I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women. The other half I wasted.

I never met a kid I liked.

It's what you do that counts and not what you say; therefore I fired my press agent.

Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.

You can fool some of the people some of the time -- and that's enough to make a decent living.

Ultimately chess is just chess - not the best thing in the world and not the worst thing in the world, but there is nothing quite like it.

I don't object to nine aces in one deck. But when a man lays down five aces in one hand... and besides, I know what I dealt him!