Slightest Quotes

418 Slightest quotes by 345 unique authors

When Alekhine recognizes the weakness in his position he has a tendency to become very aggressive. Patient defence is not for him if he can… — Emanuel Lasker
As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of character, yet have… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Chess strategy as such today is still in its diapers, despite Tarrasch's statement 'We live today in a beautiful time of progress in all fields'.… — Aron Nimzowitsch
There is only one really safe, mild, harmless beverage and you can drink as much of that as you like without running the slightest risk,… — Aleister Crowley
My market value increases with every outside critisism. Therefore, the frequently raised contention that I am the most highly critisized mountaineer does not disturb me… — Reinhold Messner
What the world expects of Christians is that Christians should speak out, loud and clear... in such a way that never a doubt, never the… — Albert Camus
It would seem unlikely that a manufacturer of short-lived paperboard boxes could make the slightest cultural impact upon his time. But the facts show that… — Herbert Bayer
If an American is concerned only about his nation, he will not be concerned about the peoples of Asia, Africa, or South America. Is this… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
...it is presumptuous ridicule of God if someone thinks that only the person who desires great wealth chooses mammon. Alas, the person who insists on… — Soren Kierkegaard
My epiphany came in that police cell: I realized I was about to lose everything and it didn't bother me, not in the slightest. I'd… — David Millar
I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais… — Adolf Anderssen
There was a sort of irony in the fact that these [superhero] characters - many of whom in that period, the Golden Age, had been… — Michael Chabon
In order to threaten Iran, you [America] say that you can secure the energy flow in the region. You are wrong. Beware that if you… — Ali Khamenei
You move just a finger, say the slightest word, something's bound to linger-be heard. — Stephen Sondheim
Surely a large part of the zealous repression of radical protest in America has its roots in the fact that millions of men who are… — John Schaar
He was sure that he was not the cause of the abrupt silence. His passage through the canyon had not previously disturbed either birds or… — Dean Koontz
I do not know why it matters that I should tell the truth to myself at night, why it should matter that the truth should… — Colm Toibin
I understand the technique of eccentricity; it would be futile for a man to labor at establishing a reputation for oddity if he were ready… — Rex Stout
As for myself and for the Secretary of State and others involved, including those in the Legislature, we stand ready to do anything, to meet… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Men's prejudices rest upon their character for the time being and cannot be overcome, as being part and parcel of themselves. Neither evidence nor common… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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