Openings Quotes

67 Openings quotes by 61 unique authors

The land retains an identity of its own, still deeper and more subtle than we can know. Our obligation toward it then becomes simple: to… — Barry Lopez
The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters. — Jose Raul Capablanca
Ninety percent of the book variations have no great value, because either they contain mistakes or they are based on fallacious assumptions; just forget about… — Jose Raul Capablanca
Capablanca was among the greatest of chess players, but not because of his endgame. His trick was to keep his openings simple, and then play… — Bobby Fischer
I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings — Wilhelm Steinitz
It followed us during half of our orbit. We observed it on the light side, and when we entered the shadow side, it disappeared completely.… — Unknown Author
Cliché openings in fantasy can include an opening scene set in a battle (and my peeve is that I don’t know any of the characters… — Kristin Nelson
I don't go to premieres. I attend film openings I'm in, and that's about it. Fame and celebrity doesn't matter to me. The longevity of… — Eva Mendes
I like to go to openings when I'm in it, or friends are in it. — Kathleen Quinlan
There are seven natural openings in the head and body. A lawyer is the only human being with eight. The extra one is a slot… — W.C. Fields
I create enclosed spaces mainly by means of thick concrete walls. The primary reason is to create a place for the individual, a zone for… — Tadao Ando
He went out with a variety of women, slept with some of them, hated the whole meaningless process. Drinks, dinners, plays and concerts and gallery… — Ken Grimwood
Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us. — David Richo
There are a thousand unnoticed openings, continued my father, which let penetrating eye at once into a man's soul; and I maintain it, added he,… — Laurence Sterne
How often do we sigh for opportunities for doing good, whilst we neglect the openings of Providence in little things, which would frequently lead to the… — George Crabbe
Mike Forsberg's images give us bright openings onto a world. . . . Here on the Great Plains both people and trees and everything else… — Ted Kooser
By the time I was 9, I was frequently asked to play exhibitions at grand openings, fund-raisers for charities, and other special events. — Tracy Austin
Mike Keenan has been responsible for creating a lot of good things for coaches, like mid-season job openings. — Marc Crawford
To make music means to express human intelligence by sonic means. This is intelligence in its broadest sense, which includes not only the peregrinations of… — Iannis Xenakis
Seal the openings, shut the doors, and until your last day you will not be exhausted. Widen the openings, interfere, and until your last day… — Laozi
Seal the openings, shut the doors, dull the sharpness, untie the knots, dim the light, become one with the dust. This is called the profound… — Laozi
The traditional media [in China] is still heavily controlled by the government; social media offers an opening to let the steam out a little bit.… — Yang Lan
The study of typical plans is something that the leading grandmasters devote a great deal of time to. I would say that the most far-seeing… — Alexander Kotov
With spots of sunny openings, and with nooks To lie and read in, sloping into brooks. — Leigh Hunt
I think the draw quotient has always been high in world championship matches because the amount of effort people put into neutralizing each other's openings.… — Viswanathan Anand

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