William Hartston quotes

“Chess is not something that drives people mad; it is something that keeps mad people sane.”
-- William Hartston

Source : "Chess: the new rook'n'roll?" by Stephen Moss, www.theguardian.com. November 20, 2004.

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“Chess is a contributor to net human unhappiness, since the pleasure of victory is greatly exceeded by the pain of defeat.”
-- William Hartston

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“Wilhelm Steinitz was the first man to appreciate the inherent logic behind the game of chess.”
-- William Hartston

Source : William Roland Hartston (1985). “The Kings of Chess: A History of Chess, Traced Through the Lives of Its Greatest Players”, Harpercollins

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“My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.”

“Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.”

“People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.”

“People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.”

“Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.”

“In a mad world, only the mad are sane.”

“If success had come along when I was 17 it would either have killed me or sent me completely mad.”

“To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must necessarily be in a constant state of evolution: it is mad to try to express new feelings in a mummified form.”

Source : Katharine Noel, Alfred Jarry (2007). “Selected works of Alfred Jarry”, Grove Pr

“Is it mad to pray for better hallucinations?”

“Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.”