The people that are running the bulk of the comic shops in North America aren't business people and they don't understand sales. They don't understand good product.
I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions.
The impossible is not quite impossible if you put your mind to it.
If people will be interested in me, they will be interested in chess also.
It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.
Once a Catholic always a Catholic.
Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people.
If you think you can fall, you're more likely to.
Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.
Impossible doesn't concern me. My job is to dream.
On the whole, and this comment can get me in a lot of trouble, I find that retailers in the comic book business are not business people. They're fans who've gotten themselves shops.
Forget the past - the future will give you plenty to worry about.
This time, I took it easier. I stood up before it so as not to crash again.
I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.
What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on.
By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.
The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.
You have to win something for people to think about you.
The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science; the leading edge in beauty is in high art.
I get up early, but it doesn't mean I like getting up early.
Here in Denver, we want to thank Jeremy Jacobs for the way he runs his business. Otherwise, we wouldn't have gotten Ray Bourque and won a Stanley Cup.
