The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
#quotes #howard-staunton #board

It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation. ~Thurston Moore
#quotes #thurston-moore #radio

I represent Orlando, Florida, the world's number one vacation destination. ~Ric Keller
#quotes #ric-keller #vacation

Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
#proverbs #dutch-proverbs #health #disease

There is a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary. ~Trevor Dunn
#quotes #trevor-dunn #entertainment #music #new-york

I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
#quotes #michelle-hunziker #language

A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
#proverbs #japanese-proverbs #love

It is amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you are no longer president. ~George H. W. Bush
#quotes #george-h-w-bush #golf

Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #children

Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
#proverbs #danish-proverbs #abstinence #fasting

A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs

A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
#quotes #george-stigler #sweden

The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive. ~George Santayana
#quotes #george-santayana #traditions

In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
#quotes #george-macdonald #god #failure #success

A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years. ~Wendell Willkie
#quotes #wendell-willkie #communication

As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #nature

I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
#quotes #edgar-degas #art #attitude

Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
#quotes #george-eliot #feelings #human

Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
#proverbs #ethiopian-proverbs #evil

Was awakened in the night to a strain of music dying away, passing travellers singing. My being was so expanded and infinitely and divinely related for a brief season that I saw how unexhausted, how almost wholly unimproved, was man's capacity for a divine life. When I remembered what a narrow and finite life I should anon awake to! ~Henry David Thoreau
#quotes #henry-david-thoreau #night #music

Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same. ~Malcolm Forbes
#quotes #malcolm-forbes #people

I have been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the no-fly zone. ~Philippe Perrin
#quotes #philippe-perrin #gulf #war #pilot

We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
#quotes #george-william-russell #nature #wisdom #life #perfection

When I am in situations where I break out of the pattern, it's hard on me. Once you get used to regular scripture study, you miss it if you don't have it. It's like food; you have to have it. I know that I need the scriptures like I need food. I don't miss a regular meal, and I don't miss regular scripture study. ~Henry B. Eyring
#quotes #henry-b-eyring

You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
#proverbs #navajo-proverbs