Kaschock Quotes

#1. Chess is, in essence, a game for children. Computers have exacerbated the trends towards youth because they now have an immensely powerful tool at their disposal and can absorb vast amounts of information extremely quickly.

Nigel Short

#2. Democracy is, among other things, the ability to say 'no' to the boss. But a man cannot say 'no' to the boss, unless he is sure of being able to eat when the boss's favour has been withdrawn.

Aldous Huxley

#3. I try to help developing junior chess. When I lived in USSR, I got a lot of free help from very good coaches - now I am trying to repay that debt.

Boris Spassky

#4. I quit because I was good, and when you're good and a girl at something, you should be suspicious.'
'Of what?'
'Of what part of yourself you didn't know you were selling.

Kirsten Kaschock

#5. I'm a bat, want to see me fly?

Alex Flinn

#6. When you want something this badly, you don't just give up. You fight and fight until you absolutely can't fight anymore.

Gail McHugh

#7. The marvelous thing about spiritual wealth is that when we take our part in that, everyone else is blessed; whereas if we refused to be partakers, we hinder others from entering into the riches of God.

Oswald Chambers

#8. Methodical thinking is of more use in Chess than inspiration

Cecil Purdy

#9. I was going to die and I'd just saved his freaking life. No good deed goes unpunished.

Meghan Ciana Doidge

#10. Because its myriad glimmering plumes Like a great army's stir and wave; Because its golden billows blooms, The poor man's barren walks to lave: Because its sun-shaped blossoms show How souls receive the light of God, And unto earth give back that glow I thank him for the Goldenrod.

Lucy Larcom

#11. Being positive in a negative situation is not naive. It's leadership.

Ralph Marston