Howard Staunton Quotes

The game of chess is the most fascinating and intellectual pastime which the wisdom of antiquity has bequeathed to us.

Howard Staunton

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• It seems to me that in literature, books have always been answers to other books.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
  • Me
  • Always
  • Literature

• I have a younger brother and sister who actually play in my band, and we were always into Disney music, big time. The first time I heard myself sing was when I recorded myself singing a Disney song. I remember it because it was awful, and I didn't expect to hear that. I think it was 'A Whole New World' from 'Aladdin.'

  

  Laura Mvula
  • Time
  • World
  • Music

• I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.

  

  Oleg Deripaska
  • Time
  • Good
  • Different

• I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Bad
  • Baseball
  • Now

• The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.

  

  Vincent D'Onofrio
  • Truth
  • Search
  • Truth Is

• I'm a hoot and a half, I like to think.

  

  Xosha Roquemore
  • Think
  • Like
  • Half

• I have a love for Shea Stadium and its fans. I had so much fun with the fans. Yeah, they booed me. I was like, 'I know, I know.'

  

  Barry Larkin
  • Fun
  • Know
  • Like

• The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

  

  Vince Lombardi
  • Work
  • You
  • Surrender

• I was completely with the reality TV boom for a while. I really liked a lot of the reality TV, and the one that lost me was the ballroom dancing one they do, 'Dancing with the Stars.' That was the one where I watched it and I was perplexed. I thought it was really boring.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Reality
  • Lost
  • Thought

• The gospel is a reasonable system, and it appeals to men's understanding; it is a matter for thought and consideration, and it appeals to the conscience and reflecting powers.

  

  Charles Spurgeon
  • Men
  • Understanding

• However hard they try, men cannot create a social organism, they can only create an organization. In the process of trying to create an organism they will merely create a totalitarian despotism.

  

  Aldous Huxley
  • Men
  • Trying
  • Organization

• It is easier to contend with evil at the first than at the last.

  

  Leonardo da Vinci
  • Evil

• Leave a message, don't leave a message. live, die, it's all the same dream.

  

  Ben Elton
  • Live
  • Dream
  • Die

• Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.

  

  Laurence Sterne
  • Different
  • Writing
  • May

• I don't see myself as a pop star, just a singer.

  

  Ella Henderson
  • Star

• I want to be a part of this organization, and I know the fans are a little harsh sometimes, but that's how it is here in New York, and I'm ready for it.

  

  Kristaps Porzingis
  • Organization

• All I've ever wanted is to be normal.

  

  Ariel Winter

• God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him.

  

  Mary Astell
  • God
  • Design

• Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

  

  Plato
  • Life
  • Good
  • Effort

• There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I'm not a pro.

  

  Martin Scorsese
  • Time

• My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible.

  

  Dave Barry
  • Game
  • Chess

• Jesus has been in my room. He has taken my hand and told me, No, Not now. I have other things for you to do.

  

  Patsy Cline
  • Hand
  • Taken
  • Jesus

• The game of chess is the most fascinating and intellectual pastime which the wisdom of antiquity has bequeathed to us.

  

  Howard Staunton
  • Wisdom
  • Chess
  • Antiquity