"The proponents of Steinitz' theory - Tarrasch and his supporters - tried to express Steinitz' teaching in the form of laconic rules, and as often happens in such cases, they went too far. The laconic tended to become dogmatic, and chess began to lose its freshness, originality and charm."

-- Alexander Kotov

#Teaching Quotes #Chess Quotes #Originality Quotes

“That is the one thing in my public career that I regret--my work to secure the enactment of the Federal Reserve Law.”
“Agnosticism is the everlasting perhaps.”

Source : "A Renegade Poet and Other Essays" by Francis Thompson, Boston: The Ball Publishing Co., (p. 47), 1910.
“There will be hunters and hunted, winners and losers. What counts in global competition is the right strategy and success.”
“In this country kings or dukes don't amount to nothing. The greatest man around then was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he was the President; so I started calling Lester the President. It got shortened to Pres.”
“If there is no solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it. If there is a solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it.”
“Living with faith and courage is something that life requires of each of us. Never, absolutely never, give up! Never give in no matter what! Fight it through! And I promise you something with all of my heart-God will help you.”
“Everything is more beautiful because weâ€™re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.”
“God's wounds cure, sin's kisses kill.”

Source : William Gurnall (1865). “The Christian in Complete Armour: A Treatise of the Saints' War Against the Devil, Wherein a Discovery is Made of that Grand Enemy of God and His People, in His Policies, Power, Seat of His Empire, Wickedness, and Chief Design He Hath Against the Saints : a Magazine Opened, from Whence the Christian is Furnished with Spiritual Arms for the Battle, Helped on with His Armour, and Taught the Use of His Weapon, Together with the Happy Issue of the Whole War”, p.239

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