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 Everyman's Quotes
-Nelson Mandela
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I didn't buy his book, did I?
“All women are inferior to men.”
-Garry Kasparov
SOURCE: thinkexist.com
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Quote of the Day
"I am one of the people who love the why of things."
-Catherine the Great, Russian Czarina (1729-1796).
SOURCE: news.yahoo.com
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Quote by a Famous Chess Player
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, 1533-1592, a 16th Century, French chess player, said this:
"Tis a great foolery to teach our children-
the knowledge of the stars and the motion of the eighth sphere, before their own."
SOURCE: www.historyguide.org
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Quote by Fisher
"To get squares you have to give up squares." -Bobby Fisher
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Message of the Day
“The soul's calm sunshine and heartfelt joy." ~Alexander Pope
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From A Prominent Native American Leader
"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves." ~Chief Seattle, 1854
I'm not aware if he played chess, but here is a biography on Chief Seattle: en.wikipedia.org
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north america
87 percent of north amoericans are amazed by intresting sounding statistics.
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Talking with a friend today...
"People would do a lot better if they realize that not everybody is as stupid as they are."
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The Philosopher, Socrates
To the ancient Oracle's adage, "Know Thyself" Socrates replied, "The unexamined life is not worth living." When the question was asked of the Oracle, "Who is the wisest man on earth?" the Oracle pronounced the most wise one, The Philosopher, Socrates.
According to Plato's Apology, Socrates' life as the "gadfly" of Athens began when his friend Chaerephon asked the Oracle at Delphi if anyone was wiser than Socrates; the Oracle responded that none was wiser. Socrates believed that what the Oracle had said was a paradox, because he believed he possessed no wisdom whatsoever. He proceeded to test the riddle through approaching men who were considered to be wise by the people of Athens, such as statesmen, poets, and artisans, in order to refute the pronouncement of the Oracle. But questioning them, Socrates came to the conclusion that, while each man thought he knew a great deal and was very wise, they in fact knew very little and were not really wise at all. Socrates realized that the Oracle was correct, in that while so-called wise men thought themselves wise and yet were not, he himself knew he was not wise at all which, paradoxically, made him the wiser one since he was the only person aware of his own ignorance.
Socrates' paradoxical wisdom made the prominent Athenians he publicly questioned look foolish, turning them against him and leading to accusations of wrongdoing. Socrates defended his role as a gadfly until the end: at his trial, when Socrates was asked to propose his own punishment, he suggests a wage paid by the government and free dinners for the rest of his life instead, to finance the time he spends as Athens' benefactor. He was, nevertheless, found guilty of corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens and sentenced to death by drinking a mixture containing poison hemlock.
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On Freedom
"It is often safer to be in chains, than to be free." -Franz Kafka, Master of Short Stories
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Who said this?
"If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you." -Unknown
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Suspicious Minds...
One of the British national daily newspapers is asking readers: "What does it mean to be British?" Some of the emails are hilarious but this is one from a chap in Switzerland ...
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV. And the most British thing of all? Suspicion of anything foreign."
SOURCE: wackywits.com
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Not a fan of Uncle Sam
When told the reason for daylight saving time, the Old Indian said, "Only the Government would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket, sew it to the bottom, and have a longer blanket."
SOURCE: wackywits.com
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From A Native American Indian Chief
"While living I want to live well." -Geronimo (Goyathlay)
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King Crimson
"Confusion will be my epitaph" -King Crimson
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Walt Whitman
"Every moment of light and dark is a miracle." -Walt Whitman
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Smash Mouth
"Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me; I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed." -Smash Mouth
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Never stop creating...
"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..." -Jack Kerouac, On The Road, 1957
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them, well, I have others." -Groucho Marx
“Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live.” -Charles Bukowski
"My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life." -Miles Davis
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Lauren Bacall
"Looking at yourself in the mirror is not exactly a study of life." -Lauren Bacall
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Dorothy Parker
"I don't care what is written about me, as long as it isn't true" -Dorothy Parker
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From the Mouths of Explorers
"Where are we, Lewis?"
"We're moving in the right direction, Clark."
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Bertrand Russell
"A man of Seville is shaved by the Barber of Seville if and only if the man does not shave himself. Does the barber shave himself?" -Bertrand Russell
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Chess
hey Cyna...I'm not trying to be rude but do you realize that you are the only person posting in this thread?
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Not a problem...
Like JC said, our members can either choose to read, or ignore... it seems everyone else chose the latter...
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I've been reading them. . .
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Thank you!!
... it's actually fun :-)
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Ancient Chinese Proverb...
it's really an Ancient Chinese curse: "May you live an interesting life."
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On Life
"Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forwards." -Soren Kierkegaard
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From 'Harold and Maude' (1971)
Harold: What were you fighting for?
Maude: Oh, big issues. Liberty. Rights. Justice. Kings died, kingdoms fell.
I don't regret the kingdoms, what sense in borders, nations and patriotism?
But I miss the kings.
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