“A chess genius is a human being who focuses vast, little-understood mental gifts and labors on an ultimately trivial human enterprise.”
George Steiner quotes
George Steiner
More Stories Like These
"Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. There is no reason not to follow your heart." – Steve Jobs
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make …
"Sometimes it pays to stay in bed in Monday, rather than spending the rest of the week debugging Monday’s code" – Dan Salomon
“Sometimes it pays to stay in bed in Monday, rather than spending the rest of the week debugging …
Henry Ford
“An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.”
My happiness derives from knowing the people I love are happy. -Holly Ketchel
My happiness derives from knowing the people I love are happy. -Holly Ketchel
"Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century." – Mark Twain
“Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows …
In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. -Henry Ward Beecher
In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. -Henry Ward …
Daily Quote – Voltaire
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. Voltaire quotes
Portuguese Proverb: From the straws in the air …
From the straws in the air we judge of the wind. Portuguese Proverb Proverb Link: From the straws …
Anybody who thinks talk is cheap should get some legal advice. -Jones, Franklin P.
Anybody who thinks talk is cheap should get some legal advice. -Jones, Franklin P.
Barry Switzer
“Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.”