Yes, I have played a blitz game once. It was on a train, in 1929.

Yes, I have played a blitz game once. It was on a train, in 1929.

Chess is the art of analysis.

Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic.

The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws.

I am built close to the ground and of extravagant body.

I went to a Jesuit boys high school, Rockhurst High School.

Live life for the moment because everything else is uncertain!

I understand that Detroit was a pretty rough place to grow up in the '70s and '80s.

As soon as we find a cure, we will utilize any of the donations to go toward providing medication to those who can't afford it. That is my goal.

After 25 quarters of so-called recovery under Obama, it has increased a total of only 14.3 percent. Compare this to earlier periods. After the JFK tax cuts of the early 1960s, the economy grew in total by roughly 40 percent. After the Reagan tax cuts of the 1980s, the economy grew by a total of 34 percent.

Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.

We know about man's impact on the ocean in terms of fishing and overfishing, but we don't really know much about what's happening underneath the water. And in fact, shipping has a role to play here, because shipping noise has contributed to damaging the acoustic habitats of ocean creatures.

My absolute favorite pieces are 'Rhapsody in Blue' and 'Begin the Beguine.' I play these when I am working.

He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar.

Some people are that - more than a parent, more than a role model, more than anything less than a religion.

Conscience is an exact recorder that writes every mans history an inward witness that will sooner or later speak the whole truth an impartial judge whose sentence will acquit or condemn.

There are not so many mythical creatures from Inkheart.

I love Coldplay. The lights, and the sound quality They really play their instruments. Sometimes, during the show, they'll make a mistake and stop. I think they do it intentionally just to show you they're really playing it live.

Eventually, somewhere - be it on the Internet or somewhere else - I will host some version of 'The Daily Show.'

If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.

I'm actually excited about turning 60. I feel on top of my game.

I guess if I was made responsible for every single line of dialogue in a game and every single piece of textual visual detail, every sign or piece of graffiti, then yes, I think that would be comparable to the time and effort required to write a very long novel, indeed.

Without you, I’m nothing. With you, I’m something. Together, we’re everything.

Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.

I can't do fiction unless I visualize what's going on. When I began to write science fiction, one of the things I found lacking in it was visual specificity. It seemed there was a lot of lazy imagining, a lot of shorthand.

I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous then its fine.

The average IQ in America is - and this can be proven mathematically - average.