Steinitz Quotes
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Have you ever seen a monkey examining a watch?
— Wilhelm Steinitz
As a reader, I tend not to get too much from tales of unrelenting grimness.
— Greg Van Eekhout
The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.
— Wilhelm Steinitz
Chess is not for timid souls.
— Wilhelm Steinitz
In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.
— Wilhelm Steinitz
Courage to be who you are is the cousin of loving the Divine, yourself and others.
— Robert V. Taylor
Wilhelm Steinitz was the first man to appreciate the inherent logic behind the game of chess.
— William Hartston
I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings.
— Wilhelm Steinitz
When you have an advantage, you are obliged to attack; otherwise you are endangered to lose the advantage.
— Wilhelm Steinitz
A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it.
— Wilhelm Steinitz
The King is a fighting piece. Use it!
— Wilhelm Steinitz
Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.
— Wilhelm Steinitz
Either the law exists, or it does not.
— Andre Norton
But Father has also taught him: Treat a man as if he had a fine reputation to protect, and he will usually endeavor to deserve it.
— Orson Scott Card
Chess is intellectual gymnastics.
— Wilhelm Steinitz
I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth.
— Wilhelm Steinitz
Better to be uneducated than educated by your government.
— Penn Jillette
Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.
— Wilhelm Steinitz
Time goes on crutches till love have all his rites.
— William Shakespeare
Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack.
— Wilhelm Steinitz
I play my king all over the board. I make him fight!
— Wilhelm Steinitz
