Book Quote by Michelle Rodriguez

My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.

— Magnus Carlsen

I grew up with a father who taught me chess at the age of 6 or 7. He'd always beat me. Of course. I…

— Stephanie Corneliussen

My dad is a very good sounding board. He's very, very smart. Both of my parents are very, very sharp, much smarter than I,…

— Joshua Malina

I think a player constantly improves his understanding of chess with experience.

— Yasser Seirawan

My father also happened to be an intellectual, as learned, literate, informed, and curious as anyone I have known. Unobtrusively and casually, he was…

— James Tobin

The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get.

— Timothy J. Russert

Botvinnik's right! When he says such things, then he's right. Usually, I prefer not to study chess but to play it. For me chess…

— Mikhail Tal

My father was a classic intellectual. From him I learned devotion, and I also learned about the life of the mind.

— Brian Dennehy

Chess may be the deepest, least exhaustible of pastimes, but it is nothing more. As for a chess genius, he is a human being…

— George Steiner

My father was a doctor, but he was what I would call an intellectual - very well-read and very interested in knowledge. He insisted…

— Shirin Neshat

My father was always slightly bemused by my success. Although he knew that I had reasonable intelligence, he always thought that I was a…

— Terry Wogan

My dad was very intelligent, had a very strong personality. I was amazed with my father.

— Dolores Huerta