicolas Malebranche (2014). “Dialogues on Metaphysics”, p.201, Routledge
“I have wanted to write from a young age, but working with so many gifted authors and editors over the years has taught me so much. I doubt I would be where I am today without that amazing experience.”
“When I like something, I love it, but then I'll let it go completely.”

Source : "Nicholas Hoult: 'The paparazzi don't care about me'". Interview With Shahesta Shaitly, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2013.
“The party which is out sees nothing but graft and incapacity in the party which is in; and the party which is in sees nothing but greed and animosity in the party which is out.”

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