Combinations Quotes

171 quotes by 148 authors

A thorough understanding of the typical mating continuations makes the most complicated sacrificial combinations leading up to them not only not difficult, but almost a… — Siegbert Tarrasch
Dazzling combinations are for the many, shifting wood is for the few — Georg Kieninger
The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations. — Richard Reti
The best dress for walking is nakedness. But our sad though fascinating world rarely offers the right and necessary combinations of weather and privacy, and… — Colin Fletcher
The elective franchise, if guarded as the ark of our safety, will peaceably dissipate all combinations to subvert a Constitution, dictated by the wisdom, and… — Thomas Jefferson
This power ought to be coextensive with all the possible combinations of such circumstances; and ought to be under the direction of the same councils… — Alexander Hamilton
You write down a paragraph or two describing several different subjects creating a kind of story ingredients-list, I suppose, and then cut the sentences into… — David Bowie
A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot. — Taraji P. Henson
Muhammad Ali could take a very good punch. He was slick, he could move, he could hit, make you miss, good hand speed and combinations… — Larry Holmes
He who wishes to become a master of color must see, feel, and experience each individual color in its endless combinations with all other colors. — Johannes Itten
Combinations with a queen sacrifice are among the most striking and memorable. — Anatoly Karpov
Our days are a kaleidoscope. Every instant a change takes place in the contents. New harmonies, new contrasts, new combinations of every sort. Nothing ever… — Henry Ward Beecher
. . . gastronomical perfection can be reached in these combinations: one person dining alone, usually upon a couch or a hill side; two people,… — M.F.K. Fisher
So their combinations with themselves and with each other give rise to endless complexities, which anyone who is to give a likely account of reality… — Plato
I then realized that I could never be satisfied again with the mere natural charm of my voice, that I had to constantly paint when… — Placido Domingo
Our families may be corrupted by worldly trends and teachings unless we know how to use the [Book of Mormon] to expose and combat the… — Ezra Taft Benson
I testify that wickedness is rapidly expanding in every segment of our society. It is more highly organized, more cleverly disguised, and more powerfully promoted… — Ezra Taft Benson
The life of a poet lies not merely in the finite language-dance of expression but in the nearly infinite combinations of perception and memory combined… — Dan Simmons
For original ideas to come about, you have to let them percolate under the level of consciousness in a place where we have no way… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided. — Dominique de Villepin

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