Mark Zuckerberg Quotes

Chess will always be the master of us all.

When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my mind. And I found computers to be like an eight-hour day chess game.

What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.

Use your brain, not your endurance.

It's obvious that my brain isn't what it used to be.

When I speak of the beauty of a game of chess, then naturally this is subjective. Beauty can be found in a very technical, mathematical game for example. That is the beauty of clarity.

A woman can beat any man; it's difficult to imagine another kind of sport where a woman can beat a man. That's why I like chess.

The chess player who develops the ability to play two dozen boards at a time will benefit from learning to compress his or her analysis into less time.

If a brain is exercised properly, anyone can grow intelligence, at any age, and potentially by a lot. Or you can just let your brain idle - and watch it slowly, inexorably, go to seed like a sedentary body.

I used to be able to think. My brain's circuits were all connected, and I had spark, a quickness of mind that let me function well in the world.

If you are a creative person, then your mind gets sharper with age. My mind is very sharp, and I am happy for that.

I'm not as athletic as some guys, so I have to counter that with a tremendous brain that thinks the game.

The most valuable real estate in the world lies between the president's ears.

Life is very much about making the best decisions you can. So I think chess is very valuable.

I'm lucky that my best strength as a wrestler has always been my brain.

The most important 6 inches on the battlefield is between your ears.

It is impossible to win gracefully at chess.

You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself.

Furman astounded me with his chess depth, a depth which he revealed easily and naturally, as if all he were doing was establishing well-known truths.

He can be regarded as the great master of simplification. The art of resolving the tension at the critical moment and in the most effacious way so as to clarify the position as desired is Capablanca's own.

In the scale of the destinies, brawn will never weigh so mach as brain.

During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.

Young people are just smarter.

Perspective - Use It or Lose It.

Chess may be the deepest, least exhaustible of pastimes, but it is nothing more. As for a chess genius, he is a human being who focuses vast, little-understood mental gifts and labors on an ultimately trivial human enterprise.